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Ukraine Invasion

Defense Policy / Programs

• Russia says it had 'no choice' but to cancel nuclear talks with US Press TV 29 Nov 2022 -- Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov says Moscow had "no other choice" but to cancel talks with Washington over inspections under the "New START" nuclear weapons control treaty.
• Russia Expects US to Facilitate Meeting of Commission on START in 2023 Sputnik 29 Nov 2022 -- Moscow expects that the United States will facilitate the meeting of the consultative commission on the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) in 2023, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Tuesday.
• Moscow Sees No Signals That US Ready to Resume Talks With Russia on Strategic Stability Sputnik 29 Nov 2022 -- There are no signals that the United States is ready to resume negotiations with Russia on strategic stability, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Tuesday.
• NATO Chief Stoltenberg Claims Constructive Dialogue With Russia Not Working Sputnik 29 Nov 2022 -- NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday that the constructive dialogue with Moscow, which, according to him, the alliance had been building for many years to strengthen the NATO-Russia Council, is currently dysfunctional.

Foreign Policy

• Putin Proposes Creation Of 'Natural Gas Union' With Kazakhstan And Uzbekistan RFE/RL 29 Nov 2022 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed creating a "gas union" with Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan to establish a mechanism to ship natural gas between the three countries and to other nations, including China.
• Statement by Ambassador Gennady M.Gatilov, Head of the Delegation of the Russian Federation, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations Office and other International Organizations in Geneva, at the General Debate of the Ninth Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention Review Conference, Geneva, November 28, 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 29 Nov 2022
• Statement by the Deputy Head of the Delegation of the Russian Federation, Deputy Director of the Department for Non-proliferation and Arms Control of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Konstantin Vorontsov at the Ninth Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention Review Conference to exercise the right of reply, Geneva, 28 November 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 29 Nov 2022
• Statement by the Deputy Head of the Delegation of the Russian Federation, Deputy Director of the Department for Non-proliferation and Arms Control of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Konstantin Vorontsov at the Ninth Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention Review Conference to exercise the right of reply, Geneva, 28 November, 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 29 Nov 2022
• Russia Donates 260,000 Tons of Fertilizer to Africa VOA 29 Nov 2022 -- Russia has donated 260,000 metric tons of fertilizer it produced that was sitting in European ports and warehouses for use by farmers in Africa, the United Nations said Tuesday.
• Russia and China Plan to Jointly Engage in Oil, Gas Equipment Development, Deputy PM Says Sputnik 29 Nov 2022 -- Russia and China intend to jointly engage in the development of oil and gas equipment that can be used in both countries, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Tuesday.
• Xi says ready to strengthen China-Russia energy cooperation PLA Daily 29 Nov 2022 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping said Tuesday China is ready to work with Russia to forge closer partnership in energy cooperation.
• Astana: Tokayev and Putin Discuss Creation of 'Gas Union' Between Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan Sputnik 29 Nov 2022 -- Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the creation of a "tripartite gas union" between Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan at the Moscow meeting, Tokayev's spokesman Ruslan Zheldibay said on Tuesday.

News Reports

• Facts about Russia-Ukraine conflict: Moscow not to trade oil, gas with countries introducing price cap People's Daily 29 Nov 2022 -- The following are the latest developments in the Ukraine crisis: