https://www.scmp.com/rss/330801/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Lithuania called for an embargo on Russian energy sales on Monday, telling US Secretary of State Antony Blinken that oil and gas should not be paid for with the “blood of Ukraine”. The call follows a similar plea from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Monday. Blinken said on Sunday the United States and European allies were exploring banning imports of Russian oil. “Energy sources which we import pay for the Russian military operation. We cannot pay for oil and gas with the blood of... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3169602/ukraines-blood-should-not-pay-oil-and-gas-lithuania-tells-blinken?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3169602/ukraines-blood-should-not-pay-oil-and-gas-lithuania-tells-blinken?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 07 Mar 2022 13:48:31 +0000 The granddaughter of former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev has told a British newspaper she is embarrassed by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and that her grandfather would have found it “despicable”. “He’d think it was outrageous and despicable and impossible,” Nina Khrushcheva told the Independent. She also said she felt “horrible” and “embarrassed” by the attack, the paper reported. “I can’t believe that although [Putin] is claiming he’s trying to prevent the war, he’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3168863/ukraine-soviet-leader-nikita-khrushchevs-granddaughter?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3168863/ukraine-soviet-leader-nikita-khrushchevs-granddaughter?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 01 Mar 2022 14:29:30 +0000 The Ukrainian national anthem, adopted after the fall of the Soviet Union, has become a rallying song amid Russia’s invasion. Ukrainians sang the song, “Ukraine’s Glory Hasn’t Perished” as Russian troops amassed outside the country. And it has been performed in Ukraine and around the world as a sign of support for Ukraine and as an anti-Russian protest. The anthem originates from a 19th century Ukrainian poem titled “Ukraine Is Not Dead Yet” which was set to music, according to the National... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3168682/song-defiance-ukraines-national-anthem-heard-around?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3168682/song-defiance-ukraines-national-anthem-heard-around?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 28 Feb 2022 09:55:03 +0000 The Soviet Union’s collapse at the end of 1991, has weighed heavily on the minds of China’s leaders over the past three decades as they seek to avoid a similar fate. Observers argue its transition from a planned to a market economy that began in the 1970s avoided the pains suffered by Russia and other Soviet states due to rapid privatisation and price liberalism, while the leadership has maintained tight political control. China’s leaders ‘must learn from Soviet Union’s fatal errors’ Andrei... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3161785/how-collapse-soviet-union-still-weighs-chinese-leaders-minds?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3161785/how-collapse-soviet-union-still-weighs-chinese-leaders-minds?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 01 Jan 2022 12:00:31 +0000 The Czech government will not invite Russia’s nuclear energy company Rosatom to take part in security assessments before a planned tender for a new unit at the Dukovany nuclear power plant, Industry Minister Karel Havlicek said on Monday. The decision, which effectively excludes Russia from the multibillion-dollar tender, was announced two days after Prague expelled 18 Russian embassy staff, saying it suspected Russian intelligence was involved in explosions at an ammunition depot in... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3130202/czech-republic-excludes-rosatom-energy-company?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3130202/czech-republic-excludes-rosatom-energy-company?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 19 Apr 2021 20:59:57 +0000