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Russia's President Vladimir Putin decorates Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov with the Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle the First-Called during a state awards ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow on May 22, 2025. Alexander KAZAKOV / POOL / AFP

Sergei Lavrov: Russia's longest-serving diplomat

Moscow's foreign minister has earned a reputation for being uncompromising and brusque but has also begrudgingly won the respect of many, even foes, for his professionalism

Con Coughlin 25, May 2025
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Black Sea truce inches efforts to end the Ukraine war forward

Steve Witkoff, Trump's personal envoy to the Middle East, says US officials are "bridging the gap between the two sides" and was upbeat that a comprehensive deal could be reached by 20 April

Con Coughlin 26, Mar 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and US President Donald Trump in Helsinki, on July 16, 2018. Putin told Trump in a phone call on February 12, 2025, that "peaceful negotiations" on ending the Ukraine conflict were possible. Brendan Smialowski / AFP

Putin's 'Art of No Deal' in Ukraine

By placing conditions to ending the war, the Russian president seems to be stretching the negotiations to bait Trump into maintaining pressure on Kyiv and weakening Europe

Michael Horowitz 23, Mar 2025
A woman walks outside St. Iveron Convent, which was heavily damaged by artillery and gun fire during battles for the local airport in Donetsk, a Russian-controlled region of Ukraine, on February 25, 2025. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

Trump and Putin plot a course to a new world

A sudden ditching of US support for Ukraine and a more understanding approach to Russia, has sent shudders through Europe and pricked ears in Beijing. As the war looks set to end, what next?

Samer Elias 07, Mar 2025
Members of Russian and Syrian forces at the Abu Al-Duhur crossing on the eastern edge of Idlib province on August 20, 2018. AFP

How the fall of Assad has been a strategic loss for Russia

Russia's claim of being a steadfast guarantor of security for allies has been dented, which could affect its expansion into Africa and Latin America and strain its ties with Central Asian countries

Samer Elias 14, Dec 2024
Michelle Thompson/Majalla

Aleksandr Dugin: Russia has lost the West but has rediscovered the world

In an exclusive interview with Al Majalla, the Russian political philosopher explains his country's pivot to the Global South and why nothing will change Moscow's edge on the Ukrainian battlefield

Ahmed Maher 26, Nov 2024
Russia's President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during a festive reception of the BRICS summit in Kazan on October 23, 2024. AFP

BRICS Summit: A diplomatic coup for Putin but light on detail

The number and seniority of the participants that showed up in Kazan helped Putin show that the West's attempts to portray Russia as a pariah have largely failed

Omer Onhon 26, Oct 2024
Russia's central banker Elvira Nabiullina holds one of the most important positions in the country and is trusted by Putin. Who is she? Scott Anderson

Putin’s purse-strings: Russian Central Bank governor Elvira Nabiullina

Completely trusted by the Russian president, this conscientious economist has made the job her own after 11 years in the role. Who is she, and who does she really serve?

Nazareth Seferian 18, Aug 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet in Beijing, China May 16, 2024. Reuters

Vladimir Putin meets his big brother in Beijing

Russia's leader wants to strengthen his "no-limits" partnership with Xi Jinping

The Economist 15, May 2024
Rescuers inspect a residential building damaged during a Russian missile attack, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine May 14, 2024. REUTERS/Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy

Putin zeroes in on Ukraine win with Kharkiv offensive

The latest Russian push in northeastern Ukraine reflects Moscow's determination to take advantage of Western dithering and seize the initiative on the battlefield

Con Coughlin 15, May 2024
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Frederic Hof: Israel-Syria peace is far off, but a truce is crucial

28 May 2025

The former US envoy to Damascus tells Al Majalla how to find a path to a lasting settlement and a new place in the Middle East, from his unique perspective and first-hand experience in Assad-era talks

Johaina Khaldieh
Opinion

The Israel-Houthi war achieves nothing and hurts both sides

28 May 2025

Killing Yemeni civilians further ruins Israel's global image. Meanwhile, the Houthis cannot defeat Israel militarily.

Anwar Al-Ansi
Sara Padovan
Business & Economy

The history of tariffs is still being written

29 May 2025

A US federal court has blocked Trump's tariffs and ruled that the president doesn't have unilateral authority to impose them, dealing a major blow to his economic policy

Toufic Chanbour
Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Taha
Culture & Social Affairs

Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha: Pulitzer Prize is a recognition of our story

26 May 2025

The US-based writer does not hold back in what he pens for American readers, nor is he censored. There is just one word that he is forbidden from using.

Houssam Marouf
Sara Padovan
Business & Economy

It’s time to build a regional climate fund

27 May 2025

As global climate finance falters and US support disappears, the MENA region faces a widening funding gap. Now is the time to create a regional climate finance mechanism.

Léa Eid

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