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The Russia Desk leads The Eastern Herald's coverage of Russia, the war in Ukraine, NATO's eastern flank, and the post-Soviet space. The desk has reported continuously on the Russia-Ukraine conflict since its full-scale expansion in February 2022 and verifies through Kremlin statements, NATO briefings, and named primary sources, corroborating with Reuters, the BBC, and the Kyiv Independent.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at an award ceremony in the Netherlands, June 2026

Zelenskyy’s Open Letter to Putin Is a Trap Dressed as a Peace Offer

Volodymyr Zelenskyy's open letter to Vladimir Putin proposing direct talks is less a diplomatic olive branch than a carefully constructed trap — one the Kremlin may lack the political grammar to escape.

June 5, 2026

by Russia Desk

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking at St. Petersburg International Economic Forum

Putin Calls Su-57 the Best Fighter Jet in the World, Offers India Full Partnership

Vladimir Putin declared the Su-57 the finest combat aircraft flying today, using a meeting with global news agency heads at SPIEF to simultaneously pitch a full defence partnership with India — a country whose air force has been quietly negotiating

June 5, 2026

by Russia Desk

Uzatom head Azim Akhmedkhadjaev and Rosatom Director Alexey Likhachev at the Jizzakh nuclear power plant construction site in Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan Calls Start of Nuclear Power Plant Construction a Historic Day, Pledges More Projects

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, speaking alongside Vladimir Putin at St. Petersburg's Konstantinovsky Palace, hailed the formal

EU High Representative Kaja Kallas at Brussels foreign affairs council meeting on Russia dialogue

Putin Says EU Must Mature Into Dialogue With Russia as an Equal — It Is Already Happening

Vladimir Putin used a SPIEF session with global news agency chiefs to declare that the European

The Cuban Ambassador commented on the possibility of a second meeting between Patriarch Cyril and Pope Francis in Havana

Decisions and agreements, as well as details on where and when such a meeting will take place, “are the exclusive competence of the highest ecclesiastical authorities in Moscow and the Vatican”, said

April 25, 2023

Russia declares Moldovan diplomat persona non grata

Russian Foreign Ministry declares Moldovan ambassador Lilian Darius persona non grata Moldovan Ambassador Lilian Darius received a protest note from the Russian Foreign Ministry regarding the expulsion of a Russian diplomat. This

April 25, 2023

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Cuban ambassador assessed relations with Russia in the context of Western sanctions

Cuba and Russia are developing their relations and strengthening their ties despite Western sanctions. Cuba rejects the aggressive US sanctions campaign against Russia, “aimed at encircling and limiting the Russian economy and

October 3, 2025

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Medvedev predicted the creation of the Fourth Reich on the basis of Germany and its war with France

Security Council Vice President Dmitry Medvedev in the knowledge marathon said that there is still a high probability of further redistribution in Europe. The hypothesis of a seizure of Ukraine by Poland,

October 3, 2025

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Putin revealed Russia’s main national idea

Putin called the main national idea of Russia the increase of its people In his welcome message to the organizers, participants and guests of the conference Demographic Policy of Modern Russia: How

April 25, 2023

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The Ambassador of Moldova was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry

Moldova’s Ambassador to Moscow Darius summoned to Foreign Ministry in response to Chisinau actions Moldova’s Ambassador to Moscow Lilian Darii, previously summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry, arrived at the Russian diplomatic

April 25, 2023

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Three crashed quadrocopters with cameras found in Moscow region

Three crashed quadrocopters with unmarked cameras were found in the Moscow region. One of them collapsed near the crash site of a drone with explosives in the Bogorodsk district. About this TASS

April 25, 2023

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London has called for a new referendum on Scottish independence

Scottish Prime Minister Yousaf has sought permission from Sunak for a referendum on the country’s independence The Daily Telegraph reports that Scottish First Minister and leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP)

April 25, 2023

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A Ukrainian journalist predicted the rise of pacifism in Ukraine

Ukrainian journalist Kotsaba: the number of pacifists is increasing every day in the country Every day in Ukraine there will be more and more pacifists, and over time they will become the

April 25, 2023

Conflicts, Military and War·News

The head of the Crimean parliament called the transfer of the peninsula to the Ukrainian SSR illegitimate

The head of the Crimean parliament, Konstantinov, called the transfer of the peninsula to the Ukrainian SSR in 1954 illegitimate. The head of the Crimean parliament, Vladimir Konstantinov, deemed the decision to

October 3, 2025

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Zelenskyy’s Open Letter to Putin Is a Trap Dressed as a Peace Offer

Putin Calls Su-57 the Best Fighter Jet in the World, Offers India Full Partnership

Uzbekistan Calls Start of Nuclear Power Plant Construction a Historic Day, Pledges More Projects

Putin Says EU Must Mature Into Dialogue With Russia as an Equal — It Is Already Happening

The Cuban Ambassador commented on the possibility of a second meeting between Patriarch Cyril and Pope Francis in Havana

Russia declares Moldovan diplomat persona non grata

Cuban ambassador assessed relations with Russia in the context of Western sanctions

Medvedev predicted the creation of the Fourth Reich on the basis of Germany and its war with France

Putin revealed Russia’s main national idea

The Ambassador of Moldova was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry

Three crashed quadrocopters with cameras found in Moscow region

London has called for a new referendum on Scottish independence

A Ukrainian journalist predicted the rise of pacifism in Ukraine

The head of the Crimean parliament called the transfer of the peninsula to the Ukrainian SSR illegitimate

Radical Islam is being appreciated by Indian authorities too

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Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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