Wednesday, May 4th, 2022
Russia bans entry to Japan’s PM and several dozen official
MOSCOW: Russia said Wednesday it has banned entry to several dozen Japanese officials, including Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, after Tokyo joined international sanctions against Moscow over its military campaign in Ukraine. “The administration of F. Kishida launched an unprecedented anti-Russian campaign (and) allows unacceptable rhetoric against the Russian Federation, including slander and direct threats,” the foreign ministry said in a statement. “It is echoed by public figures, experts, representatives of Japanese media, who are completely engaged by the attitudes of the West towards our country,” the ministry added. It accused Tokyo of taking “practical steps aimed at dismantling good neighbourlyRead More
Moscow claims Israeli ‘mercenaries’ are fighting in Ukraine
A spokeswoman for Russia‘s foreign ministry on Wednesday claimed Israeli mercenaries were fighting alongside the far-right Azov Regiment in Ukraine, further fuelling tensions with Israel after Russia suggested Adolf Hitler had “Jewish blood”. “Israeli mercenaries are practically shoulder to shoulder with Azov militants in Ukraine,” Maria Zakharova told pro-Kremlin Sputnik radio in an interview. Azov rose to prominence in 2014, when its far-right activists took up arms to fight pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine‘s eastern Donbas region but have since fallen under the command of Ukraine’s military. They have been fighting alongside the Ukrainian army against Russian troops, which on February 24Read More
Fuel prices would be much more expensive according to deal PTI govt made with IMF: Miftah
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Miftah Ismail on Wednesday said that diesel and petrol prices would have been significantly more expensive based on the agreement the previous PTI government made with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Speaking to the media in Karachi, the minister came down hard on the PTI regime for what he said was its incompetence in addressing the country’s economic challenges. “They told the IMF that they would not incur a loss (offer subsidies) on diesel — right now you are incurring a loss of Rs70 per litre —Read More