Vladimir Putin

United Nations
Air/Climate

UN Chief Excludes World’s Top Polluters from Climate Summit

September 25, 2023 News Editor Comments Off on UN Chief Excludes World’s Top Polluters from Climate Summit

NEW YORK, New York, September 22, 2023 (ENS) – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres aimed a message at the world’s largest polluters Wednesday when he excluded them from his Climate Ambition Summit that took place in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. His message – you are not taking the climate threat seriously enough. […]

Black Sea grain ship inspectors
Food

Hungry Millions Held Hostage, Black Sea Grain Deal Collapses

July 23, 2023 News Editor Comments Off on Hungry Millions Held Hostage, Black Sea Grain Deal Collapses

ISTANBUL, Turkiye, July 23, 2023 (ENS) – Intensifying the food insecurity across much of Africa, the Russian government is weaponizing food in its war on Ukraine. Moscow pulled out of the Black Sea Grain deal last week and is now warning that any ships traveling to Ukraine’s Black Sea ports will be seen as potentially carrying military cargoes. […]

Zelensky, Grossi
At Risk

Zelensky Relies on IAEA Support; Russia Moves Nuclear Weapons

March 27, 2023 News Editor Comments Off on Zelensky Relies on IAEA Support; Russia Moves Nuclear Weapons

VIENNA, Austria, March 27, 2023 (ENS) – International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Monday to plan protection for the embattled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in southern Ukraine, as the Kremlin made plans to move nuclear weapons closer by stationing them in neighboring Belarus. […]

Zaporizhzya Nuclear Power Plant
Energy

After Shelling, Putin Allows IAEA Into Ukraine Nuclear Plant

August 22, 2022 News Editor Comments Off on After Shelling, Putin Allows IAEA Into Ukraine Nuclear Plant

VIENNA, Austria, August 22, 2022 (ENS) – The office of French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has “reconsidered” his original demand that International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, inspectors travel through Russia to inspect Europe’s largest nuclear facility – the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine. […]