Russia

In February 1972, Dr Vitaly A. Rubin, a Senior Research Fellow in Chinese Studies at Moscow’s Institute of Oriental Studies, applied for an exit visa to emigrate to Israel. Rubin was Jewish, educated in the orthodox tradition of his people. Following his visa application, he was pressured into resigning his position at the Institute, his [...]

India and Turkey are discussing the use of the Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan (TPC) pipeline as a shortcut for Russian oil supplies to India, reports Today’s Zaman. The oil from Russia is currently shipped across the Black Sea and the Turkish Straits - the latter are bottlenecks because the limit on cargo allowed to pass through the Turkish Straits is [...]

70% of the foreign ministry’s records dating from 1961 to 1965 have been unclassified and made accessible to the public. That is the biggest share of any set of files having been declassified to date. Chinese nationals and foreigners can access the files at the foreign ministry once they provide a letter of introduction from their [...]

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