On a lazy summer weekend a year ago, Russia was jolted by the stunning news of an armed uprising. The swaggering chief of a Kremlin-sponsored mercenary army seized a military headquarters in the south and began marching toward Moscow to oust the Defense Ministry’s leaders, accusing them of starving his force of ammunition in Ukraine. […]
Russia has effectively dismantled and replaced the Wagner Group in the year since the mercenaries shocked the world by launching a mutiny against President Vladimir Putin’s government, experts have told the BBC. Yevgeny Prigozhin – the late leader of the paramilitary force – crossed from Ukraine on 23 June 2023 and seized the southern city […]
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Friday that a U.S. decision to ban sales of Kaspersky’s software was a typical move by Washington to stifle foreign competition with American products. The Biden administration on Thursday said it would ban the sale of antivirus software made by Russia’s Kaspersky Lab in the United States, citing […]
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Monday that NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s remarks about talks on deploying more nuclear weapons were an escalation. NATO is in talks to deploy more nuclear weapons, taking them out of storage and placing them on standby, in the face of a growing threat from Russia and China, […]
Armenia’s prime minister said he’s taking his country out of the Collective Security Treaty Organization. The CSTO, a military alliance of post-Soviet states, is considered Putin’s answer to NATO. But tensions have been growing, and this is only the latest clash among Russia’s supposed allies. A key Russian ally said it is quitting the Collective […]
The prospect of Russian President Vladimir Putin dying in a fiery plane crash came up Tuesday when the Kremlin was asked if it had any concerns about aircraft safety in the wake of two world leaders plummeting from the sky in recent weeks. The vice president of Malawi was confirmed dead Tuesday in the latest […]
The Kremlin has argued that attacks on energy facilities in Ukraine are justified as they are partly aimed at disrupting electricity supplies to military facilities. “Naturally, this [power grid] is associated with militaryinfrastructure in specific cases,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday, according to Russian news agencies. He had been asked whether he considered […]
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Thursday that Western nations which supply Ukraine with weapons to directly strike Russian territory will definitely face consequences after President Vladimir Putin said he was considering arming the West’s enemies in retaliation. Speaking with senior editors of international news agencies in St Petersburg on Wednesday, the Russian leader […]
Children of Russian elites are addressing the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s low-profile daughters are slated to speak at the event. Russia’s flagship economic event used to attract high-profile international attendees before the Ukraine war. It’s the time of the year for the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum — or the […]
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – The Kremlin on Wednesday described comments by U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen that Washington would not tolerate China increasing its exports of “dual-use” goods to Russia, and would respond with sanctions, as “blackmail”. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Washington’s tone was completely unacceptable and that Moscow stood in solidarity […]
MOSCOW/ANKARA (Reuters) – Russia welcomes Turkey’s reported desire to become part of the BRICS group of nations, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday, saying the subject would be on the agenda of the organisation’s next summit. Peskov said there was heightened interest in BRICS – a group comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, […]
Ukrainian troops used US-supplied Himars missiles to destroy an advanced air defence system inside Russia, as the Kremlin warned Washington it could suffer “fatal consequences” for backing the cross-border attacks. Several missiles are understood to have hit an air defence installation in Belgorod, Russia that was equipped with S-300/400 surface-to-air missiles. Photos of the aftermath […]