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Russian military electronic warfare equipment in the Transnistria region

Russia Warns of Immediate Response to Any Threat in Transnistria

Moscow has put Moldova on notice. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin warned Russia would respond decisively and without delay to any threat in Transnistria, where some 1,500 Russian troops remain stationed

August 29, 2026

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Aerial view of Yerevan, Armenia's capital city

Armenian Authorities Continue to Undermine Cooperation With Russia, Moscow Says

Russia's Foreign Ministry accused Armenian officials of continuing to issue statements damaging to Moscow-Yerevan ties, specifically targeting Security Council Secretary Alen Simonyan's remark that Armenia was ready to receive Russians avoiding military service.

August 29, 2026

by Russia Desk

Firefighters working at the site of a Russian missile strike in Kyiv

Russia Claims a Strike on the Flamingo’s Maker. The Claim Is Also a Disclosure.

Moscow says its drones hit Fire Point, the maker of Ukraine's Flamingo cruise missile, in the

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing

Lavrov Called Brazil. The Readout Is the Entire Content.

Russia's foreign ministry says Sergey Lavrov and Mauro Vieira discussed bilateral and international issues in a

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin

Moscow Says Europe Wants Talks Only to Buy Kyiv a Pause

Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin says European overtures have one purpose, to give Ukraine a respite before a longer confrontation. Russia has itself declared two short unilateral truces this year, for reasons

August 28, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Christopher Helali, international secretary of the American Communist Party, at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum

RIA Quoted Him as a US Journalist. He Has Asked Putin for Russian Citizenship.

Christopher Helali told RIA Novosti that American media turned the public against Russia by spreading Russiagate lies. He is a US communist party official who has asked Putin for citizenship and who

August 28, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Soldiers on the deck of the tanker Boracay off Saint-Nazaire after it was stopped by French forces

Russia Calls France’s Tanker Seizures Piracy. Its Own Lawyers Have a Better Argument.

A senior Russian diplomat has again called France's boarding of tankers carrying Russian crude an act of piracy, a charge the Law of the Sea makes legally impossible. Buried inside the rhetoric

August 28, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

A freed Ukrainian serviceman wrapped in a national flag makes a phone call after the August 19 prisoner exchange

Moscow Says the Line to Kyiv Is Open. What It Carries Is Prisoner Swaps.

Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin says authorised special-services personnel on both sides can still reach each other. What that channel demonstrably moves is prisoners and consular paperwork, not terms for ending the

August 28, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

A Russian serviceman stands guard beside a reactor building at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Enerhodar, southern Ukraine

Ukraine Strikes Near Europe’s Largest Nuclear Plant Kill Russian Nuclear Specialist, Wound 17

A drone at a bus stop used by Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant workers killed one and caused 20 casualties in all, the IAEA now says, having twice revised an earlier figure. Two days

August 23, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

The Russian Foreign Ministry building silhouetted against a sunset sky in Moscow

Russia Protests Document Checks at Its Riga Embassy. Latvia Copied Them From Moscow.

Russia's foreign ministry said Saturday it is concerned about Latvian police checking the documents of everyone who visits its embassy in Riga. The checks began on 1 July, Latvia announced them as

August 22, 2026

Government and Politics·News

A screengrab of a Ukrainian drone striking what the Ukrainian military said was a Russian tanker in the Sea of Azov

A Drone Hit a Turkish-Run Ship in the Black Sea. Nobody Has Claimed It.

Eleven crew were pulled off the RMS TEAM after a drone strike set it on fire in the Black Sea. One is missing, the ship is probably a total loss, and no

August 22, 2026

Business·Conflicts, Military and War·News

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov holding talks with Indian counterpart S Jaishankar in New Delhi

Jaishankar Goes to Russia With India’s Russian Oil Purchases at a Record High

Six months after Washington announced India had committed to stop buying Russian oil and cut its tariffs as the reward, India's foreign minister travels to Russia to co-chair the bilateral trade commission.

August 22, 2026

Business·Economy·Government and Politics·News

Smoke rises from an oil refinery in Nizhnekamsk, Russia, after what authorities said was a Ukrainian drone attack

Russia Says It Downed 211 Drones on Friday. Six Days Earlier the Figure Was 1,478.

The Russian defence ministry said air defence crews destroyed 211 Ukrainian drones in twelve hours on Friday. The four-figure totals that circulated a week earlier come from a different series, added together,

August 22, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Demonstrators in Ukraine on August 19, 2026, during the protests that followed the dismissal of defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov

Ukraine’s Election Question Reaches the UN. Nobody Has Actually Asked for Help.

Asked whether Ukraine had approached the United Nations for help holding an election, the secretary-general's spokesman said he was not aware of any request. Ukraine's own election commission has published the reason

August 22, 2026

Government and Politics·News

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Russia Warns of Immediate Response to Any Threat in Transnistria

Armenian Authorities Continue to Undermine Cooperation With Russia, Moscow Says

Russia Claims a Strike on the Flamingo’s Maker. The Claim Is Also a Disclosure.

Lavrov Called Brazil. The Readout Is the Entire Content.

Moscow Says Europe Wants Talks Only to Buy Kyiv a Pause

RIA Quoted Him as a US Journalist. He Has Asked Putin for Russian Citizenship.

Russia Calls France’s Tanker Seizures Piracy. Its Own Lawyers Have a Better Argument.

Moscow Says the Line to Kyiv Is Open. What It Carries Is Prisoner Swaps.

Ukraine Strikes Near Europe’s Largest Nuclear Plant Kill Russian Nuclear Specialist, Wound 17

Russia Protests Document Checks at Its Riga Embassy. Latvia Copied Them From Moscow.

A Drone Hit a Turkish-Run Ship in the Black Sea. Nobody Has Claimed It.

Jaishankar Goes to Russia With India’s Russian Oil Purchases at a Record High

Russia Says It Downed 211 Drones on Friday. Six Days Earlier the Figure Was 1,478.

Ukraine’s Election Question Reaches the UN. Nobody Has Actually Asked for Help.

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Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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