POLAR POLITICS Westminster moves to counter Russian ‘mining’ in Antarctica after Daily Maverick probe 10 min 1 By Tiara Walters
POLAR POLITICS Putin’s oil and gas man joins secretive Antarctic Treaty meeting in Milan 7 min 0 By Tiara Walters
POLAR POLITICS ANALYSIS How Russia is cosying up to SA to create an Antarctic BRICS+ bloc — one tiny toy icebreaker at a time 7 min 3 By Tiara Walters
ISS TODAY OP-ED BRICS Summit 2024 — everything, everywhere, all at once as bloc appears to stray from its core business 5 min 1 By Priyal Singh for ISS TODAY
SECURITY CHALLENGE France on high alert, races to head off terrorism threat to Paris Olympics 6 min 0 By Reuters
NEWSFLASH Gunmen kill at least 40 in attack at concert hall near Moscow - state news agency 2 min 14 By Reuters
PORT IN AN INTERNATIONAL STORM SA army chief visits Moscow for talks about military cooperation 4 min 18 By Peter Fabricius
GEOPOLITICS Digging ever deeper: ANC visits Moscow to meet its new BFF — Putin’s United Russia party 5 min 6 By Peter Fabricius
TONGUE IN CHEEK Message for the Moegoe from Moscow: SA takes a stand against global tsotsis 4 min 3 By Mr Styles
ADMIRAL GORSHKOV Moscow confirms ‘cutting-edge’ frigate bearing hypersonic missiles will take part in naval exercise off SA 5 min 6 By Peter Fabricius
FAULT LINES Nato says Poland blast likely caused by Ukrainian missile, but Moscow bears responsibility 1 min 0 By Reuters
MOSCOW CALLING Sergey Lavrov welcomes SA’s ‘non-aligned’ position on Russia 2 min 0 By Peter Fabricius
A SEPARATE REALITY Huh? In Moscow, Defence Minister Thandi Modise calls for 'warmongers' to be dragged to the 'table of peace' 3 min 37 By Peter Fabricius
WAR IN EUROPE OP-ED Moscow will have to choose either butter or guns as economic sanctions hit home 3 min 3 By Josep Borrell Fontelles
UKRAINE UPDATE: 16 JUNE 2022 Scholz, Macron, Draghi to visit Kyiv; Biden announces additional $1bn weapons package 8 min 0 By Bloomberg