West implements price caps on Russian oil products
A view shows the Russian oil producer Gazprom Neft's Moscow oil refinery on the south-eastern outskirts of Moscow on April 28, 2022. (PHOTO / AFP) BEIJING - The implementation of...
Nearly 200 soldiers freed in Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap
Ukrainian servicemen pose on the road as they walk toward their base near the frontline in the Donetsk region on Feb 4, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) KIEV/MOSCOW/WASHINGTON - Dozens of...
EU agrees on price caps on Russian refined oil products
This handout picture taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential press-service on Feb 3, 2023, shows the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen (left) and President of...
Austria expels 4 Russian envoys ‘for breaching diplomatic norms’
In this file photo dated Sept 23, 2013, flags flap in the breeze at the United Nations Office in Vienna, capital of Austria. (PHOTO / AFP) VIENNA — Austria is...
Russia denounces US for undermining New START treaty
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova gestures while Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Jan 18, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) MOSCOW - The United States,...
Russia warns new US envoy of ‘consequences’ of confrontation
People cross a street in front of the Russian Foreign Ministry headquarters in Moscow on Jan 18, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) MOSCOW - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov on...
Russia says frigate tests strike capabilities in Atlantic
In this handout photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Jan 10, 2023, a sailor is on duty onboard of the Admiral Gorshkov frigate of...
Russia, Estonia expel envoys, downgrade relations
People walk past the Russian Foreign Ministry headquarters in Moscow on April 5, 2022. (ALEXANDER NEMENOV / AFP) Russia said on Monday it was downgrading diplomatic relations with NATO member...
Russian parliament leader warns of ‘global catastrophe’
In this handout photo provided by The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation, Speaker of the State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament Vyacheslav Volodin...
Davos may be over, but weeklong affair left behind some changes
Participants are seen during a session of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on Jan 17, 2023. (FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP) GENEVA - The World Economic Forum...
TASS: Russia’s newest nuclear submarine on its way to base in Arctic
This undated photo shows the nuclear-powered Kazan submarine. (PHOTO / RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY / CHINADAILY.COM.CN) Russian navy's newest nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine Generalissimo Suvorov is on its way to a...
IAEA establishes mission at Ukraine’s nuclear plant
A file photo taken on Sept 20, 2022 shows the Pivdennoukrainsk nuclear plant in Yuzhnoukrainsk, Ukraine. (GENYA SAVILOV / AFP) MOSCOW/KYIV/ANKARA/ZAGREB - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) established the...
Deaths from Russia’s attack on Ukraine’s Dnipro rise to 20
Rescuers work on a residential building destroyed after a missile strike, in Dnipro on Jan 14, 2023. (VITALII MATOKHA / AFP) MOSCOW/KIEV - The death toll from a Russian missile...
Russia appoints new military commander in Ukraine
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, left, and Chief of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov attend the meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin during his visit to the joint staff...
Russian warship holds drills in Norwegian Sea
A still image from video, released by the Russian Defense Ministry, shows what it said to be the frigate 'Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov' during an...
Moscow ends self-proclaimed cease-fire
In this handout photo released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Jan 7, 2023, Russian troops attend the Orthodox Christmas service at the Russian Armed Forces' main cathedral in...
Putin orders Christmas truce with Ukraine on Jan 6-7
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting with senior military officers in Moscow, Russia on Dec 21, 2022. (VADIM SAVITSKY / SPUTNIK / RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY PRESS SERVICE /...
Russia loses 63 troops in Ukraine raid
Anger grows over highest casualty count since start of conflict last year Russia's Defense Ministry confirmed on Monday that 63 soldiers had been killed on New Year's Eve in a...
Putin: Russia to continue to strengthen armed forces
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting with senior military officers in Moscow, Russia on Dec 21, 2022. (VADIM SAVITSKY / SPUTNIK / RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY PRESS SERVICE /...
Europeans fall prey to prices
Conflict in Ukraine drives up costs as Europe bears brunt of Russia sanctions Trade union members demonstrate in front of the Engie headquarters in Brussels on Nov 9. The cost-of-living...