(MENAFN) According to reports, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov stated Tuesday that while Moscow and Washington may engage in bilateral discussions before the end of autumn, a trilateral summit including Ukraine is unlikely. In an...
(MENAFN) Russia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have finalized a significant economic pact aimed at boosting bilateral trade and investment by cutting export costs and improving market accessibility, according to Kommersant. The agreement is...
(MENAFN) Gazprom Armenia announced Monday that natural gas supplies from Russia to Armenia will be cut off for 10 days starting Tuesday due to scheduled maintenance on the North Caucasus-Transcaucasia main pipeline in Russia’s Stavropol region....
(MENAFN) Ukraine reported on Tuesday that a series of Russian strikes carried out overnight resulted in the deaths of two individuals and left 14 others wounded in the southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, including its Polohivskyi district. “Two...
(MENAFN) Russia’s Deputy Security Council Head Dmitry Medvedev declared on Monday that establishing a no-fly zone over Ukraine would inevitably spark a direct conflict between Moscow and NATO. Speaking via Telegram, Medvedev dismissed NATO’s newly...
(MENAFN) Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu announced Tuesday that Moscow's engagement with Iraq is growing significantly stronger, with high-level discussions now spanning a wide array of sectors—including business, economics,...
(MENAFN) Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) has alleged that the European Union is attempting to spark a Ukraine-style revolt in Serbia by fueling the protests that have gripped the country since late 2024. The demonstrations began in...
(MENAFN) Russian forces say they have seized control of a Ukrainian village in the contested Zaporizhzhia region, a development that could signal shifting dynamics on the southeastern front. In a statement released Monday, Russia’s Defense...
(MENAFN) Russia has forcefully denied accusations that one of its drones entered Romanian airspace, asserting that no credible evidence has been offered to support the claim. The incident, which occurred near the Ukrainian border, has intensified...
(MENAFN) Ukraine has intensified its assaults on the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant and has recently expanded its targeting to include other nuclear facilities, according to Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the International...
Russia has launched a wave of drone strikes over the past week against Ukraine's railway power substations, aiming to sever civilian mobility and strain the national economy. The attacks, concentrated in the Kyiv, Kharkiv and Dnipro regions, are...
The Central Bank of Russia (CBR) has listed cryptocurrencies among the main threats for the future of the country’s financial market. In an overview of its expected development, the regulator indicated it intends to boost crypto oversight and...
Russia has announced an ambitious programme to double its nuclear power plant fleet with 38 new reactors, according to the state-owned nuclear power agency Rosatom. Alexey Likhachev, Rosatom’s director general, told the International Atomic Energy...
Home Russia Russia Open To Expanding Talks With US On Sakhalin 1 Project, RIA... Russian president Vladimir Putin signed a decree last month that could allow foreign investors to regain shares in the Sakhalin-1 oil and gas project. Russia‘s Deputy...
Moscow - Saba: The Russian Ministry of Defense announced on Wednesday that its air defense systems intercepted and downed 8 Ukrainian drones overnight. The ministry said in a statement: "Last night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and...
perspective The full-scale invasion of Ukraine happened more than three years ago, which means full-scale Western sanctions on Russia did too. Concurrently, Russians have had just as long to figure out ways to dodge those sanctions, and I fear...
The warning comes as Ukraine intensifies strikes on Russian energy infrastructure in an effort to undermine the Kremlin’s war effort and revenues. Ukrainian forces have targeted at least 10 refineries since last year, reducing Russia’s refining...
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Russian prosecutors are pursuing the seizure of assets belonging to businessman Denis Shtengelov, who is linked to the Dutch vegetable company HAK through his ownership structures. According to Russian authorities, Shtengelov is accused of...
WAGON production in Russia dropped by 21% to 37,900 units during the first eight months of 2025, a trend that is accelerating, according to the Russian Association of Wagon Builders. In August, the monthly production level hit a new low of 3700, a...
