Author: Edwin Omar Owens

Propagandist Dmitry Kiselev in his program named the total amount of contracts that the state concluded with the Wagner PMC and Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Concord holding – the Kremlin spent at least a trillion rubles. Source: Kiselev quoted by RIA Novosti Kiselyov’s direct speech : “The Wagner Group, as part of the contracts concluded with the state, received a little more than 858 billion rubles. This is under a trillion. Under other contracts, Prigozhin’s holding, Concord, separately provided services worth another 845 billion rubles. This does not mean that they have earned so much, but it still speaks of the scale of the business and the…

Leps claims he has paid out bounties to Russian troops for destroying Ukrainian tanks Kyrgyzstan has become the latest country in Central Asia to cancel a concert by popular Russian singer Grigory Leps over his vocal support of the invasion of Ukraine. The veteran performer had been due to perform at a venue at the popular tourist destination of Lake Issyk-Kul in August, but those plans met vocal opposition from local activists. Similar cancellations have already occurred in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Among those leading the front against Leps in Kyrgyzstan was political analyst Almaz Tajibayev, who tweeted on July 4 that the singer’s presence…

Due to disputes over the rights of minorities, Hungary is determined to block the start of negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the European Union, and as a condition for lifting its veto calls the granting of the status of a candidate for membership for Georgia. This is stated in the publication of the journalist of “Radio Liberty” Rikard Dzhozwiak, reports “European Truth” . Some of Jozwiak’s EU interlocutors believe that Ukraine will get the green light to start accession talks before the end of the year, but Hungary can still veto. “During the discussion in Brussels after the presentation of the report (on the…

The link of the Taliban in Afghanistan with Al-Qaeda and Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) remains “strong and symbiotic” and the free movement of terrorists in Taliban-controlled territories has raised the terror threat in the region, according to a United Nations (UN) report. The 14th Report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team of the 1988 Taliban Sanctions Committee of the UN Security Council (UNSC) also said that contrary to statements to not allow Afghan soil to be used for attacks against other countries, the Taliban has harboured and allowed active support of TTP. Previously, the UN has described the TTP…

On the night of June 11, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the Russian reconnaissance ship “Priazovye” with the help of six marine drones, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry reports. According to the agency, the ship was not damaged, and all the drones were destroyed by fire from standard weapons. The press service writes that the ship “Priazovye” performed the tasks of protecting the gas pipelines “Turkish Stream” and “Blue Stream”. The attack took place 300 kilometers from Sevastopol. In addition, the agency claims that during the attack in the airspace of the Black Sea, an American strategic…

BJP MLAs Th Radheshyam and Karam Shyam recently resigned from the posts of advisor to the chief minister and chairman of the State Tourism Corporation, expressing disappointment with the state government’s functioning. The Manipur BJP has called a high-level party meeting at the state party office on Friday to discuss the latest developments amid the recent resignation of BJP MLAs Th Radheshyam and Karam Shyam from the posts of advisor to the chief minister and chairman of the State Tourism Corporation, respectively. Th Radheshyam and Karam Shyam were both Cabinet ministers in the previous BJP-led government under Chief Minister N…

India is in the throes of a massive move to its cities – the second largest rural to urban migration in human history. This demographic disruption is under way as the country is set to overtake China to become the most populous in the world – the UN projects that will happen by the middle of this year. Experts say that India’s new status highlights its demographic dividend as the nation with the largest number of young workers – but also its biggest challenge: creating enough jobs for them. And that’s what’s fuelling the migration – people don’t make enough money in the…

Russia is enjoying stronger revenues via sale of oil despite the West’s attempts to curb funds for its war in Ukraine. India and China have snapped up the vast majority of Russian oil so far in April at prices above the Western price cap of $60 per barrel, according to traders and Reuters calculations. That means the Kremlin is enjoying stronger revenues despite the West’s attempts to curb funds for Russia’s military operations in Ukraine. A G7 source told Reuters on Monday the Western price cap would remain unchanged for now, despite pressure from some European Union countries, such as…

Tripura chief minister Manik Saha was accompanied by Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Manipur chief minister N Biren SinghTripura chief minister Manik Saha filed his nomination papers from the Town Bardowali assembly segment on Monday, hours before the deadline for filing papers for the assembly elections scheduled for February 16. Saha was accompanied by Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) northeast coordinator Sambit Patra was also present. “Today filed nomination as a BJP candidate from Town Bordowali seat in presence of Hon Assam CM Shri Himanta…

The last time India won the hockey World Cup, things were quite different. It was nearly half a century ago and Indira Gandhi was prime minister when India lifted the cup in March 1975 in Kuala Lumpur – eight years ahead of India’s first-ever World Cup win in cricket. It’s been a long time since that historic win, 48 years to be precise. Ranked fifth in the world, India is hosting the hockey World Cup for the second straight edition. Matches are being held at Bhubaneswar and Rourkela cities in the eastern state of Odisha (formerly Orissa). India have played…