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Russia promises Belarus Iskander-M nuclear-capable missiles
Russia will send nuclear-capable short-range missile systems to its ally Belarus in the coming months, President Vladimir Putin has said.
He said Iskander-M systems "can fire ballistic and cruise missiles, both conventional and…
Lithuania accuses Russia of lying about rail ‘blockade’
Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte has said Russian claims of a rail blockade of its territorial outpost in Kaliningrad are a lie.
Kaliningrad is on the Baltic Sea and uses a rail link to Russia via Lithuania for…
Kaliningrad: Row erupts over goods blocked from entering Russian territory
Russia has summoned the EU ambassador in response to Lithuania's ban on some goods being transported by rail to the Russian territory of Kaliningrad.
Lithuania says it is bound by EU sanctions, imposed as part of a series of…
Moscow responds to idea of supplying nuclear weapons to Ukraine
The idea of supplying nuclear weapons to Ukraine amid the ongoing conflict between Kiev and Moscow amounts to provoking a “nuclear conflict in the center of Europe” and is downright insane, Russian State Duma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said…
Russia suffers series of military, economic, diplomatic defeats
Russia is losing manpower at an unsustainable rate; it was forced to accept Finland and Sweden’s decisions to join NATO; and it is cutting its own gas sales to Europe, which helps it finance the war with Ukraine.
Military, economic, and…
Putin warns Finland joining NATO would be a ‘mistake’
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned his Finnish counterpart that joining Nato and abandoning Finland's neutral status would be a "mistake".
He told Sauli Niinistö there was no threat to Finland's security.
The exchange came…
Moscow celebrates Victory Day as Ukraine reels from strike on school
The streets of Russia are set to be filled with pomp and circumstance on Monday as the country celebrates Victory Day, a commemoration of the Soviet Union’s World War II victory over the Nazis.
Though he has few successes to show from…
Russia-Ukraine war: Gazprom cuts gas supplies to Poland, Bulgaria
Poland and Bulgaria accuse Gazprom of breaching contracts after it cuts off gas, and demands payments in Russian roubles.
Russia’s Gazprom has suspended gas deliveries to Poland and Bulgaria, citing the two countries’ refusal to pay in…
UN chief requests meetings with Putin and Zelenskyy to negotiate ending the war
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres is requesting meetings with with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in order to negotiate ending the war that has been going on for almost two…
Russian warship: Moskva sinks in Black Sea
A Russian warship that was damaged by an explosion on Wednesday has sunk, Russia's defense ministry has said.
Moskva, the flagship of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, was being towed to port when "stormy seas" caused it to sink, according to a…