Russian retreat. Russia’s Defense Ministry announced on Wednesday that its troops would withdraw from the Ukrainian city of Kherson, saying the move was necessary because of Ukraine’s encirclement and constant shelling of Russian forces there. Russian troops will retreat to the left bank of the Dnieper River after evacuating more than 115,000 residents from Kherson […]
Payment plan. Turkey’s energy and natural resources minister announced that Ankara and Moscow have reached an agreement on the issue of payments in national...
Washington in Central Asia. U.S. Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu is visiting Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan until Nov. 11...
Heating up. South Korea’s military said North Korea fired about 80 artillery rounds into a maritime buffer zone overnight. On Friday, South Korea scrambled...
Deal is off. Russia announced over the weekend that it was suspending its participation in a U.N.-backed deal that facilitated the transport of Ukrainian...
Russian claims. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu spoke separately with the Chinese and Indian defense ministers on Wednesday. They discussed the situation in Ukraine...
Russian influence in Central Asia in recent years has been waning. Moscow’s war in Ukraine has accelerated that process. The resulting vacuum will be...
Congress closes. The Chinese Communist Party concluded its 20th National Congress on Sunday. On the closing day, Xi Jinping was given an unprecedented third...
Suspending Mir. Two more Kyrgyz banks have decided to suspend servicing Russia’s Mir payment system. Bakai Bank and Doskredobank's decision to stop accepting Mir...
Persistent inflation. U.S. consumer prices accelerated on a monthly basis in September, defying expectations of a continued slowdown. The consumer price index rose 0.4...
Russia and the Middle East. Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in St. Petersburg on Tuesday....
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