Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday thanked the Wagner Group fighters who made the "right decision" and halted their advance. He stated that those fighters would have the "opportunity to continue serving Russia by entering into a contract with the Ministry of Defense or other law enforcement agencies, or to return to your family and friends. Whoever wants to, can go to Belarus."
Yevgeny Prigozhin the head of the Russian private army, Wagner, has released the first audio statement since an aborted "armed rebellion" he staged on Saturday. He stated that his fighters marched on Russian capital Moscow because of quote injustice.
The Russian ruble sank nearly 3% at the start of trade on Monday as markets had their first chance to react to the aborted mutiny by the Wagner group over the weekend.
The leader of the Wagner group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, remains under investigation by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) on suspicion of organising an armed mutiny, Russian state news agency TASS said Monday, citing a source close to the Prosecutor General's Office. The Kremlin had announced that the criminal charges were expected to be dropped in exchange for Wagner forces’ return to camps and Prigozhin’s move to Belarus.
China and Russia will again hold joint military war games this year, top generals from each side confirmed in a virtual meeting Friday, according to China’s defense ministry.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman discussed cooperation within the OPEC+ during a phone call on Wednesday, according to a statement by the Kremlin.
Moscow and Minsk have signed a deal on deploying tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, that's according to the statements from both countries’ defense ministries.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has said at a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin that Beijing and Moscow should increase the level of economic, trade and investment cooperation, according to the Chinese state media reports.
Trade between Moscow and Beijing is expected to hit a new record level of $200 billion this year, said Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin during a trip to China. The remarks came as Moscow faces growing isolation from the West over the Ukraine war.
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has arrived in China on an official visit during which he will meet President Xi Jinping and sign a series of deals on infrastructure and trade.
Russia and China have expressed "strong dissatisfaction" with the final statement issued at the end of the Group of Seven (G7) summit in the Japanese city of Hiroshima over such issues as those related to the Ukraine war and the South China Sea.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) leadership expressed deep concern over the arrest warrant issued by Moscow for one of the court's prosecutors this week.
Moscow has issued an arrest warrant for the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor who in March prepared a warrant for the arrest of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on war crimes charges, Russian media reported on Friday.
A cargo train carrying grain derailed on Thursday near Crimea’s Simferopol as a result of the involvement of unauthorized persons in the operation of railway transport. The incident had no casualties, the Crimea Railway company announced on Thursday.
Russian news outlet Kommersant has reported that two Russian fighter jets and two military helicopters were shot down close to the Ukrainian border in Russia’s Bryansk region in what would be a stunning military operation for Kyiv if confirmed.
An Su-34 fighter jet crashed in the Russian region of Bryansk near the Ukrainian border. The incident happened minutes after an unidentified helicopter went down in the area, TASS news agency reported on Saturday, citing sources.
Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the main election rival of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, issued a warning to Russia, accusing Moscow of responsibility for the release of fake material on social media ahead of Sunday's ballot.
Ukraine launched two drone attacks overnight intended to strike the Kremlin residence of Russian President Vladimir Putin, his office has reported on Tuesday. It added that the Russian leader was not harmed. Ukrainian officials have denied Kyiv’s role in the alleged drone attack on the Kremlin.
President Joe Biden’s global agenda faces significant challenges as major developing nations seek to evade the intensifying standoff between the United States, Russia and China and, in some cases, exploit that rivalry for their own gain, classified American intelligence assessments show.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree formally increasing the maximum sentence for treason to life in jail. This is known as part of a drive to suppress dissent since the start of the war in Ukraine.
Jailed Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny stated that he's been told he faces a new “terrorist case”, in comments posted to one of his official Twitter accounts on Wednesday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed a decree introducing possible retaliatory measures if Moscow's assets abroad are seized, state news agency TASS reported.
Russia would prefer that the UN headquarters be moved to a more neutral place, such as Geneva or Vienna, Pyotr Ilychev, the director of the department for international organizations at the Russian Foreign Ministry, told TASS.