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Russian President Vladimir Putin says the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus is a reminder to the West that it could not inflict a strategic defeat on Russia. Speaking at Russia's flagship economic forum in St Petersburg,…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has hailed what he said were expanding economic ties between Moscow and Abu Dhabi. Putin made the comments during talks with UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan on the sidelines of Russia's…

President Vladimir Putin and Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune pledged to deepen their two countries' "strategic partnership" as the Kremlin seeks to pivot Russia towards Asia and Africa. Tebboune's three-day state visit comes as…

African leaders seeking to help bring an end to the war agreed to a mediation mission to Russia and Ukraine in mid-June, the South African presidency announced. Last month, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa had indicated that his…

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says his country has started taking delivery of Russian tactical nuclear weapons some of which are three times more powerful than the atomic bombs the US dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.…

A high-ranking Russian diplomat to the United States said early on Wednesday that a "transparent and objective" international investigation is needed in the blasts at the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines. Commenting on reports that the…

Ukraine says its troops have liberated three villages in the country's southeast in the first victories since launching a counter-offensive this past week. Kyiv's forces posted unverified videos showing soldiers hoisting the Ukrainian…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to "hold hands" with Russian President Vladimir Putin and bolster strategic cooperation on their shared goal of building a powerful country. Kim made the pledge in a message to Putin marking…

A U.S. citizen has been detained in Russia on charges of organising a drug trafficking operation. "On June 10, 2023, Moscow's Khamovniki District Court took a measure of restraint against a U.S. citizen," according to a statement on the…

Two drones crashed early on Sunday in Russia's Kaluga region, the governor of the region, Vladislav Shapsha, said on the Telegram messaging app. One drone crashed near the village of Strelkovka, another in the woods in the Medynsky…