North Asia

by Vladimir Rozanskij | RUSSIA

The appointment at the Ministry of Defence in Moscow of the economist Belousov (master of ceremonies of the Orthodox Church) in place of Šojgu seems to indicate a willingness to make the war industry the main engine of increasingly protracted conflicts. While the new energy minister - on whose activities 70% of Russia's GDP depends - is now Sergei Tsivilev, husband of Putin's niece.


Today's news: Vietnam convokes an extraordinary session of parliament; Beijing rewards the Burmese junta crackdown with a medal and money; Turkish Airlines resumes connections with Afghanistan, four flights a week between Istanbul and Kabul; First two phases of marathon election in India record lower turnout for 2019 Lok Sabha vote

| 01/05/2024
| ASIA TODAY

Today's news: The Afghan Taliban launch a nationwide anti-polio campaign; US court sentences Chinese student to prison for stalking threats against compatriot 'pro-democracy' campaigner; Casualties and new school closures due to heat wave in India and Bangladesh; Another two-year sentence for Thai activist in prison for lese majesty.

 

| 30/04/2024
| ASIA TODAY
by Vladimir Rozanskij

Kazakhstan is seeking more than 0 billion in foreign funding for the exploitation of fields on the Caspian. But Moscow does not fail to mention often that its northern territories are 'originally Russian' and Russian-speaking, as is claimed for the Donbass.

| 30/04/2024
| RUSSIA - KAZAKSTAN

Today's news: Xinjiang authorities block demolition order in old city of Kashgar, heart of Uyghur culture; Schools reopen in Bangladesh despite exceptional heatwave; Thai foreign minister resigns, negotiations with Myanmar at risk; India and Oman aim to strengthen trade agreements.

| 29/04/2024
| ASIA TODAY
by Vladimir Rozanskij

Moscow has reportedly taken the decision to replace him due to his increasingly precarious health, about which there is no clarity or documentation. In his place would be Apti Alaudinov, the commander of the bloody Akhmat battalion that co-fought in Syria and Ukraine. But many pretenders aspire to the succession in Grozny, not counting Kadyrov's twelve sons. 

 

| 29/04/2024
| RUSSIA
by Stefano Caprio

Because of the war in Ukraine, the country is drifting into an era of denial and distancing from the "enemy", to assert spiritual, moral, political, and economic "orthodoxy". Today, new "global models" are being imposed, which are not easily digestible, not only in Russia or the East, but also in Europe and in English-speaking countries. The persona of the president now overlaps with that of the tsars of the past.

| 27/04/2024
| RUSSIAN WORLD
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