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Lead photograph accompanying Al Jazeera's report on the Russian diesel agreement

Easing Diesel Export Ban Will Not Affect Russian Consumers, Novak Says

Russia's partial lifting of its diesel export ban will not affect domestic consumers, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said, as exports resume under the Putin-Trump deal.

October 10, 2026

by Russia Desk

German security forces at Leipzig Airport following the GRU drone incident in August 2026

Three European Spy Chiefs Warn Russia Could Test NATO Within Months, Citing Leipzig Airport Drone

Three European intelligence chiefs issued a rare joint warning Sunday that Russia could test NATO's collective defence in months, not years, citing the Leipzig Airport drone incident as a decisive shift in Moscow's hybrid warfare tactics. Their assessments diverged internally

September 21, 2026

by Russia Desk

Drone strike damage in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, September 2026

Russia Strikes Back at Ukraine’s Cities After Biggest Moscow Attack of the War

Russia launched 172 drones at Ukrainian cities overnight, killing two in Zaporizhzhia, where apartment blocks burned

Voters at a polling station in Russia during the 2026 State Duma election

United Russia Claims Duma Victory as Fraud Reports Mount

Russia's Duma election closed September 20 with United Russia leading exit polls at 53.5% as fraud

Scientists describe long-necked dinosaurs whose heads were bitten off for the first time

Long-necked dinosaurs could often fall prey to predators that bit off their heads. This conclusion was drawn by the paleontologists who first described the case of the decapitation of marine dinosaurs in

June 19, 2023

News

TOP-4 countries in which Russian tourists may be in danger

Portal “Evening Moscow” I talked to travel agents and found out in which countries Russians should be extremely careful. After reports that Russian citizens are treated badly in Turkey, many of our

June 19, 2023

News

Seven people were injured in the shelling of Valuyki, Belgorod region

Seven people were injured in the shelling by the Ukrainian armed forces of the Valuysky district of the Belgorod region, including a child. About it in the telegram channel reported Governor Vyacheslav

June 19, 2023

News

The Times UKreported on the preparation of hundreds of Belarusians in Poland to overthrow Lukashenko

Belarusian citizens who were forced to leave the country undergo combat training in Poland, according to The Times UK. According to the publication, several hundred people are preparing to overthrow the government.

June 19, 2023

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Concerts of Animal Jazz musicians began to be canceled in Russia

In Vladivostok and Khabarovsk, the concerts of the group Zero People, consisting of members of the St. Petersburg rock band Animal JaZ Alexander Krasovitsky and Alexander Zarankin, have been canceled. The day

June 18, 2023

Conflicts, Military and War·News

more than 30,000 former prisoners have returned to Russia from the war zone in Ukraine

More than 30,000 former prisoners who, in the ranks of the private military company (PMC) Wagner, took part in the military operation in Ukraine, returned home when their contracts ended. This was

June 18, 2023

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Kirill Budanov alive, killed or wounded? What they write about the state of the head of the GUR of Ukraine

Moscow, Russia – Russian media and telegram channels continue to receive reports of the injury or death of the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense,

June 18, 2023

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Trotsky’s grandson dies at 97 in Mexico

Leon Trotsky’s grandson, Esteban Volkov, died in Mexico at the age of 97. How reported British Trotskyist politician Alan Woods, Volkov’s death marked the disappearance of the “last physical link” with the

June 18, 2023

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Putin admitted that the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Zaluzhny was abroad

Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested that the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Valery Zaluzhny is not in Ukraine, but abroad. The Head of State said so during the closed-door part

June 18, 2023

Conflicts, Military and War·News

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has arrived in China. What to expect from a visit

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken arrives in Beijing informed Sunday June 18, Reuters. He became the most senior US official to visit China since 2018. Is it worth waiting for breakthroughs

June 18, 2023

Government and Politics·News

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Easing Diesel Export Ban Will Not Affect Russian Consumers, Novak Says

Three European Spy Chiefs Warn Russia Could Test NATO Within Months, Citing Leipzig Airport Drone

Russia Strikes Back at Ukraine’s Cities After Biggest Moscow Attack of the War

United Russia Claims Duma Victory as Fraud Reports Mount

Scientists describe long-necked dinosaurs whose heads were bitten off for the first time

TOP-4 countries in which Russian tourists may be in danger

Seven people were injured in the shelling of Valuyki, Belgorod region

The Times UKreported on the preparation of hundreds of Belarusians in Poland to overthrow Lukashenko

Concerts of Animal Jazz musicians began to be canceled in Russia

more than 30,000 former prisoners have returned to Russia from the war zone in Ukraine

Kirill Budanov alive, killed or wounded? What they write about the state of the head of the GUR of Ukraine

Trotsky’s grandson dies at 97 in Mexico

Putin admitted that the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Zaluzhny was abroad

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has arrived in China. What to expect from a visit

Radical Islam is being appreciated by Indian authorities too

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

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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