1+ hour, 56+ min ago  (259+ words) The Russian government has pushed back plans to introduce fees for mobile internet customers who use virtual private networks, or VPNs, Russian media reported Thursday, citing telecoms industry sources familiar with the matter. Russia's Digital Development Ministry said in March…...

2+ hour, 24+ min ago  (208+ words) Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko revealed Thursday that he had achieved one of his dreams: securing an arsenal of Russian Iskander-M nuclear-capable ballistic missile systems. "I once dreamed about this, and now we have more than one," Lukashenko said as Belarus…...

3+ hour, 52+ min ago  (319+ words) Russia on Wednesday voted with other major energy exporters and greenhouse gas emitters against a'UN General Assembly resolution that requires governments to take stronger action on climate change. The vote was 141-8 with 28 abstentions. Russia, Iran, the United States, Belarus, Saudi…...

5+ hour, 6+ min ago  (279+ words) Russia vowed Thursday to continue providing "active support" to Cuba and expressed "total solidarity" with the island nation after the U. S. indicted its former president on murder charges and deployed a naval carrier strike group to the Caribbean amid reports President…...

7+ hour, 49+ min ago  (324+ words) Russia's agricultural watchdog announced Wednesday a temporary restriction on all flower imports originating from or transiting through Armenia, a move that comes amid fraying relations between the two countries. Rosselkhoznadzor claimed the'ban, which takes effect on Thursday, is aimed at…...

20+ hour, 10+ min ago  (567+ words) Russia-backed payments platform A7 plans to create the country's largest "gold bank," aiming to boost domestic gold ownership and potentially expand the use of gold-linked digital assets in cross-border transactions, Reuters cited company executives as saying Tuesday. The project, launched jointly…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (531+ words) On March 31, a Russian An-26 transport aircraft crashed into a cliff in Crimea, killing 30 people. A week later, Reuters reported that among the dead was Lieutenant General Alexander Otroshchenko, whom it identified as the commander of the "45th Army of the…...

20+ hour, 22+ min ago  (1061+ words) President Vladimir Putin has never been a stranger to the red carpet in Beijing, and his arrival in the Chinese capital this week was no different. The Russian leader attended a grand welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (280+ words) Moscow and several major cities across the European part of Russia are sweltering under a record-breaking spring heatwave, with summer-like temperatures expected to grip the capital until the weekend. Russia's Hydrometeorological Center said Moscow shattered a daily record on Tuesday…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (455+ words) In December 2024, a Russian-flagged ship called the Ursa Major, whose itinerary claimed it would be sailing from St. Petersburg to Vladivostok, abruptly sank near Spain. This May, a new CNN report claims that the vessel was carrying submarine nuclear reactors…...