Belarus’ Lukashenko says Ukraine-Russia war at stalemate, urges talks
Russia and Ukraine are locked in a stalemate on the frontlines of their war and the two sides need to sit down and negotiate an end to the conflict, Alexander ...
Ukrainian drone struck Russian nuclear waste facility risking disaster
A Ukrainian drone crashed into a nuclear waste storage facility at the Kursk power plant in western Russia on Thursday, damaging its walls, Russia’s foreign ministry said on Saturday, ...
Ex-KGB agent can file lawsuit against UK police for revealing his alias
A former KGB double agent, who worked for the Latvian and Russian security services before becoming a British citizen, can proceed with a lawsuit against UK authorities he accuses of ...
Russian diplomats deny Moscow executed soldiers on battlefield
Russian diplomats on Friday dismissed as lies a White House allegation that Moscow’s military was executing its own soldiers if they refused to carry out battlefield orders in Ukraine.
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Putin urges measures to stem illegal flow of weapons into Russia
President Vladimir Putin called on Friday for measures to curb the illegal circulation of weapons and ammunition in Russia, including from Ukraine.
“We need to think about how weapons and ...
It’s no joke: how Russian comedians try to stay relevant in wartime
ave you heard the one about Vladimir Putin’s ratings?
Cracking jokes about Russia’s president is a sensitive business these days in Moscow’s comedy clubs, where performers say ...
Ukraine’s once-mighty steel sector choked by export blockade
Zaporizhstal, a Soviet-era steel plant in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, has managed so far to keep running in defiance of staff shortages, blocked exports, power blackouts and the ...
Ukraine suspends new Black Sea grain corridor due to threat from Russian warplanes- consultancy
Ukraine has suspended the use of its new Black Sea grain corridor due to what it sees as a threat from Russian warplanes, the Kyiv-based Barva Invest consultancy said on ...
World’s ghost fleet in focus over US Russian price cap crackdown
US penalties on shippers transporting Russian oil in breach of the G7’s price cap could push more Russian cargoes onto vessels referred to as the ghost fleet and away ...
Russia, China veto US push for UN action on Israel, Gaza
Russia and China vetoed on Wednesday a U.S.-drafted U.N. Security Council resolution on the war between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
The draft ...
Russia says it rehearsed delivering a massive retaliatory nuclear strike
Russia has successfully tested its ability to deliver a massive retaliatory nuclear strike by land, sea and air, a Kremlin statement said on Wednesday, a display of force which coincides ...
Russian parliament completes passage of law shifting stance on nuclear test ban treaty
Russia’s parliament completed the passage of a law on Wednesday that withdraws Moscow’s ratification of the global treaty banning nuclear weapons tests.
The upper house, the Federation Council ...
Russia sends fighter jets as two US bombers, drone approach its border
Russia scrambled fighter jets to intercept two US bombers and a drone which approached Russia’s northern and southern borders on Tuesday, the Russian Defence Ministry reported.
According to the ...
Erdogan to Putin: Western ‘silence’ worsening humanitarian situation in Gaza
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in a call that Western countries’ “silence“ was exacerbating the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, Erdogan’s office ...
Kremlin says Putin is healthy, laughs off body double rumours
The Kremlin on Tuesday denied a report that President Vladimir Putin was ill, and laughed off persistent rumours that he used body doubles to cover for him in public appearances.
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Kremlin says Russia ready to endure more Western sanctions
Russia’s economy has adapted well to years of Western sanctions and so it does not fear the prospect of more such measures, the Kremlin said on Tuesday.
The European ...
Kremlin says US can’t build ‘new world order’ that Biden spoke of
The Kremlin said on Monday that it agreed with U.S. President Joe Biden on the need to build a “new world order”, but that it disagreed that the United ...
UN probe finds new evidence Russia committed war crimes in Ukraine
A United Nations commission of inquiry on Ukraine said on Friday it had found additional evidence that Russian forces had committed “indiscriminate attacks” and war crimes in Ukraine, including rape ...
Kremlin: Biden comment comparing Putin to Hamas is unacceptable
The Kremlin said on Friday that remarks by U.S. President Joe Biden comparing Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Palestinian militant group Hamas were “unacceptable”.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov ...
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy thanks Biden for ATACM missiles
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday he had thanked U.S. President Joe Biden for supplying long-range ATACMS missiles and Kyiv’s foreign minister said the military would be ...
Putin praises ‘dear friend’ Xi
President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday praised Chinese President Xi Jinping for the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and invited global investment in the Northern Sea route which he said could ...
Putin visits ‘dear friend’ Xi in show of no-limits partnership
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing on Tuesday to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on a widely watched trip aimed at showcasing the trust and “no-limits” partnership between ...
Russia is revoking ratification of nuclear test ban treaty – parliament speaker
Russia is revoking ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty because the irresponsible attitude of the United States to global security, the speaker of the lower house of the ...
Putin: suggestions of US war against Russia and China nonsense
President Vladimir Putin said that suggestions the United States should prepare for a war against Russia and China were nonsense, and warned the West that any war against Russia would ...