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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.

Gold bars representing Russia's central bank gold reserve sales and citizen gold purchases in 2026

Russia’s Citizen Gold Rush Meets a 27% Price Crash — and a State That Was Selling All Along

Russian households bought a record 50 tonnes of gold in 2025, trusting financial advisers who called it the safest asset available. Then the price dropped nearly 27 percent, and it emerged the

June 15, 2026

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US President Donald Trump meets French President Emmanuel Macron at the G7 summit in Évian-les-Bains, June 2026

Trump Says Putin and Zelensky Are Both Open to a Deal. The Kremlin Said Otherwise Hours Earlier.

Donald Trump told reporters at the G7 summit in Évian that both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky are open to ending the Russian operation in Ukraine — a claim that landed hours after Zelensky publicly said Moscow had once again

June 15, 2026

by Russia Desk

Trump Says Calls With Putin and Zelensky Went Well as G7 Opens in Évian

Donald Trump told reporters in Évian that his back-to-back phone calls with Putin and Zelensky ahead

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews ahead of G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains France June 15 2026

Trump Says Both Putin and Zelensky Are ‘Open’ to Ukraine Settlement After G7 Talks With Macron

Standing beside Emmanuel Macron at the G7 in Évian, Donald Trump said he spoke Sunday with

A new batch of crane trucks from Kostroma Galich went to Moscow

The press service of the JSC “Galich truck crane plant” reports that another batch of special equipment produced by the Galich truck crane plant has just been sent from the Kostroma region

March 27, 2023

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Gorokhovets man is charged with robbing a store and maintaining a ban

The press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the Vladimir region said that last fall, in one of the Gorokhovets chain stores, a 36-year-old man stole

March 27, 2023

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Israeli police disperse protesters in Tel Aviv, unblock main highway

About five hours after thousands blocked Israel’s main Ayalon highway, police began using force to disperse protesters, informed Haretz. Police officers fired water cannons and tear gas, while protesters threw bottles and

October 4, 2025

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In Yaroslavl, another suicide was caught under the Oktyabrsky bridge

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March 27, 2023

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Polyansky: Ukrainian activists and American mercenaries believe in their impunity

Dmitry Polyansky, Russia’s first deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, said on social media that Ukrainian militants, as well as mercenaries from the United States of America, believe in their right

October 4, 2025

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Hungarian Foreign Minister: Washington positions itself as a hostile ally of Budapest

The American authorities position themselves in relation to Budapest as a “hostile ally”. This opinion was expressed by the head of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry, Peter Szijjarto, in an interview with the

October 4, 2025

News

Doctors called 2 early-stage colon cancer signs

Colon cancer usually occurs in older people, but in recent years the disease is increasingly being diagnosed at younger ages. Experts talked about two signs indicating that the digestive tract was affected

October 4, 2025

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The Russian Foreign Ministry has authorized a claim for compensation for damage caused by the Nord Stream explosions

Russia has the right to demand compensation for damage caused by the explosion of Nord Stream gas pipelines, Dmitry Birichevsky, director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Economic Cooperation Department, told reporters. “We

March 27, 2023

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The Russian Foreign Ministry does not exclude the formulation of a claim for compensation for the weakening of the “Nord Streams”

The Russian side may later demand compensation for the damage caused by the closure of the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines due to their degradation. This view was expressed

March 27, 2023

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In the Russian Federation created a ground drone “Hedgehog” for the destruction of armored vehicles

Andrey Bratenkov, executive director of the design bureau Spektr Engineering, said that the company’s specialists developed the Hedgehog robotic platform, which is a ground-based drone for destroying enemy armored vehicles. According to

March 27, 2023

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Russia’s Citizen Gold Rush Meets a 27% Price Crash — and a State That Was Selling All Along

Trump Says Putin and Zelensky Are Both Open to a Deal. The Kremlin Said Otherwise Hours Earlier.

Trump Says Calls With Putin and Zelensky Went Well as G7 Opens in Évian

Trump Says Both Putin and Zelensky Are ‘Open’ to Ukraine Settlement After G7 Talks With Macron

A new batch of crane trucks from Kostroma Galich went to Moscow

Gorokhovets man is charged with robbing a store and maintaining a ban

Israeli police disperse protesters in Tel Aviv, unblock main highway

In Yaroslavl, another suicide was caught under the Oktyabrsky bridge

Polyansky: Ukrainian activists and American mercenaries believe in their impunity

Hungarian Foreign Minister: Washington positions itself as a hostile ally of Budapest

Doctors called 2 early-stage colon cancer signs

The Russian Foreign Ministry has authorized a claim for compensation for damage caused by the Nord Stream explosions

The Russian Foreign Ministry does not exclude the formulation of a claim for compensation for the weakening of the “Nord Streams”

In the Russian Federation created a ground drone “Hedgehog” for the destruction of armored vehicles

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

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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