Day: November 13, 2022

  • Kyrgyzstan Sees Struggles, Opportunity in Russian Emigration Wave

    Kyrgyzstan Sees Struggles, Opportunity in Russian Emigration Wave

    BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — Russian entrepreneurs Yulia and Ilya Kuleshov worked hard to transform the large house they rented in the Kyrgyz capital into a center for creative volunteer projects after they relocated from St. Petersburg in the early days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But, when President Vladimir Putin announced a “partial” mobilization in late…

  • Russia Says U.S. Driving Southeast Asian Militarisation

    Russia Says U.S. Driving Southeast Asian Militarisation

    Russia’s foreign minister on Sunday accused the United States of driving increased militarisation in Southeast Asia, saying that Washington was trying to contain Beijing and Moscow’s influence in the region. Sergei Lavrov was speaking to reporters at Phnom Penh’s airport after attending the East Asia Summit in Cambodia – and before flying to Bali for…