The US dollar fell to 89.85 rubles per one dollar as of 17:37 Moscow time at the Moscow Exchange. The last time the dollar fell below the mark of ₽90 was on March 1. As of 17:48 Moscow time, the dollar has lost ₽5.2 and was trading at ₽90.8 per...

"Unfortunately, during the special military operation there are losses among our comrades-in-arms. To date, 1,351 servicemen have been killed, 3,825 have been injured," Colonel General Sergei Rudskoy, First Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Ru...

Russia has never violated international conventions, Kremlin's official spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, commenting on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's remarks about "Russian phosphorus bombs." During his speech at an emergency NATO summit, Zele...

Russia, in response to the freezing of part of its reserves by the West, applies a mirror measure and limits the movement of funds to unfriendly countries, states the Central Bank said of Russia. The regulator recalls that Russia authorities, in resp...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that a 'total hybrid war' is declared on Moscow. He highlights that this war is aimed to destroy Russian economy. “Today we have been declared on a real hybrid war, a total war. This term, which was used ...

Russian Senator Alexander Pronyushkin confirmed the death of Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the leader of the Liberal and Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), RIA Novosti reports. Earlier, Mash Telegram channel reported that Zhirinovsky died at 10:45 Moscow tim...

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoygu delivered a report about the course of the special operation in Ukraine to President Vladimir Putin and members of the Security Council. Shoygu also spoke about humanitarian assistance and the restoration of inf...

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...