China’s defense minister promises to boost cooperation with Russian ally Belarus
Neither side gave details of what the cooperation will entail, but the two countries have agreed to hold joint military exercises next year
Neither side gave details of what the cooperation will entail, but the two countries have agreed to hold joint military exercises next year
The fragility of the region’s states — some ruled to military juntas or immersed in civil wars — jihadism and disputes over natural resources have exacerbated instability
Ukraine’s economy, crunched by the war, is heavily dependent on farming. Its agricultural exports, like those of Russia, are also crucial for world supplies
A new textbook to be introduced as compulsory reading in high schools rewrites much of post-World War II history to meet the designs of the Kremlin
The Russian currency had passed 101 rubles to the dollar Monday, continuing a more than one-third decline in its value since the beginning of the year
The Center for Civil Liberties has documented 4,000 people arrested during the invasion, a number the Ukrainian Commissioner for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets, puts as high as 20,000
The destabilization in the African region poses a higher threat of jihadist terrorism and increased flows of migrants to Europe
The Mexican microbiologist speaks exclusively to EL PAÍS for the first time since his release from prison in the US. Cabrera Fuentes affirms that he isn’t the ‘monster’ that the media has made him out to be. He also says that he’s ready to resume his career and possibly get into politics
The capital of western Ukraine, a short distance from NATO territory, is still reeling from the July 6 air strike, which killed 10 people and wounded 48
Navalny, who is already serving a nine-year term on a variety of charges that he says were politically motivated, is President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest foe
The latest model of the attack aircraft, which has been deployed amid heavy fighting in the Zaporizhzhia region, has been upgraded with weapons capable of evading anti-missile defenses
EL PAÍS visits the network of medical stations that mark out the Zaporizhzhia front, where hundreds of wounded soldiers are operated on every day
Igor Strelkov, who led Moscow-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine in 2014, argued a total mobilization is needed for victory in the current war
A decade ago, 75% of visitors to the Black Sea commercial and tourist capital were Russian. Now the city is the main target of Moscow’s bombs
Messaging app channels linked to Prigozhin’s Wagner private military company said he spoke to his troops at a field camp in Belarus and ran a blurry video purported to show him speaking there
The decision means South Africa will not have to face the dilemma of whether it should act on an International Criminal Court arrest warrant against the Russian leader
Belaruski Hajun, a Belarusian activist group that monitors troop movements in Belarus, said a convoy of more than 100 vehicles carrying Russian flags and Wagner insignia entered the country on Monday
It’s the end of an accord that the U.N. and Turkey brokered to allow food to leave the Black Sea region after Russia invaded its neighbor
Russia’s National Anti-Terrorist Committee said the strike was carried out by two Ukrainian maritime drones. The attack was the second major strike on the bridge since October, when a truck bomb blew up two of its sections
In his first comments on the delivery of cluster munitions to Ukraine from the U.S., the Russian president said that Moscow has not used cluster bombs in its war in Ukraine so far
Washington has agreed to supply Ukraine with a munition that has been banned by over 100 countries and which will wreak havoc on the civilian population for decades after the end of the war
The Kremlin earlier this month suggested that it was open to a possible prisoner exchange that could involve Evan Gershkovich, but it underscored that such talks must be held out of the public eye
The Wagner head has not commented on the meeting with Putin, and his ultimate fate remains unclear, as he could still face prosecution for financial wrongdoing or other charges
The crisis in Russia over Wagner’s mutiny has revealed the complex network of troops working in and outside of the country. The Kremlin helped create a system that has now turned against him
The failed rebellion of Wagner’s mercenaries has shown the cracks in the Russian leader’s power. In addition to the war in Ukraine, the president faces international pressure, faltering domestic support and a bleak economic outlook
The Ukrainian-held city in the Zaporizhzhia region is one of the staging points for Kyiv’s counteroffensive, making it a target for daily shelling by the Kremlin’s forces
The Russian president came out of the crisis caused by the Wagner rebellion weakened, but he has not yet been defeated. He has merely avoided a decisive fall