Russia

Moscow says banning Russians from entering EU recalls ‘Nazi policies’

Aug 20, 2022 11:26

Russia’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has denounced some member states of the European Union (EU) for barring all Russian citizens from entering the bloc, saying the move recalls “Nazi policies.”
UK says Putin 'has no moral right' to sit at G20 summit

Aug 20, 2022 11:17

Russian President Vladimir Putin has “no moral right” to attend the Group of 20 leaders’ summit in Indonesia, a spokesperson for Britain's foreign secretary says.
Russia: HTS militants, White Helmets preparing false-flag chemical attack in Syria’s Idlib

Aug 20, 2022 03:13

Russia’s Defense Ministry has warned that members of the Takfiri Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) terrorist outfit together with the so-called civil defense group White Helmets are planning to stage yet another false-flag chemical attack against civilians in the northwestern province of Idlib to implicate Russian army and Syrian government forces.
Putin warns of large-scale catastrophe amid Ukraine attacks on Zaporizhzhia

Aug 20, 2022 01:25

President Vladimir Putin of Russia has raised the alarm about the repercussions of Ukraine's “systematic shelling” of the Moscow-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
Europe doomed by US to hunger, cold: Russian official

Aug 19, 2022 10:47

Europeans have been doomed to suffer hunger and cold to meet the United States hegemonic demands, warns Russian State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin.
Putin, Xi to attend G20 summit in Bali, confirms Indonesian president

Aug 19, 2022 07:25

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping are planning to attend the Group of 20 (G20) summit in Bali in November this year, according to Indonesian President Joko Widodo.
US readying additional $800 million in military aid to Ukraine: Report

Aug 19, 2022 07:24

The United States is readying some $800 million worth of additional military aid to Ukraine, three sources familiar with the matter have told the Reuters news agency.
Europe in energy crisis as Russia sanctions boomerang

Aug 19, 2022 01:31

European countries are feeling the heat from the sanctions they have imposed on Russian energy imports over Moscow’s ongoing military operation in Ukraine.
Russia relocates three warplanes to Kaliningrad near Lithuania

Aug 19, 2022 01:12

The Russian army has relocated three warplanes equipped with nuclear-capable hypersonic missiles to its exclave of Kaliningrad on the coast of the Baltic Sea, with the goal of being on “round-the-clock combat duty,” according to Russia’s Defense Ministry.
Russia says 'likely' to close Jewish Agency amid tensions with Israel over Ukraine

Aug 19, 2022 01:08

Russia has expressed the likelihood of dissolving a so-called Jewish Agency that works to encourage the emigration of Jews to the Israeli Occupied Lands after the country’s Ministry of Justice accused the Moscow-based agency of violating Russia’s privacy laws.