Turkey and China, major trading partners of Moscow, have unexpectedly reduced their goods shipments to Russia due to fears of secondary sanctions from Washington, The Moscow Times reports, citing economic analysts.

Analysts believe the recent export boom has been deflating not only because of the threat of sanctions but also due to complications in money transactions. The Financial Times and Bloomberg also report a worsening situation for Russia. For China, the Russian market remains secondary …

Russia has violated an international ban on the use of chemical weapons, the US State Department announced Wednesday, May 1, as it laid out new sanctions against Moscow. The US diplomatic agency alleges that Russian troops have used chloropicrin, an irritating substance, against Ukrainian soldiers.

Consequently, the new US sanctions list includes the Russian Forces of Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Protection of the Ministry of Defence, the Russian Scientific Research Institute of Applied …

Latvia's newly appointed Foreign Minister Baiba Braže has said that Ukraine has received weapons from some Western partners with no restrictions on striking targets inside Russia. In an interview with Evropeyska Pravda, she discussed the evolving military support for Ukraine.

Publicly, Western partners have been providing Ukraine with weaponry on the clear understanding that it should not be used to launch strikes beyond its borders. However, Braže believes that such a stance is already …