Zelensky says he hates Putin
Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has said that he hates Russian President Vladimir Putin and claimed that the feeling was mutual.
Tested by Russia, NATO looks to strengthen its defences
NATO defence ministers will look Wednesday at shoring up the alliance's ability to counter Russian air incursions, as fears grow that Moscow is testing the West in a grey zone between war and peace.
Russia to introduce 5% gambling tax
The Russian Finance Ministry has proposed a 5% tax on all gambling stakes under a new budget plan. The ministry also said bookmakers should pay a profit tax at the standard 25% rate.
Russian cancer vaccine ‘ready for use’ – health official
Russia’s newly developed cancer vaccine has shown high effectiveness in preclinical trials and is ready for rollout, according to Veronika Skvortsova, head of the Federal Medical-Biological Agency.
Russia reveals new anti-drone tech
Several laser systems have been tested and are being manufactured in limited numbers, First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov has said
Putin reveals details of major Russia-China gas deal
The Power of Siberia 2 pipeline will boost supplies to over 100 bcm of gas a year, according to the Russian president
Modi to hold talks with Xi and Putin in China
The Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, will land in China this weekend for his first visit in seven years – a trip that puts him in the company of the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, and the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, just as India’s ties with Washington have soured.
Xi says China, Russia ties ‘most stable’ in turbulent world
President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that China's ties with Russia are the "most stable, mature and strategically significant" among major world powers, state media reported.
‘Next time in Moscow’ – Putin to Trump
Russian President Vladimir Putin made a rare public switch to English to invite US President Donald Trump to Moscow for the next round of peace talks,
Trump praises ‘warm’ meeting with Putin
US President Donald Trump has described his summit in Alaska with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, as a “warm meeting,” and suggested that the Ukraine conflict is close to being resolved.
Russia ‘no longer considers itself bound’ by nuclear treaty with US
Moscow believes that conditions for maintaining the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty with the US have “disappeared” and “no longer considers itself bound” by it, according to a statement from the Russian Foreign Ministry.
8.8 magnitude quake strikes off Russia’s Far East. Tsunami waves reach Japan, Hawaii and California
One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck off Russia’s sparsely populated Far East early Wednesday, sending tsunami waves into Japan, Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast. Several people were injured, but none gravely, and no major damage has been reported so far.