Spheres of influence. Meetings continue at the Commonwealth of Independent States summit in Astana, Kazakhstan. The latest highlights: Russian President Vladimir Putin has invited Armenia’s prime minister and Azerbaijan’s president to meet in Russia, and the foreign ministers of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan discussed the opening of regional transport links and the prospects for concluding […]
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...
Russian retaliation. Russia’s Ministry of Defense announced a massive strike on targets related to Ukraine’s military command, communications and energy infrastructure following the strike...
Renewed fighting. Armenia’s Foreign Ministry accused Azerbaijan’s armed forces of opening fire on Wednesday toward the Armenian border and killing three people. The ministry...
Escalation. Referendums were held last week in the nominally Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia to see if residents there wanted to...
Partial mobilization. In an address, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilization effective immediately. The mobilization will affect only 300,000 reservists –veterans and...
Shutting down. Ukraine’s Energoatom, which operates the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, said the last working reactor at the facility was shut down and disconnected...
Eastern partners. During the Eastern Economic Forum, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Myanmar Prime Minister Min Aung Hlaing to discuss bilateral trade, noting...
European protests. Some 70,000 residents in Prague took part in a protest to demand the government’s resignation over spiraling energy prices. Protests also broke...
Russian drills. Russia began its Vostok 2022 military exercises at the Russian Eastern Military District’s training grounds, in the Sea of Okhotsk and in...
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