A shell launched from Ukraine exploded in Russia's Belgorod region. Two people were injured.  A state of emergency was implemented in two settlements of the region - Zhuravlevka and Nekhoteevka.  “There was an emergency - a shell was fired from U...

Anatoly Chubais, the former chief of Rosnano, has stepped down as a Special Representative of the Russian President for Sustainable Development, Bloomberg reported on March 23 citing its sources. According to the publication, Chubais left Russia. A s...

Russian President Putin made a decision to switch to rubles in payments for gas supplies to Europe as soon as possible, RIA Novosti reports. According to the head of state, Russia will refuse to accept payment for natural gas supplies in compromised ...

Opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been sentenced to nine years in a strict regime colony and a fine of 1.2 million rubles on charges of contempt of court and donation fraud. Prosecutors sought 13 years of strict regime colony for Navalny. The oppo...

Russian airlines have finally lost a total of 78 aircraft due to Western sanctions, the head of the Ministry of Transport, Vitaly Savelyev said, TASS reports. According to the minister, Russia's air carriers have lost 78 out of 1,367 aircraft. All of...

A court in Moscow recognized US-based Meta Corporation an extremist organization. The court has thus officially banned Facebook and Instagram in Russia, TASS reports.  The ruling came as a move to uphold the claim from the Office of the Prosecutor G...

Project 11442M heavy nuclear missile cruiser Admiral Nakhimov will receive new arms systems, the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) said, TASS reports. "In terms of further prospects for the service of this ship, outdated systems and complexes wil...

Russia made a coupon payment on Eurobonds worth $117.2 million, avoiding a default on the public debt. “The Ministry of Finance of Russia informs that the payment order for the payment of coupon income on bonds of external bonded loans of the Russi...

On March 16, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting devoted to measures of socio-economic support for Russia's constituent entities. "We are meeting at a difficult time when our Armed Forces are conducting the special military operation in U...

Sodas and alcohol beverages of foreign production may disappear from Russian stores because of the sanctions, the Izvestia newspaper wrote with reference to experts. PepsiCo drinks (Pepsi, 7Up, Mirinda and others) will disappear from Russian shelves,...

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin said that Moscow would not ask either Europe or the United States to lift sanctions. According to Vershinin, the sanctions that "the United States and its satellites" approved aim to put both the Russi...

Moscow has taken note of the recent remarks from senior US and EU officials, who said that Putin was allegedly frustrated about the inability of the Russian troops to advance further into Ukrainian cities, including the capital city of Kyiv. In this ...

The Office of the Prosecutor General of Russia demands Roskomnadzor (the Federal Service for Supervision in Telecom, Information Technology and Mass Communications) should restrict access to Instagram on the territory of the Russian Federation, RIA N...

There is a certain share of progress in the negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, Putin stated on Friday, March 11, TASS reports. "There are certain positive developments as the negotiators from our side reported to me,” Putin said during the me...

Putin instructed Defense Minister Sergei Shoygu to prepare a report about the need to strengthen Russia's western borders in connection with NATO's actions. He also supported the minister's suggestion to deliver the captured Western-made weapons and ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed with a proposal to attract volunteers from the Middle East to Ukraine, RIA Novosti reports. 'Western sponsors' do not conceal the collection of mercenaries. They do it openly, while neglecting the norms of inte...

According to the ministry, the alleged airstrike is nothing but a completely orchestrated provocation to maintain anti-Russian sentiments among Western audiences. "We have repeatedly stated before that Mariupol's medical institutions, including Hospi...

During a meeting with members of the government on March 10, Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed the plans of the Russian authorities in relation to many foreign companies that decided to leave the country. According to Putin, one should take d...

A possibility, in which Ukraine could use military airfields in other countries, would be an undesirable and potentially dangerous scenario, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, TASS reports. "There was an explanation from the Ministry of Defense ab...

Maria Zakharova, an official representative for the Russian Foreign Ministry, said that the Russian special operation in Ukraine did not aim to overthrow the current government in the country. The goal of the operation is to defend the Donetsk and Lu...