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Putin Backs Reshuffle Nominating Finance Chief Siluanov as Deputy PM

Russia's finance minister, Anton Siluanov, is nominated for a new post of deputy prime minister and finance minister after Putin backed a five-name cabinet reshuffle on Monday. Far East envoy Yury Trutnev

October 19, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak and Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar shaking hands in front of a Russian Energy Week 2026 backdrop

Turkey’s Energy Minister Says Ankara Will Get Some Russian Diesel

Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar says Turkey will receive a share of the Russian diesel Moscow and Washington agreed to release, according to Sputnik. Neither the US license nor Russia's statement names Turkey,

October 18, 2026

Business·News

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov seated at a table with a microphone and papers in front of him

Gulf States Ask Russia to Press Iran as Lavrov Offers a Security Plan

Bahrain's foreign minister told a Russia-GCC meeting in Manama that the Gulf expects Moscow to press Iran to comply with Resolution 2817, which Russia abstained on in March. Lavrov used the meeting

October 18, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak at the Russian Energy Week 2026 forum, standing among attendees with blurred pipe fittings in the foreground

Novak Warns Europe’s Russian LNG Ban Will Leave Gas Buyers Short

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak told Vesti that European consumers will pay the price of the EU ban on Russian gas imports. Euronews reported that IEEFA put EU storage at about

October 18, 2026

Business·News

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Fire at St. Petersburg Oil Terminal as Russia Says It Downed 126 Drones

Pulkovo Airport moved passengers to safe locations and a fire broke out at the St. Petersburg Oil Terminal after a Ukrainian drone attack, TASS reported. The governor's drone count differs between TASS

October 18, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

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Moscow Says It Struck Zaporizhstal, a Steel Plant Its Owner Says Is Shut

Russia's Defense Ministry said it struck Zaporizhstal, a Kryvyi Rih metals plant, a transformer factory and a Zhytomyr substation overnight. Metinvest, the steelworks' owner, says production stopped in August, and Ukraine's Energy

October 17, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Vladimir Putin in military-style jacket speaks at a table with a microphone and Russian flag behind him at a Joint Force command post

Putin Puts Border Security Zone Beyond Talks as Generals Claim Dobropolye

Putin told commanders on Friday that Russia will not make its border security zone a subject of any peace talks with Ukraine, hours after generals reported capturing Dobropolye. Every figure comes from

October 16, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

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Pope Leo Asks Putin for Oleshky Ceasefire; Kremlin Readout Never Says It

Pope Leo asked Putin for a ceasefire in Oleshky, the Holy See says, three days after his lung cancer surgery. The Kremlin's account of the same call never mentions one and says

October 16, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Distillation columns, pipe racks and chimneys of the Ryazan oil refinery behind a yellow Rosneft road sign under a grey sky

Ryazan Refinery Burns, Schools Shut, and Moscow Says Kyiv Never Paused

Schools and kindergartens in two districts of Ryazan stayed shut after a fire at the city's oil refinery, which the Russian Defence Ministry says Ukraine attacked with 69 drones and four Flamingo

October 16, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Snow-covered summit of Avachinsky volcano on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula rising through a ring of cloud, seen from orbit

Japan Warned of a Magnitude 9.9 Quake. The Real One Was a 6.9 in Kamchatka

Japan's weather agency issued an early warning for a magnitude 9.9 earthquake that did not exist, then withdrew it about eight minutes later. The real quake was a magnitude 6.9 near Kamchatka,

October 16, 2026

News·Science

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Putin Backs Reshuffle Nominating Finance Chief Siluanov as Deputy PM

Turkey’s Energy Minister Says Ankara Will Get Some Russian Diesel

Gulf States Ask Russia to Press Iran as Lavrov Offers a Security Plan

Novak Warns Europe’s Russian LNG Ban Will Leave Gas Buyers Short

Fire at St. Petersburg Oil Terminal as Russia Says It Downed 126 Drones

Moscow Says It Struck Zaporizhstal, a Steel Plant Its Owner Says Is Shut

Putin Puts Border Security Zone Beyond Talks as Generals Claim Dobropolye

Pope Leo Asks Putin for Oleshky Ceasefire; Kremlin Readout Never Says It

Ryazan Refinery Burns, Schools Shut, and Moscow Says Kyiv Never Paused

Japan Warned of a Magnitude 9.9 Quake. The Real One Was a 6.9 in Kamchatka

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