Russia/Ukraine War
Over 300 US companies remain in Russia — EEF organizer
Anton Kobyakov added that the government is creating no obstacles for those who decided to stay, they are treated on equal footing with local companies and viewed as Russian econo…
Trump says US will soon prevail over Iran
The US president has assured that the operation against Iran is a success, and his country now controls the Strait of Hormuz
Kiev troops attack DPR territory 47 times in past day, three killed
Fifteen people were wounded
China responded to some of US requests regarding ‘economic war on Iran’ — Vance
Speaking about isolation of Iran, the US vice president said that, in his opinion, China is "willing to play ball here, and we all know this"
Suspected Islamic State member killed in Istanbul
Regional authorities said that the suspect was plotting an attack on Turkish territory
Trump says he has not yet considered inviting Putin to G20 summit
In late April, the US president told journalists that the presence of his Russian counterpart at the upcoming G20 summit in the US in December would be very useful
Israel reports clearing Lebanon’s Ali al-Taher Ridge from Hezbollah infrastructure
According to the IDF statement, the Israeli military also "cleared the area of terrorists"
Vance sees possibility of covert subversive operations to put pressure on Iran
The US president clarified that "everything that could happen is on the table"
Trump says he wants conflict in Ukraine to end
The US president reiterated that if he had won the 2020 presidential election, the conflict would not have happened
Russia to view deployed German long-range systems as legitimate targets — embassy
A representative of the Russian embassy in Berlin said that this would be the case if these systems were aimed at Russia
Boris Akunin has published a memoir for his wife, Erika. It ends with the plan they made to die together.
Erika Chkhartishvili — who edited the books of Boris Akunin (real name: Grigory Chkhartishvili) and was his wife of more than 40 years — died in mid-August. In recent years, she h…
At least 10 drones downed while approaching Moscow
Mayor Sergey Sobyanin says first responders are working in the area where drone fragments fell
JD Vance mum on whether US to end war with Iran by November elections
The US vice president also said that only US actions can save the world from an energy crisis
Zelensky says US negotiators are expected to visit Kiev in coming days
The preliminary date of Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner’s visit has been agreed upon, Vladimir Zelensky says
German police probing suspected arson attack against arms manufacturers
German police have detained two Bulgarian nationals over a suspected arson attack against arms manufacturers in Munich Read Full Article at RT.com
Ukrainian drone strikes on Wildberries warehouses destroyed 15 million books, Russian officials say
Vladimir Grigoriev, director of the Periodicals and Book Industry Support Department at the Digital Development Ministry, said drone strikes on Wildberries warehouses have cost Ru…
Mobilization of women is matter of time, says Ukrainian MP
Ukraine’s former Defense Minister Alexey Reznikov on August 20 called for the mobilization of women
Oman rejects deal with Iran on joint fee collection for Hormuz passage — media
A senior regional official told The New York Post that in order to avoid potential quarrels with US President Donald Trump, Muscat rejected even the idea of voluntary fees to be u…
Leonid Slutsky was promised second place in the September elections, sources tell Meduza. Frustrated that the Kremlin stopped helping, he’s now saying LDPR belongs to the security services instead.
Leonid Slutsky, who leads Russia’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR), has begun casting it as a “party of security officials” rather than as a party of the Kremlin’s civilian staff.…
Putin says the Russian stock market is just ‘slightly in the red.’ (It’s in its longest losing streak since 2008.)
The Russian stock market is “slightly in the red” but will gradually recover, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum. Over the …
Russia calls on OPCW to act professionally on issue of Syrian chemical dossier
Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya says the issue of the Syrian chemical dossier "presents an extremely complex equation with numerous variables"
Vance acknowledges that US has not won any military conflicts in several decades
The US vice president added that he agrees with with Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth "that we needed to have a culture shift at the Department of War"
US won’t negotiate with Iran until Tehran stops ‘shooting at ships’ — JD Vance
The US vice president added that major combat operations against Iran "haven't been ongoing in a very long time"
Ukraine’s SBU accuses Russian Volunteer Corps deputy commander Stepan Kaplunov of working for the FSB and plotting an Independence Day assassination. He says he was tortured into confessing.
Stepan Kaplunov, the deputy commander of the Russian Volunteer Corps, was in contact with Russian security services and was tasked with preparing an assassination attempt against …