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WATCH: Kim Jong Un inspects Russian-made military equipment

The Governor of Russia's Primorye region showed the North Korean leader samples of products made in Primorye - including some that are being used in fighting in Ukraine - according to Russian state media.

17/09/2023

Russia

Kim Jong Un concludes six-day trip to Russia, attends walrus show

While in Russia, North Korea's leader met President Vladimir Putin and visited key military and technology sites

17/09/2023

Business

Russia raises interest rate to 13% as economy struggles

The Central Bank of Russia raised its key lending rate by one percentage point to 13% on Friday, a month after imposing an even larger hike.

15/09/2023

Russia

'We will fight imperialism together', North Korea's Kim tells Putin

Russia's president and Kim Jong Un held talks on Wednesday during which they are believed to have explored a range of "sensitive topics".

13/09/2023

Tech News

Putin hails Elon Musk as an 'outstanding person' and businessman

Putin made the comments at an event in Russia, just days after the Twitter/X boss said he refused to activate Starlink for a Ukrainian attack in Crimea.

12/09/2023

Russia

Ural Airlines jet carrying 159 passengers lands in a Siberian field

Russian officials say all passengers and the six crew walked away uninjured from the aircraft. It was flying from the Black Sea town of Sochi to Omsk in Siberia when it was forced to make an emergency landing.

12/09/2023

Russia

North Korea's Kim arrives in Russia for Putin meeting

The North Korean leader arrived in Russia on Tuesday morning after travelling on his bulletproof train with an unspecified number of top officials.

12/09/2023

Europe Decoded

Fact-check: Why are certain Wagner graves being destroyed in Russia?

One particular video accused the Kremlin of attempting to erase the memory of Wagner soldiers after the sudden death of the group's boss Yevgeny Progizhin in a plane crash.

08/09/2023

Russia

Euroviews. Don’t ban Russians. Ban Putin's imperialism instead

The destructive and hawkish ideology of Vladimir Putin and his mafia state cronies should be persecuted just like any other aggressive and undemocratic system of beliefs, Aleksandar Đokić writes.

07/09/2023

Russia

Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un: What can North Korea do for Russia?

Isolated on the world stage, both Moscow and Pyongyang need each other now more than ever.

07/09/2023

Russia

Kim Jong Un 'to meet Putin' and broker weapons sales for Ukraine war

Any meeting could take place in the Pacific city of Vladivostok, which is relatively close to North Korea, and would come after Russia's minister of defence visited Pyongyang in the summer for talks with Kim.

05/09/2023

Russia

Putin: 'No new grain deal until West meets my demands'

Russia refused to extend the deal in July, complaining that an agreement promising to remove obstacles to Russian exports of food and fertiliser hadn’t been honored.

04/09/2023

Russia

Russian schoolchildren to use updated history books as new school year

New history textbooks for high school students have come under fire for alleged bias and distortion of events.

01/09/2023

Russia

Lavrov: Russia to reactivate grain deal when West fulfills commitments

Russia accuses the West of "interfering" with exports of its agricultural products and fertilizers

31/08/2023

Russia

Wagner says Prigozhin plane crash might have been 'deliberate'

Kremlin says 'deliberate wrongdoing' among possible causes of plane crash that killed Prigozhin

30/08/2023

Russia

Russia has 'right to war' with NATO - Medvedev

“Whether you like it, or not, history is on our side. We will bury you,” he said quoting former USSR leader Nikita Khrushchev.

30/08/2023

Russia

Putin supported by most Russians but what about his inner circle?

President Putin appears to have the support of everyday Russians but some analysts suggest that his biggest rivals could be those closest to him

30/08/2023

Russia

Private funeral held in St Petersburg for Wagner boss Prigozhin

A private funeral was reportedly held in St. Petersburg for the Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin which Russian President Vladimir Putin did not attend

29/08/2023

Russia

Russia confirms Wagner leader Prigozhin died in plane crash

Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed two months after he mounted a daylong mutiny against Russia's military. President Vladimir Putin decried it as “treason.” The brief uprising posed the biggest challenge to Putin’s authority within his 23-year rule.

27/08/2023

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WATCH: Wagner supporters mourn mercenary leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin

Supporters of Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin brought flowers and flags to a makeshift memorial at the Wagner group headquarters in St. Petersburg on Friday.

26/08/2023

Russia

Euroviews. Is there correlation between Wagner, warlordism, and the Fall of Rome?

Vladimir Putin’s Russia is losing its monopoly on violence, and thus is at risk of becoming a failed state, if it is not one already, Dr Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele writes.

26/08/2023

Russia

How Putin uses assassination to keep his enemies at bay

Assassination attempts against Vladimir Putin's foes have been a consistent feature of his nearly quarter-century in power.

26/08/2023

Russia

'Wagner is alive and will live in Belarus', says Lukashenko

Members of the mercenary force reportedly relocated to Belarus after its leader Yevgeny Prigozhin's abortive mutiny in June.

25/08/2023

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People lay flowers outside Wagner HQ on news of Prigozhin's death

Prigozhin’s forces fought some of the fiercest battles against Ukraine over the last 18 months, but pulled back from the frontline after capturing the eastern city of Bakhmut in late May.

24/08/2023

Russia

Ukraine in Maps: What does the death of Wagner chief mean?

According to the Institute for the Study of War, President Putin almost certainly ordered the Russian military command to shoot down the plane carrying Wagner founder and financier, Yevgeny Prigozhin. But the question remains - why?

24/08/2023

Russia

Moscow court extends WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich’s detention

Gershkovich was arrested in the central Russian city of Yekaterinburg while on a reporting trip in late March.

24/08/2023