Russia/Ukraine War
IN BRIEF: Russian army completes encirclement of Ukraine’s strongpoint in Dobropolye
The elimination of the trapped enemy formations is underway, the Russian Defense Ministry reported
Russia’s top diplomat Lavrov to hold over 30 bilateral meetings at UN General Assembly
The list of bilateral meetings includes the leadership of the OSCE, the IAEA and the UN General Assembly President Khalilur Rahman
Media should pool efforts to combat virus of deepfakes — OANA Secretary General
"To build a robust system for exchanging reliable information, it is necessary not only to develop our own methodologies and approaches, but also to share them," Marat Abulkhatin …
Drone hits same apartment building outside Moscow for second time. Photos.
In Kotelniki, a town just outside Moscow, one high-rise has now been hit by Ukrainian drones twice. The building, part of the Rusich residential complex in the Novye Kotelniki nei…
Kremlin Backs UN Security Council Reform, But Says Permanent Members and Veto Powers Should Remain
The comments come in response to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s renewed calls to abolish both permanent membership on the Security Council and the veto privilege ahead o…
Poland aims to become gas hub for Europe, minister says
Wojciech Balczun added that Warsaw is already holding talks with Greece, which "can control gas supplies to Europe from the south"
Russia’s SVR comments on yet another EU’s attempt to seize sovereign Russian assets
European officials fear that without seizing Russian assets, they "will not be able to endlessly fund the corrupt Kiev regime, which constitutes the expenditure side of NATO’s con…
Globalists will replace Merz after CDU election failure, RDIF chief says
The Chancellor's party got zero seats in a regional election in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Only 22% of Russian gold consumed domestically
According to a presentation by Sergey Kashuba, Chairman of the Russian Union of Gold Producers, 78% of gold produced in Russia is exported, making exports the industry’s main sale…
Lavrov says truth will prevail, answer to Western information aggression
The Russian foreign minister noted that the West’s actions to distort the truth reflected a broader trend of "a fear of fair competition in virtually all spheres of human activity"
Use of frozen Russian assets would erode global trust in EU, euro — AfD lawmaker
According to Rainer Rothfuss, discussions regarding the use of Russian assets serves only to further provoke Russia
Several killed in fire at Russian shopping center. People jump from windows to escape the flames.
A fire broke out at Solnechny, a popular market in Sterlitamak, one of the largest cities in Russia’s Republic of Bashkortostan, Ufa1.ru reports.
Bank of Russia buys 2 bln rubles' worth of yuan for settlement on September 21
The volume of foreign currency purchases on the domestic market for settlement on September 18 also amounted to 2 billion rubles
Kremlin has no information on AfD attempts to establish contact with Moscow — spokesman
"However, as a German political force whose popularity is showing a steady uptrend and which advocates the advisability of establishing relations with our country - that certainly…
Number of those missing since start of Ukraine conflict rises to 275,000 — ICRC president
According to Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, the organization registers an average of 10,000 new cases per month
Rostec supplies latest Zubr anti-drone systems to military
According to the manufacturer, Zubr is a close-in air defense system operating in the lower airspace where a rapid response to the appearance of UAVs and loitering munitions is cr…
ICE Brent crude price falls below $98 per barrel for first time since September 8
As of 1:00 p.m. Moscow time, Brent stood at $97.98 per barrel
Actual turnout in Russia’s State Duma election was about 40%, experts say. Russia’s Central Election Commission put it at 59%.
Turnout in the elections to the State Duma, the lower house of Russia’s parliament, held in Russia on September 18–20, was about 40%, according to mathematician Boris Ovchinnikov …
Ukraine receives $841 mln from World Bank under Canada's guarantees
The latest disbursement brings the total funding allocated to Ukraine by the World Bank under Western guarantees to $54.3 billion, Ukrainian Prime Minister Sergey Koretsky noted
Kremlin calls Greenland deal ‘a matter for the countries involved’
According to the earlier media reports, the agreement could be signed on September 22 in New York
GFCN’s first international fact-checking office to open in Dubai
Russia is the base for this project, GFCN President Vladimir Tabak stressed
‘The choice was prison or exile’: journalists who fled Russia publish grim portrait of Putin
Forensically detailed biography by Roman Badanin and Mikhail Rubin, who were forced to move abroad in 2021, depicts president as a modern-day tsarAt 6am on 29 June 2021, the Russi…
Trump set to address UNGA with Middle East and Ukraine on agenda – US politics live
President also due to hold meetings with 11 world leadersSign up for US Breaking News emailsThe major US television news outlets agreed to suspend their video coverage of Donald T…
Russia’s Defense Ministry reports use of Tsirkon missiles in nighttime strike on Ukraine
The ministry compared the massive strike to the Ninth Wave