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MOSCOW — Russia and North Korea on Wednesday (April 30) began construction of a road bridge between the two countries that will span the Tumen river, part of an effort to strengthen their strategic partnership, Russia's prime minister said. The bridge is being built near the existing "Friendship Bridge", a rail bridge which was commissioned

Relations between Moscow and London have been strained by intelligence scandals throughout Russian President Vladimir Putin’s quarter-century in power. In 2018, Britain and its allies expelled dozens of Russian embassy officials they said were spies over the attempted poisoning of former double agent, Sergei Skripal, with Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok read more Russian President Vladimir

Russia wants a long-term peace deal over Ukraine that tackles what it regards as the root causes of the conflict and not a quick US-backed ceasefire followed by a swift restart of fighting, a senior Russian diplomat told the RIA news agency. In an interview released on Monday (Feb 24), the third anniversary of tens

A 30-year-old State Department cable sheds light on the Clinton administration’s failures in Russia. The post Getting Russia Right  appeared first on The American Conservative...

Russian companies are circumventing Western sanctions by using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to settle international trade, the country’s Finance Minister, Anton Siluanov, confirmed yesterday (Wednesday)."As part of the experimental regime, it is possible to use bitcoins that we have mined here in Russia [in foreign trade transactions]," Siluanov told the Russia 24 television channel (translated

UK Gov Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward, UK Permanent Representative to the UN, at the UN Security Council meeting on the maintenance of peace and security in Ukraine. For over 1,000 days, Ukrainian civilians have had their rights to life, liberty, and security threatened as a result of Russia's full-scale invasion. Ukrainian children have borne

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov expressed concerns over the escalating hostilities in Syria in phone calls with his Iranian and Turkish counterparts. He discussed the situation with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Iranian Foreign Minister Abba…

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov attends a meeting chaired by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia October 16, 2023. — ReutersA senior Russian diplomat has said that Moscow has not ruled out the possibility of resuming...