The summit underscored Russia’s estrangement on the world stage and the shrinking circle of friends that Moscow can rely on thanks to the 18-month-old invasion
The sanctions package also aims to hobble the development of Moscow’s energy sector and future sources of cash, including Arctic natural gas projects, as well as mining and factories producing and repairing Russian weapons
The attack early Wednesday was in the port city of Sevastopol, which serves as the main base for Russia’s Black Sea Fleet. It took place as Moscow launched drones against southern Ukraine’s Odesa region
The meeting underscores how the two countries’ interests are aligning. The Russian president is believed to be seeking one of the few things Pyongyang has in abundance: stockpiles of aging ammunition and rockets for Soviet-era weapons
Kim is expected to seek economic aid and military technology for his impoverished country and has munitions Russia desperately needs
The former president is by far the strongest contender to become the Republican Party’s candidate in 2024 and repeatedly touted his relationship with the Russian leader while in the White House
Voting for Russia-installed legislatures began last week. Russian officials said the average turnout across Russia and the occupied Ukrainian regions was just over 43%
The Kremlin’s website said Kim’s visit is at the Russian president’s invitation and would take place ‘in the coming days.’ The West is concerned that the meeting will lead to a potential arms deal for Moscow’s war in Ukraine
The reclusive Asian country is estimated to have tens of millions of artillery shells and rockets to replenish the Russian army
The Russian invasion has destroyed buildings containing the paintings of Maria Primachenko and Polina Raiko. Today, the works of these folkloric artists are being displayed in various exhibitions, in an attempt to strengthen the national Ukrainian identity
The country’s Foreign Ministry said Monday the government had detected a network operating from Russia to recruit some of Cuba’s citizens living both in Russia and in Cuba to fight in Ukraine
Kim said the country is also pursuing a nuclear-propelled submarine and plans to remodel its existing submarines and surface vessels so that they could handle nuclear weapons
Each barrel of crude that the Kremlin sells is already clearly above the set threshold, but the U.S. and the other non-EU members of the G7 — Canada, Japan and the United Kingdom — are refusing to introduce changes
Beijing defends a decade of global benefits from the program, but critics warn of spiraling debt for developing countries
The anticipated meeting between Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin has set alarm bells ringing over Pyongyang supplying weapons to Moscow in return for nuclear know-how
U.S. officials also said Russia is trying to buy ammunition from North Korea for its war in Ukraine
The implosion of the Soviet space, far from being a clean break with the past, has left cultural and political questions still unresolved
The Russian president says the agreement that allowed Ukraine to export through the Black Sea won’t be restored until the West meets its obligations to facilitate Russian agricultural exports
The Ukrainian military warns that Moscow is replicating its strategy in Bakhmut to break the defenses of the strategic city while diverting forces from the counteroffensive in the south
There’s a weekly subject loosely translated as ‘Conversations about Important Things,’ which was introduced last year with the goal of boosting patriotism
Several Swedish lawmakers say they will boycott this year’s Nobel Prize award ceremonies. Last year, the envoys of both countries were barred from attending because of Moscow’s war in Ukraine
The meeting comes just over six weeks after Moscow broke off an agreement partly brokered by Ankara that allowed Ukrainian grain to reach world markets despite the 18-month war
Technology designed to detect nuclear tests thousands of miles away can capture explosions of all sorts — whether they are bombs, missiles or gunfire — in targeted cities
Life in Moscow presents a facade of normality despite sweeping sanctions tied to the war in Ukraine and the departure of hundreds of name-brand Western companies
The drones hit an airport near Russia’s border with Estonia and Latvia, causing a huge blaze and damaging four Il-76 military transport planes, the Russian state news agency Tass reported
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby points out that the letters were ‘more at the surface level’ but that talks on a weapons sale were advancing
The Kremlin said earlier that President Vladimir Putin wasn’t planning to attend the funeral