Ukraine-Russia conflict
BRUSSELS: European Union leaders met here on Monday seeking to overcome Hungarian opposition to an embargo on Russian oil, as Moscow's forces made gains in the eastern Donbas region of…
US, Russia trade blame
UNITED NATIONS: The United States and Russia blamed each other Thursday for the worsening food situation around the world as the war in Ukraine unfolds. Washington called on Russia to…
Russia and Ukraine
Ukraine staging footage of dead?
MOSCOW: Russia on Tuesday accused Ukraine of staging new civilian deaths in a number of locations in an effort to pin the blame on Moscow. The Russian defence ministry made the…
Ballet to raise money for Ukarine
LONDON: World famous ballet dancers from Russia and Ukraine, Argentina, Cuba, France and Japan come together on Saturday for a gala to raise funds for Ukraine and send a message…
Russia and Ukraine
Russia, Ukraine War Update
KYIV: Here are the latest developments in Russia, Ukraine War: - Humanitarian corridors relaunched - Russia relaunches plans to open humanitarian corridors, allowing civilians to flee cities besieged by its…
Russia and Ukraine
Russia, Ukraine and strategic commodities
LONDON: Russia and Ukraine, locked in conflict, are vital producers of commodities for industrial and food use - from aluminium, nickel and titanium, to wheat and sunflower oil, to gas and…
PM Imran Khan leaves for Moscow
ISLAMABAD: At the invitation of President Vladimir Putin PM Imran Khan has left for Moscow on two-day official visit on 23rd of February, 2022. According to details the President Putin…
Ukraine: Lavrov to meet Blinken
MOSCOW: Russia's foreign minister said Monday that he would meet US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday in Geneva, as tensions soar over a feared Russian invasion of Ukraine.…
Russia, Ukraine tension
BRUSSELS: Washington and its NATO allies have offered Moscow arms control and trust-building measures to defuse the threat of a new offensive by Russia against Ukraine. The proposals, set out…
Nato Nations
NATO urges Russia to show transparency about its military build-up
BERLIN: NATO urged Russia on Friday to refrain from escalating tensions on the border with Ukraine. “We see a large and unusual concentration of Russian forces close to Ukraine's borders,”…
Pakistan, Russia advance talks on ‘Pak Stream Gas Pipeline’ project
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Russia made advancement on the ‘Pak Stream Gas Pipeline’ project by initiating first session of ‘meaningful negotiations’ on the Share Holders Agreement (SHA), Petroleum Division said on…
Russia, China, Iran to work with Taliban towards ‘regional stability’
MOSCOW: Russia and Central Asia power brokers agreed Wednesday to work with the Taliban to promote security in the region and called on Afghanistan's new leaders to implement "moderate" policies.…
Press
Russian editors warn time up, 15 years since Politkovskaya murder
MOSCOW: Russians commemorated Thursday the killing of investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya 15 years ago on President Vladimir Putin's birthday, while her newspaper warned time had run out to punish the masterminds…
China, Russia, Pakistan, Iran reaffirms pledge to promoting peace in Afghanistan, region: Zhao Lijian
BEIJING: While commenting on informal meeting of China, Russia, Pakistan and Iran on Afghan issues, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian Friday (17th of September, 2021) said that the parties…
Putin self-isolates after Covid cases in inner circle
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin will self-isolate after coronavirus cases were detected in his inner circle, the Kremlin said Tuesday, as Russia struggles with stubbornly high Covid infection rates. Kremlin spokesman…
Navalny
Navalny allies face fresh criminal charges
MOSCOW: Two exiled aides of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny were slapped with new criminal charges for helping to finance organisations that have recently been labelled "extremist", Russian investigators said…
Russia races to build giant ice-breakers for Arctic dominance
SAINT PETERSBURG: At Saint Petersburg's historic Baltic Shipyard, cranes hover over the shining Neva River as hundreds of workers build four nuclear-powered ice-breakers. Fronted by a Russian flag and named after…
Russia
Moscow, Saint Petersburg post record daily virus deaths
MOSCOW: Russia's main coronavirus hotspots Moscow and Saint Petersburg set new pandemic highs for deaths from the virus on Monday, an official tally showed, as the country battles a deadly…
Biden says ‘looking’ at Russia retaliation over cyberattack
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden said Wednesday he is "looking" at possible retaliation after the White House linked Russia to a cyberattack against global meat processing giant JBS. Asked by…
Russia says will consider any US request on JBS cyberattack
MOSCOW: Russia said Wednesday it was open to considering any request from the United States for help in investigating the cyberattack on the US subsidiary of Brazilian meat processor JBS.…
Russia
Russia looms large as NATO trains in neighboring Estonia
TAPA ESTONIA: In a wooded corner of Estonia 120 kilometres (75 miles) from the Russian border, some 7,000 soldiers are taking part in a NATO battleground exercise. With tanks and…
Russia
The term hacker become synonymous with Russia
MOSCOW: Over the years, Moscow has faced numerous allegations of cyber-attacks that resulted in multiple sanctions and the expulsion of its diplomats. The term "hacker" has almost become synonymous with…
Russia
In Russia, conscription is a weapon for silencing dissent
MOSCOW: In December 2019, police officers came to Ruslan Shaveddinov's Moscow apartment, sawed through the door and placed him in handcuffs before whisking him away for forced military service in…
Navalny
Russia orders Navalny group to suspend activities
MOSCOW: Russian prosecutors on Monday suspended the activities of Alexei Navalny's regional offices, in a move his team said would essentially shut down the jailed opposition figure's movement. The move comes…