LUKOIL is waiting for a shift – Newspaper Kommersant No. 71 (7272) dated 04/22/2022

The founder and largest shareholder of LUKOIL, Vagit Alekperov, who headed the company for almost 30 years, is leaving his post due to UK sanctions imposed against him. At the same time, LUKOIL became one of the few large Russian companies whose board of directors openly opposed military operations in Ukraine. After the departure of … Read more

Moscow sets a deadline for the surrender of Mariupol | The World | D.W.

Russia urged this Sunday (04.17.2022) the Ukrainian military in Mariupol, a city in the east of the country besieged by Russian forces, to cease hostilities and lay down their weapons as of 06:00 Moscow time (05:00 CET) and assured that life will be guaranteed. The head of the National Defense Control Center of the Russian … Read more

Volodin: Zelensky wants to buy time by turning to NATO for military assistance

State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin said that Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky needs to withdraw troops from the territories of the DPR and LPR, as well as fix on a contractual basis an obligation to recognize Crimea and the non-bloc status of Ukraine if he “thinks about the citizens of Ukraine.” “There is no other way,” … Read more

Libya: Military Deploys to Tripoli to Prevent Prime Minister Designate from Taking Power | International

Hundreds of vehicles with soldiers and armed groups affiliated with the Government of National Unity (GUN) in Tripoli took the Libyan capital, in opposition to Fathi Bashaga, appointed Prime Minister by Parliament in Tobruk. Armed columns took to the streets of the Airport and Shatt this Saturday, together with the GUN forces of Abdelhamid Dbeibah, … Read more

Russia sets a deadline for the surrender of Mariupol | The World | D.W.

Russia urged this Sunday (04.17.2022) the Ukrainian military in Mariupol, a city in the east of the country besieged by Russian forces, to cease hostilities and lay down their weapons as of 06:00 Moscow time (05:00 CET) and assured that life will be guaranteed. The head of the National Defense Control Center of the Russian … Read more

US aircraft carriers in the waters near the Korean Peninsula, tensions over the situation in North Korea | Reuters

A US government official said that the US Navy had placed a carrier strike group centered on “Abraham Lincoln” (pictured) near the Korean Peninsula in the Sea of ​​Japan. The photo was taken in San Diego, USA on January 3, 2022 (Archyde.com / Mike Blake) [Washington / Seoul, 12th Archyde.com]–A US government official said that … Read more