The embargo of the European Union on the supplies of Russian oil came into force on December 5. The EU has thus ceased to import sea-supplied energy resources from Russia, TASS reports. The decision of the European Union to ban the transportation and...

Russia presented a wonderful gift to China at the end of the year, Chinese website Baijiahao says. The article on the Chinese website says that the United States, together with its allies, set a goal to isolate Russia politically and economically. It...

Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, said that Russia's missile strikes on targets in Ukraine came as an inevitable response to Kyiv's attacks, which included a strike on the Crimean Bridge...

US President Joe Biden does not exclude a possibility of negotiations with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Ukraine if Putin shows interest in ending the conflict. Speaking at a press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron, Joe Bid...

Explosions occurred at Ukrainian energy enterprises, RIA Novosti news agency reports with reference to Ukrainian energy company DTEK. "Two power engineers were hurt. They were promptly provided with necessary assistance and rushed to hospital. Their ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that recent report about Moscow allegedly asking for negotiations with Kyiv to buy time and build up additional forces were nothing but rumours. "This is both funny and unpleasant — because people lie, th...

There are all chances for India to leave Japan and Germany behind to become the world's third largest economy, a report from S&P Global and Morgan Stanley said. According to S&P Global, India's nominal annual GDP will reach 6.3 percent by 2030. Morga...

The French Foreign Ministry announced the start of the work to establish a special tribunal against Russia in connection with the conflict in Ukraine, TASS reports with reference to a representative of the French Foreign Ministry. Paris started worki...

Sergei Sanakoev, President of the Russian-Chinese Analytical Center Sergei Sanakoev, spoke about the role of former Chinese President Jiang Zemin in the relations between Moscow and Beijing. "It was Jiang Zemin who signed the agreement on Good Neighb...

Poland readies to annex territories in western Ukraine, Sergei Naryshkin, the Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service said, RIA Novosti reports. According to Naryshkin, Warsaw is speeding up preparations for the annexation of Western Ukrainian t...

Ramzan Kadyrov, the President of Chechnya, criticized Pope Francis for calling the Chechens and the Buryats "the cruelest" part of the Russian troops in Ukraine. In an interview with a Jesuit magazine, Pope Francis said: "The cruelest are perhaps tho...

A video of the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, in which she spoke about 100,000 killed Ukrainian soldiers, disappeared from her Twitter* account. In the video, Ursula von der Leyen said that Ukraine had lost as many as 100,000 ...

Ukrainian nationalists may pose a serious threat to President Volodymyr Zelensky, Colonel Douglas McGregor, a former adviser to the head of the Pentagon, said in an interview with the Judging Freedom YouTube channel. The US colonel believes that the ...

Russia will not "shoot itself in the foot" by selling oil to those countries that cap prices on Russian oil, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, RIA Novosti reports. Russian President Putin has voiced Russia's position on the matter before, althoug...

A possibility for US-based Boeing Corporation to supply new high-precision small-diameter ground-launched bombs (GLSDB) to Ukraine may lead to serious consequences, military analyst, reserve colonel Alexander Zhilin believes. "They consider making th...

The United States has been opposing Russia for decades now. Yet, Washington is still afraid to go into direct confrontation with Moscow, Dmitry Belik, a member of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, responded to the recent comment from...

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said he was ready to consider options that would ensure the return of Crimea to Ukraine by non-military means. In an interview with The Financial Times, Zelensky said that he could understand how puzzled everyo...

Russia would accept the remarks from French President Emmanuel Macron, who condemned the strikes on Ukraine, if Paris criticised Ukraine's strikes of the Donbass, Kremlin's official spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, TASS reports. Ukraine has been shellin...

Maria Zakharova, an official representative for the Russian Foreign Ministry, commented on the decision of the European Parliament (EP) to adopt a resolution recognising Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism. "I propose to recognise the European Par...

Turkey has the right to solve problems in northern Syria single-handedly, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, TASS reports. According to him, Ankara will ensure the security of its borders. Turkey's strikes on Syria and Iraq are only a start...