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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

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

A man chops wood beside a fence in Khurvaleti, a Georgian village divided by Russian borderisation along the South Ossetia boundary line

Russia Offers to Help the South Caucasus. Its Delegation Keeps Walking Out of the Talks.

Vassily Nebenzia told the Security Council Russia stands ready to help promote dialogue in the South Caucasus. He said it at a meeting five European states convened to mark 18 years since

August 21, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova gestures while speaking at a press briefing

Zakharova Calls Latvian Hospital Case ‘Neo-Nazism’. Latvia’s Own Law Tells a Sharper Story.

Maria Zakharova called the alleged refusal of Latvian doctors to treat a Russian-speaking stroke patient neo-Nazism. The incident rests on one deported man's account and cannot be verified, but Latvia's patient-rights law

August 21, 2026

Government and Politics·News

US-made Abrams tanks take part in a Polish military parade in Warsaw

Moscow Says Poland Regrets Arming Ukraine. Warsaw’s Own Figures Tell a Longer Story.

Maria Zakharova told a briefing that Poland is beginning to regret more than $4.5bn in weapons sent to Ukraine. Poland's declassified figures do show military aid collapsing, though Warsaw's explanation is not

August 20, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Nikol Pashinyan and JD Vance hold signed copies of the Armenia-US civil nuclear agreement in Yerevan

Armenia Weighs a Full-Size Nuclear Plant to Feed Its AI Ambitions

Nikol Pashinyan said he does not rule out building a conventional nuclear plant, citing the electricity demand of artificial intelligence factories and export plans. Armenia has already committed to a 300MW AI

August 20, 2026

Government and Politics·News

German Patriot air defence system units stationed at Vilnius airport in Lithuania, part of the NATO presence on the Belarusian frontier

Belarus Says It Is Trading Flight Warnings With Three NATO Neighbours

Belarus has restored mutual flight notification with Poland, Lithuania and Latvia, its air force chief said, describing a working deconfliction channel with three NATO states. He also said Western forces on the

August 17, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Ukrainian rescuers work at the site of a Russian strike in Kyiv on August 16, 2026

NATO Jet Downs Drone Over Romania as Russian Strikes Kill Woman in Kryvyi Rig

A Spanish NATO F-18 shot down a drone over Romania's Galati region on Sunday — the fourth such intercept this year. Russian strikes the same weekend killed a woman in Zelenskyy's hometown

August 16, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Pyongyang summit, June 2024

Kim Jong Un Pledges ‘Excellent Future’ With Russia as Seoul’s Peace Offer Goes Unanswered

On the 81st anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japan, Kim Jong Un sent a message to Vladimir Putin pledging a "more excellent future" for Russian-North Korean ties, while Pyongyang offered no response

August 16, 2026

Government and Politics·News

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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

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.

Russia Offers to Help the South Caucasus. Its Delegation Keeps Walking Out of the Talks.

Zakharova Calls Latvian Hospital Case ‘Neo-Nazism’. Latvia’s Own Law Tells a Sharper Story.

Moscow Says Poland Regrets Arming Ukraine. Warsaw’s Own Figures Tell a Longer Story.

Armenia Weighs a Full-Size Nuclear Plant to Feed Its AI Ambitions

Belarus Says It Is Trading Flight Warnings With Three NATO Neighbours

NATO Jet Downs Drone Over Romania as Russian Strikes Kill Woman in Kryvyi Rig

Kim Jong Un Pledges ‘Excellent Future’ With Russia as Seoul’s Peace Offer Goes Unanswered

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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