Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s overtures over the last week, aimed at meeting Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, have so far been met with dismissiveness from Moscow.

Azerbaijan shipped 253,076 tonnes of oil via Russia in January-April this year, Russia's Central Dispatch Office of the Fuel and Energy Complex, said in a report.

Enough time has elapsed since the inauguration of President Joe Biden in the United States to express certain opinions. Clearly, these views cannot be categorical. The reasons for such caution in assessments can be split into two: first, a period of several months is not a sufficient basis for drawing conclusions; and second, a radical change in the foreign policy of a country like the United States requires much more time and even more effort.

How the self-styled “Asian Geneva” successfully navigated among Russia, China, and the West—at least for now, Iskander Akylbayev and Brian Y.S. Wong write in Foreign Policy magazine.