Source link Four close associates of the jailed opposition figure have been charged with extremism-related offenses A Moscow court has issued arrest warrants for four close allies of the jailed Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny, the press service for Moscow’s courts said on Monday. The list comprises the current head of Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), […]
Source link Aleksey Zhuravlev has suggested that Moscow should deploy missiles in “friendly” countries such as Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua Russia should place its nuclear weapons in “friendly countries” near the US in response to Washington’s alleged plans to move its own tactical arms to Europe, lawmaker Aleksey Zhuravlev has suggested. His comments came after […]
Source link The bloc’s access to cheap Russian energy sources has “underpinned its prosperity” for a long time, according to Aleksey Overchuk Whether the EU can maintain the standards of living it is accustomed to depends on how quickly it restores relations with Russia, Deputy Prime Minister Aleksey Overchuk said in an interview with the […]
Source link The Ukrainian president has said that his army now numbers nearly 900,000 soldiers There are currently 880,000 people serving in Ukraine’s armed forces, according to President Vladimir Zelensky, who insisted that Kiev wants to mobilize even more troops, primarily males who left the country after the start of the conflict with Russia. Just […]
Source link Kiev’s forces have attacked the Kalininsky District of the capital of Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic, Aleksey Kulemzin has said At least three people have been killed and one other wounded in a Ukrainian strike on the Russian city of Donetsk, Aleksey Kulemzin, the mayor of the capital of the Donetsk People’s Republic, has […]
Source link Russian state atomic energy corporation Rosatom plans to commission the third unit at India’s Kudankulam nuclear power plant this year, the company’s chief executive, Aleksey Likhachev, revealed in an interview with the TV channel Russia-24 this past weekend. Located in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, Kudankulam is the largest nuclear power station […]
Source link The public in the West has been subjected to anti-Russian rhetorics for decades and it will take time for the attitude to change, Peskov has said The trumped-up anti-Russian sentiments will remain in the West for years to come until they will eventually fade away, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. In an […]
Source link New Delhi’s strategic shipments passing through the volatile region have remained untargeted largely because of Moscow’s influence By Aaryaman Nijhwan, an international relations researcher and political commentator. He is a graduate of the University of Delhi, and the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO). As the Israel-Gaza war enters its 13th week, […]
Source link The number of tourists coming to Russia may rise significantly in 2024 thanks to the introduction last year of electronic visas and growing demand from Asia, according to Aleksandr Musikhin, the CEO of Intourist and committee head of the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR). Musikhin told a press conference this week […]
Source link The head of the city of Nevinnomyssk, southern Russia, has called for a more than tenfold increase in the birth rate Men should “sneak up” on their wives and impregnate them this very evening, the mayor of the city of Nevinnomyssk in Stavropol Region in southern Russia has insisted. The fact that in […]
Source link The Russian president claims that the governments of Ukraine and the Baltic states have adopted “Hitlerites’ ideology and methods” Russian President Vladimir Putin has vowed to crush modern-day forces that promote Nazism, singling out Ukraine and the Baltic states as countries where the authorities have embraced such attitudes. Speaking on Saturday at the […]
Source link The president urged ministers to prioritize veterans returning from Ukraine as the basis of Russia’s new creme de la creme Veterans returning from the war zone in Ukraine should become Russia’s new elite, President Vladimir Putin has argued. He also called on Russian ministers to provide decommissioned military personnel with all the support […]
Source link The bloc nonetheless needs a Cold War-style deterrence against Moscow, defense minister Boris Pistorius has said There’s currently no threat of Russia attacking NATO or any of the partners of the US-led military bloc, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has suggested. Moscow’s military is now fully occupied with the Ukraine conflict, Pistorius explained, […]
Source link Moscow is accusing Kiev of shooting down an aircraft that carried its own soldier Moscow has released a video that it says shows Ukrainian POWs boarding the military transport plane, which was shot down from the sky in the Russian border region of Belgorod on Wednesday. The Russian Il-76 crashed near the village […]
Source link Russia’s “geopolitical adversaries” had sought to “exterminate” anyone wanting good relations with Moscow, the president has said Kiev’s actions in Donbass between 2014 and 2022 were nothing short of “genocide,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday. The post-Maidan coup authorities in Ukraine were determined to “physically” get rid of anyone who still […]