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June 25, 2024 10:14 PM

Russia bans distribution of dozens of EU news outlets in retaliatory step

Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday it was banning access inside Russia to the broadcasts of dozens of European Union media outlets in what it said was retaliation for a similar EU ban on several Russian media outlets. The European Union said ...

June 25, 2024 4:28 PM

PM Modi may visit Russia in July: Russian state media

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to visit Russia in July, according to reports from Russian state news agency RIA on Tuesday. The potential visit would mark PM Modi's first trip to Russia since 2019 and his first since the outbreak of the Rus...

June 24, 2024 3:51 PM

Russia is revising its nuclear doctrine, Kremlin says

Russia, the world's biggest nuclear power, has started updating its nuclear doctrine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday (June 24), citing an earlier statement by President Vladimir Putin. "President Putin has said that work is under...

May 22, 2024 5:46 PM

Russia denies U.S. charge that it put anti-satellite weapon in space

Russia's top arms control diplomat dismissed as "fake news"on Wednesday an assertion by the United States that Russia had launched a weapon into low-Earth orbit that was capable of inspecting and attacking other satellites. The Kremlin has flatly de...

April 29, 2024 10:25 AM

Two Russian journalists detained on ‘extremism’ charges, linked to Navalny group

Authorities in Russia have detained two journalists, Konstantin Gabov and Sergey Karelin, accusing them of having ties to an "extremist" organization associated with the late opposition figure Alexey Navalny, escalating the Kremlin's crackdown on dis...

April 24, 2024 3:03 PM

Russia detains deputy of defence minister Shoigu for corruption

Russian security services detained one of Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu's deputies on suspicion of taking major bribes, the highest-profile corruption case since President Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine in February 2022. Deputy Defence Min...

March 18, 2024 4:02 PM

What are Putin’s top challenges in new six-year term?

Vladimir Putin has won six more years in the Kremlin with a landslide victory in an election where he faced no serious competition. Looking ahead, he faces important challenges. UKRAINE WAR Challenge: whether to escalate now and when to stop. Russ...

March 12, 2024 1:34 PM

Kremlin, NATO at odds over pope’s call for Ukraine to show ‘white flag’ and start talks

The Kremlin on Monday said a call by Pope Francis for talks to end the Ukraine war was "quite understandable", but NATO's boss said now was not the time to talk about "surrender". Ukraine's Foreign Ministry summoned the Vatican ambassador, known as ...