Russia’s top presidential security adviser Sergei Shoigu was expected to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un after arriving in Pyongyang “on special instructions” from President Vladimir Putin, Russia’s Tass news agency reported on Tuesday. Shoigu will hold talks with the North Korean “leadership on implementing agreements” reached during his visit earlier in June under…
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday met with Steve Witkoff, a special envoy of US President Donald Trump, in St. Petersburg for talks on the Ukraine conflict. The Kremlin said the meeting focused on “various aspects of the Ukrainian settlement”, without elaborating. The talks were held behind closed doors, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said earlier. He said the two sides…
The Russian president suggests Ukraine be placed under ‘temporary administration’ of the United Nations as part of a peace deal. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Ukraine could be placed under a “temporary administration” as part of a peace process that could include help from North Korea and other Moscow allies, according to Russian state media. Speaking…
Russia’s new ambassador to the United States Alexander Darchiev will leave for his post in Washington on Wednesday, Russian state TASS news agency reported, citing unnamed diplomatic sources. Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed Darchiev, a veteran diplomat known in the past for public denunciations of the West, as ambassador to the United States on March…
Myanmar’s junta chief departed Monday for talks with President Vladimir Putin in Russia, a key ally and arms supplier for the isolated state struggling to quell violent opposition to military rule. Min Aung Hlaing, who seized power in a 2021 coup, left the capital Naypyidaw with a retinue of high-ranking officials, according the junta’s information…
Russian News Agency Tass Said, The Russian leader noted that the SOF continued the noble traditions of the heroes of the Great Patriotic War, carrying forward the legendary legacy of Russian special forces Russian Special Operations Forces are making a significant contribution to the progress of the special military operation, acting boldly and decisively in…
Russian troops have taken control of the villages of Yantarne in the Donetsk region and Kalynove in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine, state-run TASS state news agency reported on Sunday, citing the defence ministry. Reuters could not immediately confirm battlefield reports. Separately, the ministry said that over the past 24 hours Russian forces have carried…
Over 40 were killed, Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry Rodion Miroshnik said Over 250 Russian civilians were injured, over 40 people were killed in November as a result of attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry Rodion Miroshnik told TASS. “According to the data collected and verified by…
Russia’s ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, is “concluding” his diplomatic mission, Russian agencies reported late on Saturday. “Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Ivanovich Antonov is concluding his Washington assignment and heading to Moscow,” Interfax agency cited a representative of the Foreign Ministry as saying. The envoy will be returning to Moscow within…
Russian companies have established a barter trade system with Pakistan to facilitate economic exchanges without the need for monetary transactions, as they seek to overcome challenges with payments related to Western sanctions on Moscow. The alternative trade arrangement was signed at the first Pakistan-Russia Trade and Investment Forum in Moscow. According to the Russian state…
