World Feb 21 Kremlin official urges deeper ties with China to resist pressure from the West Russia's security head has held talks with the Chinese Communist Party's foreign policy chief, saying Moscow and Beijing must deepen their cooperation in the face of Western pressure.
World Feb 10 Russia cuts oil output in response to Western price caps Russia has announced it will cut oil production by 500,000 barrels per day next month after Western countries capped the price of its crude over its action in Ukraine.
Politics Feb 09 Russian diplomat says U.S.-Russia relations are in an “unprecedented crisis” Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov argued that the White House's emphasis on increasing weapons supplies to Ukraine to ensure Russia's defeat leaves no room for diplomacy.
World Jan 11 Russia replaces top military officer in charge of Ukraine conflict It's a move that appears to reflect the Kremlin's dissatisfaction with the current leadership and flaws in the military's performance.
World Oct 03 Russian court sets Brittney Griner’s appeal date for Oct. 25 She was convicted Aug. 4 after police said they found vape canisters containing cannabis oil in her luggage at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport.
World Sep 03 Former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev buried in Moscow Russians who came for a last look at former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Saturday mourned both the man and his policies that gave them hope. President Vladimir Putin claimed to be too busy to attend.
World Sep 01 In show of ambivalence, Putin pays tribute to Gorbachev but won’t attend his funeral Russian President Vladimir Putin has paid tribute to former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev but will not attend the weekend funeral, a decision reflecting the Kremlin's ambivalence about Gorbachev's legacy.
World Aug 23 Russians pay tribute to nationalist commentator killed by car bombing Darya Dugina, a 29-year-old commentator with a nationalist Russian TV channel, died when a remotely controlled explosive device planted in her SUV blew up Saturday night.
World Aug 22 Russian spy agency blames Ukraine for nationalist’s car bombing death Russia's top counterintelligence agency has blamed Ukrainian spy agencies have organized the killing of the daughter of a Russian nationalist ideologue.
World Aug 16 Putin accuses U.S. of fueling conflicts in Ukraine, Taiwan to maintain global influence Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the United States of trying to encourage extended hostilities in Ukraine as part of what he described Tuesday as Washington's alleged efforts to maintain its global hegemony.