Russia/Ukraine War
United Russia consolidates its leadership in parliamentary polls — Putin
The Russian president emphasized that the party now bears even greater responsibility for legislation and "overall outcome"
Russia’s ruling party nominates Vyacheslav Volodin for a third consecutive term as speaker of the State Duma
United Russia has nominated Vyacheslav Volodin as speaker of the new State Duma, party leader Dmitry Medvedev told Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting.
Russia keeps attacking Ukrainian data centers, calling it a ‘mandatory digital detox’
Russian forces continue to strike Ukrainian data centers. On September 25, they attacked an office building in Kyiv that houses a Datagroup data center. The center was damaged, bu…
Russian street artist Slava Ptrk sums up four years abroad: ‘Unwanted There / Unwanted Here’
One of Russia’s best-known street artists, Slava Ptrk (Stanislav Komissarov), posted an Instagram photo of a new work exploring his own experience in exile. Komissarov left Russia…
Fire at pyrotechnics warehouse kills 14 in Russia’s Yaroslavl region, damages nine apartment buildings
A major fire broke out at a pyrotechnics warehouse in the village of Kubrinsk in Russia’s Yaroslavl region on the afternoon of September 28.
Aleksandar Vučić resigns as Serbia’s president eight months early to run for prime minister instead
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has announced his resignation. His opponents have demanded it for nearly two years, since 16 people died when a railway station canopy collapsed…
Putin instructed government to buy grain from agricultural producers
The Russian president said he plans to meet supervising deputy prime minister Dmitry Patrushev soon to discuss the issue
Foreign special services’ attempts to derail elections in Russia failed — Putin
The head of state stressed that Russia’s people had defended the sovereign right to decide about their own future
Putin orders fourth expansion of Russia’s armed forces this year
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree authorizing 15,500 additional positions in Russia’s armed forces, raising the authorized total to 2,441,630. The total includes 1,…
Family in Russia’s Irkutsk region accuses police of plying a 54-year-old man with alcohol and forcing him to sign papers for military service in Ukraine
The family of Vladimir Shch., a 54-year-old businessman from Ust-Kut in Russia’s Irkutsk region, complained to prosecutors that police had forcibly taken him to a military enlistm…
Metro AG analyzing implications of assets transfer to temporary management in Russia
Russian assets of the German retailer Metro were earlier transferred to temporary management by Torg Rus company
Rosatom’s revenues surge four times over decade in open part of sector — CEO
All the indicators of the company are higher as of the end of nine months of this year as compared to the like period of 2025, Alexey Likhachev said
Lebanon expects concrete results from agreement with Israel — prime minister
Nawaf Salam believes that setting a clear timeline for the parties to fulfill their obligations would help speed up the reconstruction of damaged infrastructure and create conditi…
Central Election Commission chairwoman thanks Putin for decisions ensuring safe voting
Ella Pamfilova said that decisions were made and relevant instructions were issued in a timely manner
Iran agrees to suspend enrichment in exchange for sanctions relief — TV
The Iranian authorities have not yet commented on these reports
Netanyahu asked UAE to cover up prior October 7 knowledge – media
Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly traveled secretly to the UAE to seek a denial that he had been warned ahead of the October 7 Hamas attack Read Full Article at RT.com
Death toll from fire at fireworks production site in Yaroslavl Region up to 13
The firefighting effort involved more than 100 rescuers and 40 firefighting vehicles
Western assessments of Russian elections hold little importance for CEC — official
Ella Pamfilova stressed that during the election campaign, the Central Election Commission did its utmost to honor the basic principles of openness and transparency of the elector…
Reuters: Russia plans record defense spending of 17 trillion rubles in 2027, 27% more than previously budgeted
Russian authorities plan to sharply increase military spending under a new draft budget, Reuters reported, citing Russian government documents it reviewed. Russia plans to spend 1…
Russia on top in building nuclear power units overseas — Putin
The Russian president noted that Rosatom is one of the largest global holdings, which is functioning in the full-cycle mode in the sphere of national security provision and in the…
Le Pen scores ‘historic victory’ in French Senate vote
Marine Le Pen’s National Rally and an ally have won enough French Senate seats to form a group ahead of the 2027 presidential election Read Full Article at RT.com
Kremlin says enabling Starlink-equipped Ukrainian drones to strike deep inside Russia would be ‘reckless’
Providing Starlink data for strikes deep inside Russia would be “a very damaging, potentially dangerous, and reckless step,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Vesti corresponde…
Ukraine considers moving critical enterprises underground to metro stations
According to the Verkhovna Rada member, Russia essentially has complete control over the skies above Kiev
Israeli minister storms Al-Aqsa compound and threatens prisoner
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has breached the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Sukkot Read Full Article at RT.com