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Russia’s Emergencies Minister Yevgeny Zinichev died during a training exercise in the Arctic, the RIA news agency cited the ministry as saying on Wednesday. The 55-year-old official, who had headed the high-profile emergencies ministry since 2018, died while saving someone’s life, it said without providing further details. “… Zinichev died …

Russian President Vladimir Putin said the United States achieved “zero” during 20 years of military involvement in Afghanistan, just two days after American forces fully exited the country, and “the result is sheer tragedies,” the Associated Press reported. During those years, Putin said Wednesday that U.S. forces in Afghanistan were …

Russian President Vladimir Putin has decried the policy of imposing “outside values” on Afghanistan, which has fallen to the Taliban amid a messy US-led withdrawal from the South Asian country. Speaking at a joint news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the Kremlin on Friday, Putin slammed the “irresponsible …

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan discussed the situation in Afghanistan during a phone call and agreed to strengthen bilateral coordination on Afghan issues, the Kremlin said in a statement on Saturday. The presidents emphasized the priority was counter-terrorism and efforts to tackle drug trafficking, the Kremlin said.

German chancellor also expected to discuss Taliban resurgence during a meeting with the Russian president. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has flown to Moscow for talks with President Vladimir Putin, her final official trip to Russia as she prepares to step down next month after nearly 16 years. Afghanistan is anticipated …

Russia’s embassy in Kabul said on Monday that Afghan President Ashraf Ghani had fled the country with four cars and a helicopter full of cash and had to leave some money behind as it would not all fit in, the RIA news agency reported. Ghani, whose current whereabouts are unknown, …

Senior diplomats from the United States and Russia held what the State Department described as “substantive and professional” talks on arms control and other strategic issues on Wednesday despite myriad other differences that have sent relations into a tailspin. The State Department said the discussions in Geneva produced no breakthroughs …

Russian President Vladimir Putin observes a naval parade in St. Petersburg to mark the country’s 325th anniversary of the Russian navy. Putin observed the drill at the Main Naval Parade on the Neva River on Sunday. During the parade, Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov reported to the president about the …

Russia on Tuesday released what is thought to be the first footage of its advanced new S-500 surface-to-air missile system in action, a weapon it hopes will beef up its own defences and one day become an export best seller. Its predecessor, the S-400 system, has become a source of …

Russia said on Monday it had successfully tested a Tsirkon(Zircon) hypersonic cruise missile, a weapon President Vladimir Putin has touted as part of a new generation of missile systems without equal in the world. The defence ministry said in a statement that the missile had been fired from the Admiral …

President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he had received Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 earlier this year after previously declining to disclose which vaccine he had taken. Putin, 68, received two vaccine shots against COVID-19 in March and April, the Kremlin has said. Authorities did not publish video footage …

Russia on Wednesday reported 669 coronavirus deaths over the past 24 hours, a record number of fatalities for the second day in a row, according to a government tally. The country is grappling with a spike of infections spurred by the highly infectious Delta variant, and President Vladimir Putin was …

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a joint statement Monday, officially deciding to extend the China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation. The announcement came during talks between the two heads of state via video link. Hailing the upcoming 20th anniversary of the signing of the …

Russia-backed separatists have accused the Ukrainian army of killing four and injuring five of their troops as a result of shelling in the war-torn east of the country.

The United States is preparing fresh sanctions against Russia over the near-fatal poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, a top White House advisor warned Sunday.

U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed at a “pragmatic” first summit on Wednesday to resume arms control talks and to return ambassadors to each other’s capitals after they were withdrawn earlier this year. The discussions at the lakeside Villa La Grange in Geneva lasted less than …

US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin face off on Wednesday in their first meeting since Biden took office with wide disagreements likely and expectations low for any breakthroughs. Both have said they hope their talks in a stately lakeside Geneva villa can lead to more stable and …

Russian leader Vladimir Putin says new US President Joe Biden is radically different from his predecessor Donald Trump. The two leaders will meet in Geneva on Wednesday, fresh off the back of Biden’s participation in the G7 summit in the UK. The meeting will be the pair’s first since Biden …

Russian President Vladimir Putin, in an interview with NBC News ahead of his meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden next week, said U.S.-Russia relations are at their lowest point in years. Putin and Biden will meet in Geneva on Wednesday. The White House has said Biden will bring up ransomware …

A Russian court on Wednesday approved a request by prosecutors to declare organizations linked to jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny “extremist” in a move that outlaws the groups, his lawyers said on social media. The ruling, which takes effect immediately, effectively bars the groups’ members from running in a parliamentary …