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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

Dmitry Medvedev at a Kremlin meeting, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman

Russia’s GDP Grew Over 10% in Three Years, Medvedev Says, as Manufacturing Displaces Oil

Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said Russia's gross domestic product has expanded by more than 10% over the past three years, with mechanical engineering and industrial production — not raw materials

June 9, 2026

Business·Conflicts, Military and War·Economy·News

EU flag outside the European Commission headquarters as Brussels proposes to freeze Russia oil price cap at $44.10 per barrel

EU to Propose Freezing Russia Oil Price Cap at $44.10 Per Barrel for Six Months

The European Union is set to propose keeping the G7 price cap on Russian crude oil frozen at $44.10 per barrel for six more months, blocking an automatic formula-driven increase that would

June 9, 2026

Business·Conflicts, Military and War·Economy·News

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov awaiting briefing on Witkoff Kushner Zelensky phone call

Kremlin Still Waiting to Be Briefed on Witkoff and Kushner’s ‘Very Positive’ Call With Zelensky

The Kremlin confirmed Tuesday that Washington has not yet shared the substance of Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner's June 8 phone call with Volodymyr Zelensky — a gap that exposes the sequential,

June 9, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks at a diplomatic meeting in Moscow, June 2026

Lavrov Tells Bachelet Next UN Chief Must Be ‘Neutral, Independent’ and Bound by the Charter

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told UN secretary-general candidate Michelle Bachelet on Monday that Moscow demands the next chief of the world body be genuinely neutral and bound by the Charter's full

June 8, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Russian Geran-2 drone targets Ukrainian patrol boat in Black Sea off Odesa coast June 2026

Russia Turns Land-War Drone Into Maritime Hunter as Geran-2 Destroys Ukrainian Patrol Boats Off Odesa

Russian Black Sea Fleet drone crews struck and destroyed two Ukrainian fast assault boats off the Odesa coast on June 6 using remote-controlled Geran-2 drones, a tactical pivot that extends the land-war

June 8, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Participants at Moscow Arbitration Court for Bank of Russia lawsuit against Euroclear January 2026

Russian Court Upholds $230 Billion Euroclear Judgment as Appeal Rejected, Enforcement Writ Active

Russia's appellate court has rejected Euroclear's bid to halt enforcement of a €200 billion damages ruling, leaving the Belgian depository facing an active writ of execution — and raising the stakes in

June 8, 2026

Business·Conflicts, Military and War·Economy·News

French Air and Space Force Rafale fighter jet over Siauliai Air Base during NATO Baltic Air Policing mission

Volodin Says EU Is Paying to Be Struck by Its Own Drones as NATO Jet Downs One Over Latvia

Russia's parliamentary speaker Vyacheslav Volodin claimed Monday that EU nations are effectively funding drone attacks on their own territory — his statement landing on a day a French NATO jet intercepted an

June 8, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

IAEA monitoring mission arrives at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant Energodar amid ceasefire repairs

Rosatom Chief Says Weekend Strikes on Energodar Were a Tactic to Exhaust Its People — Even as Nuclear Repairs Proceed

Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev said Monday that Ukrainian forces struck residential buildings, civilian cars and supply convoys in Energodar throughout the weekend in what he called a deliberate strategy to exhaust the

June 8, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi speaks to reporters about NATO nuclear weapons Poland Baltic states

IAEA Has No Role in US Nuclear Weapon Talks With Poland and Baltic States, Grossi Says

IAEA chief Rafael Grossi drew a firm line Monday between his agency's civilian nuclear mandate and NATO's internal deliberations over deploying US nuclear weapons in Poland and the Baltic states. The statement

June 8, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi speaks on the ZNPP nuclear ceasefire and silence regime violation

Grossi Reveals Personal Diplomacy With Moscow, Kyiv After ZNPP Silence Regime Collapsed

IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi disclosed Monday that he and his team personally engaged both Moscow and Kyiv after the silence regime around the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant collapsed, urging both governments

June 8, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·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

Russia’s GDP Grew Over 10% in Three Years, Medvedev Says, as Manufacturing Displaces Oil

EU to Propose Freezing Russia Oil Price Cap at $44.10 Per Barrel for Six Months

Kremlin Still Waiting to Be Briefed on Witkoff and Kushner’s ‘Very Positive’ Call With Zelensky

Lavrov Tells Bachelet Next UN Chief Must Be ‘Neutral, Independent’ and Bound by the Charter

Russia Turns Land-War Drone Into Maritime Hunter as Geran-2 Destroys Ukrainian Patrol Boats Off Odesa

Russian Court Upholds $230 Billion Euroclear Judgment as Appeal Rejected, Enforcement Writ Active

Volodin Says EU Is Paying to Be Struck by Its Own Drones as NATO Jet Downs One Over Latvia

Rosatom Chief Says Weekend Strikes on Energodar Were a Tactic to Exhaust Its People — Even as Nuclear Repairs Proceed

Grossi Reveals Personal Diplomacy With Moscow, Kyiv After ZNPP Silence Regime Collapsed

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