Tag: Russia

Taliban seek assistance from Russia in Afghanistan’s reconstruction — deputy minister (TASS)

The Taliban (banned in Russia) expressed hope that Russia would take part in the reconstruction of Afghanistan, which had been damaged as a result...

Russia to wait for responsible leaders in Ukraine, says Medvedev (TASS)

Russia will wait until responsible leaders appear in Ukraine, focusing on the buildup of based on equal rights and mutually beneficial relations and not...

The US needs nothing from Ukraine except deterrence of Russia — government official (TASS)

Washington needs nothing from Kiev, except adversarial relations with Moscow, its total deterrence and creation of an antipode image, Russia’s Deputy Chairman of the...

Albanian PM’s statement on unification with Kosovo unacceptable — Russian Foreign Ministry (TASS)

Moscow views the statement made by Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama on unification of the country with Kosovo as absolutely unacceptable, official spokeswoman...

Lavrov to attend jubilee Nonaligned Movement forum in Belgrade (TASS)

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will take part on Monday in the jubilee forum of the Nonaligned Movement - the international organization of more...

Agrarian sector becomes a pillar of Russian economy — Putin (TASS)

The agricultural sector has become one of the flagships of the Russian economy and keeps developing actively, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a...

Repackaging Pandora: How Russia’s information apparatus is handling a massive leak of data on offshore finance (Jessica Brandt, Brookings)

Almost immediately after the authors of the “Pandora Papers” report released it on October 3, revelations of wrongdoing by powerful public figures, including in...

Kremlin Publicizes Its View on Europe’s Energy Crisis (Vladimir Socor, The Jamestown Foundation)

The Kremlin is skillfully exploiting a European energy crisis caused in part by flawed European policies. On October 6, at the TTF Hub in...

Russian Authorities Expand and Tighten Clampdown on Opposition (Pavel Felgenhauer, The Jamestown Foundation)

On September 28, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB—one of the main successor organizations of the Soviet KGB) published an official order, Number 376,...

Microsoft: Russia Launched 58% of State-Backed Cyber Attacks (Tim Balk, New York Daily News, Government Technology)

Russia’s relentless hacking efforts accounted for 58% of all state-sponsored cyber attacks observed by Microsoft over the past year, the tech giant said Thursday,...

Le cause della perdita del prototipo del cargo tattico Ilyushin Il-112V (Maurizio Sparacino, Analisi Difesa)

Il quotidiano russo Kommersant ha recentemente pubblicato un’analisi del Ministero dell’Industria e del Commercio e dell’Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) che descrive la causa della...

Russian Activist Detained After Posting Video Featuring Mock Trial Of Putin (RFE RL)

A court in western Russia ordered the arrest of an opposition activist for posting a video that depicts President Vladimir Putin and two other figures being...

Mitrofan Moskalenko helicopter carrier to become Russian Black Sea Fleet flagship — source (TASS)

Russia’s advanced universal amphibious assault ship, the Mitrofan Moskalenko, will become the flagship of the Russian Black Sea fleet once it is ready, a...

Russia, Turkmenistan sign cooperation program for 2021-2023 (TASS)

Russia and Turkmenistan have signed an economic cooperation program for 2021-2023 during a bilateral intergovernmental commission meeting in Turkmenistan’s capital Ashgabat, the country’s TDH...

Union State secretary describes EU resolution on Belarus as meddling in sovereign affairs (TASS)

The European Parliament’s resolution that condemns Russian-Belarusian integration is an unprecedented example of interference into affairs of sovereign countries, State Secretary of the Union...

Russia presents response on Navalny case to 45 countries’ request — envoy to OPCW (TASS)

Russia provided its response to the request of the so-called concerned states - Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) members on the...