🇷🇺🇱🇦 Laos doesn't intend to send troops to back Russia
Worries about potential international reprisals and censure may have prevented Laos from sending troops to back Russia in the Ukraine war, analysts say.
Laotian state media reported this week that the country had refuted recent claims circulating in Ukrainian news outlets suggesting it was preparing for troop deployment to Russia’s military operations in Ukraine.
Vientiane said the claims were baseless and designed to cause confusion and damage the country’s international standing. Adding that no evidence existed to support the claims, Laos said the allegations were a “deliberate distortion of the truth” intended to create misunderstanding among the global community.
#Russia#Laos
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🇷🇺🇱🇦 Laos doesn't intend to send troops to back Russia
Worries about potential international reprisals and censure may have prevented Laos from sending troops to back Russia in the Ukraine war, analysts say.
Laotian state media reported this week that the country had refuted recent claims circulating in Ukrainian news outlets suggesting it was preparing for troop deployment to Russia’s military operations in Ukraine.
Vientiane said the claims were baseless and designed to cause confusion and damage the country’s international standing. Adding that no evidence existed to support the claims, Laos said the allegations were a “deliberate distortion of the truth” intended to create misunderstanding among the global community.
#Russia#Laos
@asianomics
On 11 May 2022 Mr. Tamerlan Munchaev, Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of #Russia to #Brunei, received a courtesy call from the newly appointed Ambassador of #Laos H.E. Sengdavanh Vongsay.
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11 мая с.г. Временный поверенный в делах России в Брунее Т.М. Мунчаев принял с визитом вежливости вновь назначенного Посла Лаоса Сенгдаванх Вонгсай.
#Россия#Бруней#Лаос
#Laos y los créditos para el desarrollo de #China
«China financió gran parte de la nueva infraestructura que transformó a Laos. Pero el país sin litoral de 7,5 millones de habitantes está en dificultades económicas debido a su deuda.»
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2023/laos-debt-china-belt-road/
🇹🇭🇱🇦🇨🇳Thailand–China Rail Service Cuts Durian Prices
A new cold-storage rail service linking Thailand, Laos, and Yunnan province has begun moving durian shipments to China, with the first freight train departing over the weekend and reported by state broadcaster CCTV on Tuesday. Thailand is China's largest durian supplier, accounting for over 90% of imports.
The route leverages the Laos–China Railway to reduce transit times and cold-chain costs compared to sea freight. Lower landed prices in China are a direct result of compressed logistics, making the corridor commercially significant beyond durian — it establishes a scalable cold-storage rail model for perishable trade across the Mekong subregion.
The service formalizes agricultural supply chain integration between mainland Southeast Asia and China, reinforcing the Belt and Road rail corridor's commercial utility.
#China#Thailand#Laos
@asianomics
🇱🇦 On December 2, #Laos celebrates the 5️⃣0️⃣th anniversary of the proclamation of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic.
This commemorative date coincides with the 80th Anniversary of the Great Victory.
The defeat of Nazism and the end of World War II gave a powerful impetus to the process of decolonisation in Asia. The Lao people, who declared their independence in October 1945, needed several more decades to defend it.
As a result of determined struggle and political and diplomatic efforts aimed at preserving the country’s neutrality amid foreign aggression in Indochina, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic was officially established in 1975.
Our country played a significant role in supporting the Lao people in their national liberation movement, as well as in building Lao statehood, developing the economy, and strengthening its defense capabilities.
With support from the USSR, major industrial enterprises, key transport infrastructure, medical institutions, and educational facilities were built.
🤝 Diplomatic relations between our countries were established on October 7, 1960. On March 9, 1994, the Treaty on the Fundamentals of Friendly Relations was signed. In October 2011, the Declaration on the Russia–Laos Strategic Partnership in the Asia-Pacific Region was adopted.
Today, our countries are seeing steady progress in the development of a trust-based dialogue at the highest and high levels, expanded cooperation between parliaments and government agencies and intensified trade, economic, cultural, humanitarian and regional ties within the framework of the Russia–Laos strategic partnership.
💬Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov:
We highly value the careful attitude of our Lao friends toward the pages of our shared past, the preservation of historical truth and the prevention of any attempts to distort it. We know that Laos cherishes the memory of the assistance our country provided in establishing its statehood. <...> Under current conditions, Russia and Laos face new challenges and opportunities. The strengthening of strategic partnership between our countries allows us to look to the future with hope and optimism
(excerpt from the article by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov for Lao media, “Russia and Laos: 65 Years of Time-Tested Friendship”, November 20, 2025)
🎉 We congratulate our Lao colleagues and friends on their national holiday and wish them well-being and prosperity!
#RussiaLaos
🇯🇵🇹🇭🇰🇭🇱🇦🇻🇳Japan Backs UNODC to Hit Mekong Scam Networks
Japan will provide up to ¥516 million in grant aid via UNODC to strengthen anti-scam enforcement in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam.
The support targets organized fraud in the Mekong region, funding specialized investigation equipment and training for law enforcement. Tokyo says losses from special fraud exceeded ¥300 billion last year.
The initiative complements wider regional action, as UNODC warns scam centres are evolving into a $40B ecosystem tied to trafficking and illicit finance, spreading beyond Southeast Asia.
#Japan#Thailand#Cambodia#Laos#Vietnam
@asianomics
Venerdì Viktor Khoroshavtsev, ex membro del Consiglio federale russo (cioè il Senato) e dirigente nel settore petrolifero, è stato rilasciato dalla Corte di appello di Milano dopo che giovedì mattina era stato arrestato in un albergo di Somma Lombardo, vicino all’aeroporto di Malpensa, in esecuzione di un mandato di arresto internazionale emesso lo scorso maggio dalla #Russia. (ilPost)
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#Russia: Il Vicedirettore dell’intelligence militare russa, il Vice Generale Vladimir Alekseyev, è stato ferito da diversi colpi d’arma da fuoco mentre si trovava a Mosca.
Alekseyev, che ricopre la posizione dal 2011, è stato ricoverato in ospedale.
Non si hanno notizie su chi sia l’aggressore.
#Russia: La Russia avrebbe utilizzato un missile Oreshnik contro l'Ucraina nei bombardamenti che sono avvenuti durante la notte. Si tratta di un missile balistico a medio raggio che può contenere diverse bombe sia convenzionali che nucleari. La notizia, annunciata dall'aeronautica ucraina è stata poi confermata dal Ministero della Difesa russo.
"Le forze armate russe hanno lanciato un massiccio attacco con armi ad alta precisione lanciati da terra e dal mare, inclusi i sistemi missilistici a medio raggio Oreshnik".
Il Governo russo non ha specificato dove avrebbe colpito ma diverse esplosioni si sono registrate a Leopoli, città occidentale dell'Ucraina. Secondo l'Ucraina, il missile si stava muovendo alla velocità di 13mila km orari.
Non è la prima volta che la Russia impiega un missile di questo tipo. In passato era avvenuto nel novembre del 2024 e all'epoca Putin aveva spiegato che si trattava di una ritorsione contro Stati Uniti e Regno Unito per aver dato il via libera a Kyiv di colpire il territorio russo con armi occidentali.
#Russia: Il Senatore Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) ha dichiarato che Donald Trump ha dato il via libera al pacchetto di sanzioni contro la Russia. Il testo, preparato negli scorsi mesi da un gruppo di senatori bipartisan, era in attesa che la Casa Bianca desse l'ok. L'Amministrazione ha cercato di prendere tempo per vedere se la via diplomatica e negoziale con la Russia producesse l'effetto sperato.
"Dopo un incontro produttivo con il Presidente Trump su una serie di argomenti, [egli] ha dato il via libera al pacchetto di sanzioni bipartisan su cui ho lavorato per mesi con il Senatore Blumenthal e molti altri", ha dichiarato Graham, secondo cui il voto potrebbe avvenire la settimana prossima. "L'Ucraina sta facendo le concessioni per la pace, Putin è solo chiacchiere e continua a uccidere innocenti"; la legge, dunque, "arriva nel momento giusto".
Tuttavia, non è la prima volta che Graham afferma di aver ottenuto il via libera dalla Casa Bianca, per poi vedere la legge bloccarsi nuovamente su richiesta dell'Esecutivo.
La legge permetterebbe di imporre sanzioni secondarie ai Paesi che acquistano petrolio e gas dalla Russia, nel tentativo di bloccare i finanziamenti per la macchina bellica di Putin.