Defense Committee chair Andrey Kartapolov calls for more truthful information from the frontlines Russians should receive more transparent information about what is actually happening at the frontlines of Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine, Andrey Kartapolov, Chairman of the State Duma (lower house of parliament) Defense Committee has insisted.

Russian involvement in any investigation into causes of the Nord Stream incident must be “mandatory,” the Kremlin insists Russia is “concerned” about suggestions that it should somehow be excluded from any investigation into the ruptures of the Nord Stream pipelines, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday.

There is a high risk of a global recession due to central banks’ anti-inflationary measures, a statement says The world is “on the edge of a recession,” the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) warned on Monday in its report, citing aggressive monetary policies in advanced economies.