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Putin Says Large Russian Grain Harvest to Support Higher Exports
Date: May 12, 2022
(Reuters) – Russia, one of the world’s largest wheat exporters, will increase wheat exports this year due to a potentially record harvest, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. Russia competes with the European Union and Ukraine for supplies of wheat to the Middle East and Africa. It continues to export despite difficulties with logistics and...
Putin Channels Victory Over Hitler to Spur Russian Army in Ukraine
Date: May 9, 2022
By Mark Trevelyan LONDON (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin evoked the memory of Soviet heroism in World War Two to inspire his army fighting in Ukraine, but offered no new road map to victory and acknowledged the cost in Russian soldiers’ lives. Addressing massed ranks of service personnel on Red Square on the 77th anniversary...
Putin Speaks at Victory Day Parade on Moscow’s Red Square
Date: May 9, 2022
(Reuters) – Following are quotes from a televised speech on Monday by President Vladimir Putin at Moscow’s annual Victory Day parade on Red Square, translated from Russian to English by Reuters: ON SECURITY GUARANTEES DEMANDED BY PUTIN “Despite disagreements in international relations, Russia has always advocated the creation of a system of equal and indivisible...
Putin to Send ‘doomsday’ Warning to West at Russia’s WW2 Victory Parade
Date: May 6, 2022
By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin will send a “doomsday” warning to the West when he leads celebrations on Monday marking the 77th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany, brandishing Russia’s vast firepower while its forces fight on in Ukraine. Defiant in the face of deep Western isolation since...
Zelenskiy Calls on German Chancellor to Visit Ukraine on May 9
Date: May 6, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday to take a “powerful step” and visit Kyiv on May 9, the date when Russia commemorates the Soviet Union’s victory in World War Two. Speaking via a translator to Britain’s Chatham House think tank, Zelenskiy launched a broadside at Russia,...
Ukraine Plight Could Be Replicated in East Asia, Japan’s Kishida Warns
Date: May 6, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida warned on Thursday that the invasion of Ukraine could be replicated in East Asia if leading powers do not respond as one, saying peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait must be maintained. Kishida, speaking in London via a translator after a meeting with British Prime Minister Boris...