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Russia casts doubt over Vatican as possible venue for its talks with Ukraine
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov cast doubt on Friday over the Vatican as a potential location for peace talks between ...
Russia Classifies Population Data as Birth Rates Plunge to 200-Year Low
Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov has said reviving the nation's birth rate is one of Russia's "top priorities." ...
Tycoon Mordashov’s Local Spat Signals Changing Elite in Russia
Alexey Mordashov, one of Russia’s richest men, has found an unexpected adversary in the governor of the region where his ...
The E.U. Is Still Ramping Up Sanctions on Russia. Here’s How.
The European Union has now targeted Moscow’s fleet of covert oil tankers and plans more restrictions, as the Trump ...
Russia Classifies Budget As Ukraine War Costs Spiral Out of Control
Almost one third of Russia's total expenditures is classified and the word "secret" appears 39 times in the budget when it was adopted last December, the Russian news outlet RuNews24.ru reported.
Exclusive: Taliban in talks with Russia, China for trade transactions in local currencies
The Taliban administration is in advanced talks with Russia for banks from both sanctions-hit economies to settle trade ...
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Russia to retaliate appropriately, harshly to Ukrainian attacks on cities — Duma speaker
MOSCOW, May 23. /TASS/. Russia will give an appropriate and harsh response to the massive attacks on its cities that Ukraine carried out with drones and Western-supplied missiles, State Duma Speaker ...
Russian forces are creating ‘buffer zone’ along Russia-Ukraine border, Putin says
Russian armed forces are creating a “security buffer zone” along the border between Russia and Ukraine, President Vladimir ...