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Can the Kremlin live without Wagner in Syria?    Probably, writes Anton Mardasov from Moscow, in a must-read analysis of the implications of the ill-fated Wagner coup threat for Russia’s foreign policies in Africa and the Middle East.  While replacing Wagner in Africa may be difficult, the challenges may be…

Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned the incident before the Istkolhom Mosque when a man tore up and burned the Qur’an. During his visit to the “Friday” mosque in Derbent, the Russian President said, “The Patriarch of Russia always assures us that Muslims are our brothers,” and this is the case…

Putin appeals to Russian public after Wagner mutiny For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emails CIA director William Burns reportedly called Russian spy chief Sergei Naryshkin in the aftermath of failed…

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US President Joe Biden. REUTERS/Leah Millis US President Joe Biden made another verbal slip-up, this time stating that Russian President Vladimir Putin was “losing the war in Iraq”. Biden was speaking to reporters before his departure from the White House for a trip to Chicago. When asked about Putin’s weakening…

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Putin says 'the organisers of this rebellion will face justice'The crisis which enveloped Russia after a failed mutiny led by Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin is “not over by any stretch of the imagination”, Tory MP Alicia Kearns has warned. The chairwoman of Parliament’s powerful Foreign Affairs committee believes every…

A former U.S. ambassador to Russia on Tuesday said we are witnessing “the final saga” of Russian President Vladimir Putin. In an interview with CNN, Jon Huntsman, who served in the post for two years during the Trump administration, said the armed mutiny launched by Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin…

For nearly a decade, Yevgeny Prigozhin built a mercenary empire in the shadows. For eight years, he steadfastly denied his connection to the Wagner Group, the infamous paramilitary company he founded in May 2014, even going as far as to sue news outlets for correctly linking him to the group.…

Alibaba chairman and CEO Daniel Zhang expressed his belief that cloud computing and artificial intelligence will bring about significant societal changes in a speech at the Nishan Dialogue on Digital Civilization in Qufu city. Zhang’s belief in this transformative potential is the reason behind his decision to continue leading the…