Relations between Moscow’s eastern neighbours remain largely in limbo, as they seek to reduce their dependence without severing ties with Russia for good. Meanwhile, in Bishkek, Xi Jinping has, yet again, rejected Putin’s call to unblock the ‘Power of Siberia 2’ gas pipeline project.
The results of a sociological survey of "relokanty" conducted in the nations where they have found refuge. Many are in favor of welcoming them "temporarily," while only 14 percent are ready to recognize them as "citizens of my country."
Today's headlines: Deloitte Asia Pacific tracks climate change risks and benefits, for India and China "great opportunities" from green transition; Pyongyang critic new South Korean unification minister; Israeli PM announces review of controversial justice reform; Taiwan vice-premier on official visit to Japan; A monk among victims of new air force air raid in Sagaing region; "Medic brigade" set up in Russia to send medical personnel to the front lines.
The governor of the peninsula annexed in 2014 Sergey Aksenov - a Putin loyalist - was so close to Prigozhin that he founded Konvoy, his own private company allied with Wagner. Now, however, in Crimea, recruitment billboards have been hastily replaced by a campaign against alcoholism.
Today's headlines : Tokyo wants to strengthen diplomatic corps by hiring 8,000 people before 2030; Chiang Mai bishop appeals for reception of Burmese refugees - Catholics and Buddhists - fleeing military violence; Colombo wants to toughen pollution laws to save elephants from plastic; Card. Zuppi arrived in Moscow on behalf of the pope for new avenues of dialogue between Russia and Ukraine; Beijing has started seaborne exports to Uzbekistan.
Even literature in Moscow has now been enlisted in Russia's exaltation of the "special military operation." With Z-poets dusting off the bellicose tones of World War I or those of the generation of poets who supported the controversial exploits of the Red Army.
Today's headlines: Seoul 'rejuvenates' South Korean population by one year; Nedteen Israeli military reservists threaten to boycott service in protest of justice reform; Pakistani army hunts three senior officers who failed to block attacks by supporters of former PM Khan; Myanmar military junta "no impact" on drug trafficking; Tokyo ready to relax rules on use of electric scooters from July; Baku blocks one of the Lačin corridor crossings.
Today's headlines: Taliban supreme leader claims "necessary" measures taken by Kabul to improve women's lives; Over 120 thousand in Pyongyang to commemorate 73rd anniversary of Korean War, threats to US; Tourism in China grows at Dragon Boat Festival, but absolute numbers still lower than pre-Covid; Vietnam on Gafi "gray list" on WMD control. Turkish companies in Ukraine for weapons production.
In evoking the events of 1917 to read what has happened in the last few hours in Moscow Putin is not Lenin, just as Prigožin is not Kornilov. But the juxtaposition suggests the beginning of a new phase, if not quite a revolution, in Russia at war with the world.
Even on Chinese social networks today, everyone is talking about what is happening in Russia, as official media reported the news as "anti-terrorism" mobilization. A crisis that fuels the dangers of disintegration in Russia is Xi Jinping's worst nightmare. Putin phoned Kazakh President Tokaev, who responded to him by calling what is happening "an internal Russian natter."
Today's headines: Moscow on tenterhooks over Wagner Company mutiny, which claims to have taken control of Rostov; Indian oppositions in Patna discuss "common front" against Modi (but Kejrival and Congress remain divided); Islamabad government confirms: 350 Pakistanis aboard migrant ship wrecked in Aegean Sea; Beijing heatwave breaks records for most number of days above 40 degrees; First Ocha convoy in Idlib after earthquake.
The patriarchal accusations against pacifist priests astonishingly contain an explicit mention of "Tolstoyan heresy." Fr. Viktor Burdin responds to Kirill's excommunication of "universal value" with the question "who can stop me serving God?", which another Orthodox priest from Moscow, the Italian Fr. Giovanni Guaita, often repeats in his homilies.
For Lavrov in the crisis over the Lačin corridor, the U.S. and the EU are only trying to "penetrate the region to harm the legitimate interests of the Russian Federation." While Lukasenko intends to put himself forward as the "noble father" of the Csto, the Eurasian military alliance. Meanwhile, Yerevan returns to denounce the "ethnic cleansing" pursued by Baku.
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