Russia Desk

The Eastern Herald’s Russia Desk covers Russia, the Russia-Ukraine war, Russian foreign policy, NATO-Russia relations, Eastern European security, the Baltic region and major geopolitical developments involving Moscow and its neighbors.

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

Russian Iskander-M missile launcher during nuclear forces exercises in Belarus May 2026

Russia’s Nuclear Weapons in Belarus Now Serve as Formal Deterrent Against NATO, Ukraine, Moscow Declares

Russia's Foreign Ministry declared on Saturday that tactical nuclear weapons deployed in Belarus constitute a formal counterbalance to NATO and Ukraine — language that upgrades the nuclear posture from a military arrangement

June 14, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Entrance to the Russian Consulate General in Marseille France

Russia Quietly Pushes Back Against France Over Threat to Its Diplomatic Holdings

Russia's consul general in Marseille says diplomatic negotiations are underway to protect Russian state property in France, where authorities have repeatedly attempted to revise the terms of bilateral property agreements. The dispute

June 14, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Event at the Russian Cultural Center in Washington DC Rossotrudnichestvo

US Blocks Russian Cultural Center Head From Traveling Beyond Washington, Director Says

The head of Russia's diplomatic cultural mission in Washington says the State Department blocked her April trip to a Russian studies conference in Texas, leaving the center's outreach to Russian-American communities confined

June 14, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Swiss financial district Zurich as Russia sanctions tighten under EU alignment

Swiss Banks Are Quietly Writing Their Own Sanctions Rules — and Russians Are Paying for It

Russia's ambassador in Bern says Swiss financial institutions are applying anti-Russian sanctions far beyond their legal scope, effectively cutting ordinary citizens off from transfers, travel, and even parcels. The complaint surfaces a

June 14, 2026

Business·Conflicts, Military and War·News

US Army soldier conducting maintenance on a Patriot MIM-104 missile system in the Middle East

Ukraine Runs Critically Short of Patriot Interceptors as Lockheed Martin Admits It Cannot Guarantee Missile Deliveries

Ukraine's Patriot air defense batteries are rationing interceptors as Russia escalates its ballistic missile campaign — and Lockheed Martin has told allies it cannot tell them when their missiles will arrive. The

June 14, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Russian oil tanker Anatoly Kolodkin at the port of Matanzas Cuba amid US sanctions waiver debate at G20

G20 Nations Are Quietly Lobbying Washington to Abandon Russia Sanctions, Moscow Says

Major G20 economies are privately telling Washington that sanctions on Russia are destabilizing the world economy, a senior Russian diplomat revealed — a disclosure that exposes a widening fault line between Washington's

June 14, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Russian air defense systems intercept Ukrainian drones across 16 regions overnight June 2026

249 Ukrainian Drones Intercepted Overnight Across 16 Russian Regions, Moscow Says

Russia's Defense Ministry said air defense systems destroyed 249 Ukrainian drones overnight, spanning 16 regions from Belgorod to Yaroslavl and the Sea of Azov — the latest measure of an aerial campaign

June 14, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Royal Marines Board Russian Oil Tanker Smyrtos in English Channel in Britain’s First Shadow Fleet Strike

Royal Marine Commandos and National Crime Agency officers descended onto the Cameroon-flagged tanker Smyrtos from RAF Chinooks in the early hours of Sunday, seizing a vessel that left the Russian Baltic oil

June 14, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Aftermath of Russian FPV drone strike on a car in Kramatorsk Donetsk Oblast May 2026 as Russian operation pressure mounts

Russia Takes Blocks in Lyman, Forces Kramatorsk Industry to Flee West

Russian forces established control over four districts of Lyman and liberated 117 buildings in Konstantinovka on Sunday, forcing Kyiv to begin evacuating key enterprises and more than 3,500 workers from Kramatorsk to

June 14, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Royal Marine Commandos boarding the Smyrtos oil tanker in the English Channel during UK's first solo Russia shadow fleet operation

Royal Marines Board Smyrtos in English Channel, Britain’s First Solo Seizure of a Russia Shadow Fleet Tanker

Royal Marine Commandos and National Crime Agency officers boarded the Smyrtos in UK territorial waters on Sunday, detaining the Cameroon-flagged tanker that sailed from Russia's Ust-Luga terminal — the first operation of

June 14, 2026

Business·Conflicts, Military and War·News

Previous 1 … 19 20 21 22 23 … 717 Next

Russia Desk

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

Russia’s Nuclear Weapons in Belarus Now Serve as Formal Deterrent Against NATO, Ukraine, Moscow Declares

Russia Quietly Pushes Back Against France Over Threat to Its Diplomatic Holdings

US Blocks Russian Cultural Center Head From Traveling Beyond Washington, Director Says

Swiss Banks Are Quietly Writing Their Own Sanctions Rules — and Russians Are Paying for It

Ukraine Runs Critically Short of Patriot Interceptors as Lockheed Martin Admits It Cannot Guarantee Missile Deliveries

G20 Nations Are Quietly Lobbying Washington to Abandon Russia Sanctions, Moscow Says

249 Ukrainian Drones Intercepted Overnight Across 16 Russian Regions, Moscow Says

Royal Marines Board Russian Oil Tanker Smyrtos in English Channel in Britain’s First Shadow Fleet Strike

Russia Takes Blocks in Lyman, Forces Kramatorsk Industry to Flee West

Royal Marines Board Smyrtos in English Channel, Britain’s First Solo Seizure of a Russia Shadow Fleet Tanker

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

Latest Posts

Judge Presses State Over James’s Cornell Post, Delays Ruling

A Day After Expecting to Stay, Simmons Is Traded to the Bears

PS Plus November 2026 Games Arrive Nov. 3: What to Claim

Is the Traditional Night Out Losing Its Appeal?

Russia Desk

Follow

Latest Posts