Any prospects for talks with Ukraine after Donbass joins Russia will be impossible, Chairman of the State Duma (the lower house of parliament) Foreign Affairs Committee Leonid Slutsky told reporters on Wednesday. “Unfortunately, talks have been out of the question for a while. The West and the Kiev junta that ...
Oil jumped more than 2 percent on Wednesday after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a partial military mobilization, escalating the war in Ukraine and raising concerns of tighter oil and gas supply. Brent crude futures rose $2.28, or 2.5 percent, to $92.90 a barrel by 0707 GMT after falling $1.38 ...