News Russia: Rubio denies Zelenskyy’s claim that the US asked Ukraine to cede land to Russia for security deal
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has rejected Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's assertion that the U.S. wants Ukraine to hand over territory to Russia to receive American security guarantees in any ceasefire plan.
News Russia: Russia braced for mammoth rate hike amid fears it's losing the battle against inflation
Russia's central bank is expected to carry out a mammoth rate hike later this week as inflation continues to soar in the war-focused economy. Russia's consumer price index continues to rise rose ...
News Russia: Russia Is Losing Its Grip on Central Asia’s Power Sector
Russian financing problems are undermining its long-standing dominance in Central Asia’s power sector as regional governments increasingly turn to Chinese and European firms.
News Russia: Life slowly returning to normalcy in Russia’s far-east after ‘snow apocalypse’
Life is slowly returning to normalcy in Russia’s far-east region of Kamchatka after a snow apocalypse. Locals were seen shoveling snow in the streets as traffic resumed on snow-covered roads.
News Russia: Storms blast parts of Russia after 6-foot snow buries country’s Far East, stranding air travelers
Russia’s Far East was buried under meters of snow by its heaviest snowfall in 60 years on Tuesday as a winter blast swept across Asia, dusting Shanghai white and grounding flights in Japan’s northwest. The cold snap disrupted transport across the region, closing roads in China, stranding air travelers in Japan and leaving parts of Russia’s Far East paralyzed. Scientists said the weather was related to waves of cool air coming in from the Arctic,...
News Russia: US officials tout progress in talks to reach 'lasting and durable peace' between Ukraine, Russia
Trump has directed U.S. officials to help to facilitate a “lasting and durable peace" between Ukraine and Russia, with officials touting the “very, very strong" package presented for negotiations.
News Russia: These microscopic Russian groups number less than 500 each!
Despite this, it borrows heavily from Russian custom - including the clothing - and to a much lesser extent from Estonian. Another factor here is religion: the Estonians are Lutherans, while the Setos ...
News Russia: Russia Launches 4th and Final 'Blagovest' Military Communications Satellite
"Blagovest is a Russian religious term meaning 'good news,'" he added. Blagovest's planners may have initially envisioned the project, which was partially declassified in 2015, providing some ...
News Russia: Putin congratulates the Muslims of Russia on the Eid al-Adha Islamic holiday
The Russian president highlighted the great contribution ... institutions and maintaining dialogue between ethnic groups and religions. ...
News Russia: With an Eye on Russia and China, U.S. Defence Secretary Visits Mongolia
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper is set to meet senior Mongolian leaders on Thursday in a rare visit to the strategically important nation to deepen ties, as the Pentagon seeks to implement its strategy of focusing on countering China and Russia.
News Russia: Watch Russia's stealthy new combat drone take flight for the first time
The drone, the photos of which first leaked earlier this year, has completed its maiden flight, flying for about 20 minutes at a military airfield. ...
News Russia: With an Eye on Russia, China and a Horse, Pentagon Chief Visits Mongolia
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper met senior Mongolian leaders on Thursday in a rare visit to the strategically important nation as the Pentagon seeks to implement its strategy of focusing on countering China and Russia.
News Russia: Russia's Putin Orders Army to Help Battle Wildfires in Siberia
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered the army to help firefighters battle wildfires in Siberia but environmentalists said the move was unlikely to produce a quick ...
News Russia: Russia Sends Military Planes to Fight Wildfires in Siberia
MOSCOW — Russia scrambled its military transport planes and helicopters across the country on Thursday to fight wildfires that have engulfed more than 11,800 square miles in Siberia and beyond. ...
News Russia: Vladimir Putin Praises Trump, Says Offer of Wildfire Help Could Herald Restoration of 'Full-Format Relations' Between Russia and U.S.
The Kremlin has praised President Donald Trump for his offer of help in battling wildfires in Russia's Siberian region, which President Vladimir Putin said is a signal that U.S.-Russian relations ...
News Russia: Putin Orders Military to Fight Forest Fires in Russia's East
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russia's military to join efforts to fight forest fires that have engulfed nearly 30,000 square kilometers (11,580 sq. miles) of territory in Siberia and the Russian Far East.
News Russia: NATO Chief Appeals to Russia Ahead of Missile Pact Deadline
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is appealing to Russia to comply with a key Cold War-era missile treaty just days before a U.S. deadline to do so expires, but he says the end of the landmark European security pact appears imminent.
News Russia: Federal judge dismisses DNC suit against Russia, Trump campaign, Wikileaks
The Russian government, in turn ... the time that Russian GRU agents were stealing the DNC’s information show that the defendants conspired with the Russian Federation to steal and disseminate ...
