UKRAINE UPDATE: 7 MARCH 2025 Norway to more than double aid to Kyiv; Zelensky moots idea of truce in air and at sea 9 min 1 By Reuters
UKRAINE UPDATE: 21 FEBRUARY 2025 US refuses to co-sponsor UN resolution backing Kyiv; Kremlin backs Trump in spat with Zelensky 9 min 0 By Reuters
GLOBAL SOUTH GATHERING Fikile Mbalula heads to Moscow for forum on combating Western 'neocolonialism' 4 min 120 By Queenin Masuabi
UKRAINE UPDATE: 31 JANUARY 2024 Russia to boost weaponry on disputed Kuril Islands; Swiss tanks replace German armour sent to Kyiv 7 min 0 By Bloomberg
UKRAINE UPDATE: 24 APRIL 2023 Russia may quit grain deal if EU export ban proceeds; Chinese diplomat says ex-Soviet states not sovereign 4 min 0 By Bloomberg
GEOPOLITICS Digging ever deeper: ANC visits Moscow to meet its new BFF — Putin’s United Russia party 5 min 6 By Peter Fabricius
UKRAINE UPDATE: 21 MARCH 2023 US offers $350m in military ammunition; Xi begins three-day visit to Moscow 5 min 0 By Bloomberg
UKRAINE UPDATE: 22 DECEMBER 2022 Zelensky in Washington as US confirms aid; Putin says Russia has ‘no limitations’ on military spending 3 min 0 By Bloomberg
UKRAINE UPDATE: 23 SEPTEMBER 2022 Putin ally freed in major prisoner swap; Russia detains 1,400 anti-draft protesters 5 min 0 By Bloomberg
SCORPIO Putin’s number two, Igor Sechin, secretly visited South Africa days after Blinken — Ramaphosa professes ignorance 6 min 25 By Pauli van Wyk and Peter Fabricius
THE CONVERSATION: WAR IN EUROPE Ukraine: Experts piece together Putin’s likely intentions in deploying ‘peacekeeping troops’ 3 min 2 By Stefan Wolff and Tatyana Malyarenko