Blinken says China is Russia’s primary military complex supplier
By Crispian Balmer and Humeyra Pamuk CAPRI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken criticised on Friday Chinese support for Russia’s defence industry, saying Beijing was currently the primary contributor to…
Russia’s VTB to launch cross-border money transfers to India
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s VTB Bank said on Wednesday that it will launch money transfers in Indian rupees by the end of September. Retail customers will be able to send money to…
Putin and Kim meet at Russia’s most modern space rocket launch site
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at Russia’s most modern space rocket launch site on Wednesday, TASS reported. (Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge)…
In Russia’s Pacific port, residents await North Korea’s Kim Jong Un
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) -In Russia’s Pacific port, residents said they were anticipating a visit by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that the United States fears could lead to more weapons supplies…
Goldman Sachs lawyer says suit by Russia’s Otkritie Bank should be heard in London
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A lawyer for Goldman Sachs argued in a Moscow court on Thursday that a $6.3 million lawsuit against it by Russia’s Otkritie Bank should be heard instead in London.…
Russia’s Medvedev: Japan’s ‘militarisation’ complicates Asia-Pacific
(Reuters) – Japan’s “militarisation” complicates the situation in the Asia-Pacific region, the deputy chair of the Russian Security Council and former President Dmitry Medvedev said on Sunday. Russia and Japan have complex…
Russia’s Putin says he will meet China’s Xi soon
(Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that he expected to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping soon, following earlier reports that he planned to visit China in October. Russia has…
Old video sparks wild theories on fate of Russia’s Prigozhin
(Reuters) – A 40-second clip of an old interview in which Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin said he would rather be killed than lie to his country, and talked about a plane…
Putin uses BRICS summit to justify Russia’s war in Ukraine
(Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin used a speech to a summit of BRICS leaders on Wednesday to defend Russia’s war in Ukraine and praise the grouping as a counterbalance to U.S. global…
Explainer-Blood and billions: the cost of Russia’s war in Ukraine
By Guy Faulconbridge (Reuters) – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has left tens of thousands of dead, displaced millions and sown economic turmoil across the world in the 18 months since its launch…
Russia’s Shoigu says Ukraine depleted, war showing weakness of Western weapons
By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s defence minister told officials on Tuesday that Ukraine’s ability to fight had been “almost exhausted” and said the war had exposed vulnerabilities in Western weapons…
Instant view: Russia’s central bank hikes rates to 12% at extraordinary meeting
LONDON (Reuters) – Russia’s central bank jacked up its key interest rate by 350 basis points to 12% on Tuesday, an emergency rate move to try and halt the rouble’s recent slide…
‘Funding Russia’s Uranium Racket’: Jesse Watters Hammers Biden Admin For Halting Uranium Mining
‘Funding Russia’s Uranium Racket’: Jesse Watters Hammers Biden Admin For Halting Uranium Mining Harold Hutchison on August 8, 2023 Fox News host Jesse Watters blasted President Joe Biden for halting uranium mining…
Poland hopes to fix leak in Russia’s Druzhba oil pipeline by Tuesday
By Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk WARSAW (Reuters) -Polish pipeline operator PERN said it had halted pumping through a section of the Druzhba pipeline, which connects Russia to Europe, after detecting a leak in central…
Russia’s Medvedev suggests Ukrainian ports will be hit again
By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) – Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday suggested Moscow would launch more strikes against Ukrainian ports in response to Kyiv’s attacks on Russian ships in the…
Factbox-What are Russia’s new charges against jailed Putin foe Navalny?
(Reuters) – Russian state prosecutors have asked a court to sentence jailed opposition politician Alexei Navalny to a further 20 years in a penal colony on various criminal charges including extremism, with…
US to keep Russia’s food exports flowing if grain deal revived, Blinken says
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States would continue to do “whatever is necessary” to ensure Russia can freely export food if there was a revival of a deal…
Double-digit growth in real wages, retail sales as Russia’s unemployment hits record low
(Reuters) – Record low unemployment in June highlighted Russia’s stark labour shortage, statistics data showed on Wednesday, even as the rebound from last year’s economic slump continued with double-digit jumps in wage…
Russia’s Prigozhin says Wagner is not recruiting now, may do so in future
(Reuters) – Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said in a voice message published on Monday that his Wagner group was not currently recruiting fighters but was likely to do so in future.…
Russia’s Medvedev: We’d have to use a nuclear weapon if Ukrainian offensive was a success
By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) – Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who has sometimes raised the spectre of a nuclear conflict over Ukraine, said on Sunday that Moscow would have to use…
Russia’s Putin: Black Sea grain deal became meaningless
(Reuters) – Russia withdrew from the Black Sea grain deal that ensured the safe export of Ukrainian grains because the agreement lost its meaning, President Vladimir Putin wrote in an article published…
Russia’s Lavrov: I have not heard new proposals on Black Sea grain deal
By Guy Faulconbridge and Vladimir Soldatkin MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday that he had not heard of any new proposals on the Black Sea grain deal…
Putin reassures Asian allies of Russia’s stability after mutiny
MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin reassured Asian leaders of Russia’s stability and unity on Tuesday in his first appearance at an international forum since the country was rocked by a brief armed…
Russia’s sole aircraft carrier may re-enter service by 2024-end -TASS
(Reuters) – Russia’s only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, which has suffered a series of repair delays, may re-enter service by the end of next year, the country’s TASS state news agency…
Russia’s Medvedev says standoff with West to last decades, Ukraine conflict ‘permanent’
By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) – Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s former president, has warned that Moscow’s confrontation with the West will last decades and that its conflict with Ukraine could become permanent. Medvedev,…
Russia’s top diplomat Lavrov sees no reason to extend Black Sea grain deal
By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia said on Friday it saw no reason to extend the Black Sea grain deal beyond July 17 because the West had acted in such an “outrageous”…
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