Strategic Asset: What are Russia's Rare Metals Reserves?
While Trump and Zelensky failed to strike a rare earth metals deal, Russia's vast reserves of these critical resources position it as a pivotal player in this high-stakes arena.
While Trump and Zelensky failed to strike a rare earth metals deal, Russia's vast reserves of these critical resources position it as a pivotal player in this high-stakes arena.
UK media have reported that senior Trump advisor Peter Navarro lobbied his boss to cut Canada out of the Five Eyes intel-sharing network. Navarro rejected the report. But given the harm the intel coalition has done to Trump, Americans and relations with allies, removing members or dismantling the organization wouldn’t be a bad idea. Here’s why.
President Donald Trump floated offering Russia and China to join the US in slashing their defence budgets in half when speaking to reporters at the White House on earlier in February, adding that he hoped to take this up with President Vladimir Putin and President Xi Jinping “when things calm down”.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian armed forces have control over the settlements of Orlovka and Pogrebki in the Kursk Region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
In response to widespread criticism over US tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, some in the US have sought to justify the move by claiming it is aimed at China. However, they struggle to explain why it is US allies like Canada, the EU and Japan that are bearing the brunt of these tariffs.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia is open to US-Russian economic cooperation, which is key to increasing the sustainability of the global economy, Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) CEO and Special Presidential Representative for Investment and Economic Cooperation with Foreign Countries Kirill Dmitriev said on Monday.
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has secured second place in the country's snap election, exposing deep national polarization, German political analyst Dr. Gregor Spitzen told Sputnik.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is likely to lose his position in today’s snap election. Let’s break down his legacy.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio calling Russia a global power shows how the Trump administration realizes that the world order is shifting, retired US Army Lt. Col. Earl Rasmussen told Sputnik.
JOHANNESBURG (Sputnik) - The non-participation of the United States in a draft anti-Russian resolution of the UN General Assembly shows the pragmatism of the policy of President Donald Trump's administration, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday.