Blavatnik holds both U.S. and U.K. citizenship and has generously funded election campaigns for both Democrats and Republicans.
At present, experts see no reason for the Kremlin leader to end the war, despite the high costs and heavy losses.
Officially, 89-year-old Salman remains the monarch. However, his public activity has nearly ceased, and updates on his health have become rare.
China showcased on Tiananmen Square a full lineup of new armaments—from hypersonic long-range missiles to autonomous unmanned systems.
Russia and China have moved closer to an agreement on the long-standing Power of Siberia-2 gas-pipeline project, which is meant to significantly increase Russian gas supplies to the PRC.
Today’s proximity between Beijing and Moscow is not a coincidence but a deliberate political choice, underpinned by economic complementarity and a shared anti-Western lens.
The leaders of China, Russia and India appeared before the press holding hands and pledging deeper cooperation—a gesture aimed not only at participants of the gathering but also at Washington.
Germany’s Defense Minister Boris Pistorius publicly poured cold water on talk of a hypothetical EU deployment to police a cease-fire in Ukraine.
At the SCO summit in Tianjin, Chinese leader Xi Jinping cast Beijing as a defender of “justice and fairness.”
New RAS research finds a “limited-consumption” majority underpinning Russia’s stability: state-paid wages and easy credit secure loyalty, while appetite for reform and growth wanes.
If confirmed, this would mark the first such delivery amid Moscow’s efforts to sustain energy exports, Bloomberg notes.
Brussels is seeking a way to channel the returns from frozen Russian funds into Ukraine’s defense and postwar reconstruction without resorting to immediate confiscation.
Trump’s trade war has pushed Moscow, New Delhi, and Beijing into a tactical rapprochement. Yet beneath the outward unity lies an old, deep-seated mistrust.
