Russia is increasingly trying to find common cause with the Global South, including countries that matter to the West, such as Vietnam.
People hold a traditional Belarusian flag with a portrait of presidential candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya during a rally in Minsk, Belarus, in August 2020. She’s among 20 people being tried in absentia.
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Volodymyr Zelensky and his friends in the west are failing to get support from the rest of the world for their demand that Russia completely withdraw from Ukraine.
An 82-metre column in the capital of imperial Russia commemorates Peter the Great’s victory in the Great Northern war and the establishment of the Russian empire.
A pro-Russia supporter with an adapted Soviet flag, demonstrates in Munich, Germany.
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While there may not be any major practical outcomes, the summit is a chance for Ukraine to press its case that any settlement of the war should be based on just principles.
The 2024 D-day commemorations sent a message of European unity but missed the opportunity to acknowledge Ukraine’s contribution to the defeat of Nazism.
A selection of our coverage of the war in Ukraine from the past fortnight.
Firefighters battle a blaze in a residential area of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second city which has been under Russian bombardment since the war began.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has said D-Day ‘was not a game changer’ in World War II – and Soviet media delivered that message starting the day after the invasion.