Speaking at an air base late Wednesday to military pilots, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia had no intention of starting a war with NATO.
He called the claim that Russia would attack a NATO member country "sheer nonsense".
When (...)
Ukraine's foreign minister arrived in New Delhi on Thursday for a two-day visit to boost bilateral ties and cooperation with India, a time-tested Russian ally from the Cold War era.
Dmytro Kuleba will meet with his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam (...)
The director of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), Alexander Bortnikov, said on Tuesday that the US, UK and Ukraine were behind the Moscow concert hall attack that killed at least 139 people on Friday — despite repeated claims of (...)
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko appears to have cast doubt on Russia's claims that Ukraine was involved in the brutal attack at a Moscow concert hall last week.
ISIS claimed responsibility for the massacre, which killed at least 139 (...)
Russia's Vladimir Putin has acknowledged "radical Islamists" carried out Friday's deadly attack on a Moscow concert hall.
But he has repeated his claim that they had some kind of link to Ukraine and the West.
Ukraine has rejected the Russian claim (...)
Russia has charged four men it says attacked a Moscow concert hall and killed at least 137 people.
Three were marched bent double into a Moscow court while the fourth was in a wheelchair. All were charged with committing an act of terrorism.
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Russia is observing a day of mourning after at least 133 people were killed on Friday evening in an attack at a packed concert venue in Moscow.
Flags are flying at half mast, many events have been canceled and TV channels have updated their (...)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has sent a cable of condolences and sympathy to President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation for the victims of the terrorist attack that took place near Moscow.
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques (...)
The Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit strongly condemned the terrorist attack that took place near Moscow.
He described the attack as an act that cannot be justified under any pretext.
In a statement, Aboul Gheit expressed his deepest (...)
Russian President Vladimir Putin says all four gunmen who carried out a deadly attack at a packed concert venue in Moscow have been arrested.
At least 133 people were killed and more than 140 injured when the attackers stormed the building, firing (...)
Gunmen have attacked a concert hall on the fringes of Moscow, killing at least 133 people and wounding 140 more, Russian security services say.
Attackers clad in camouflage gear took part in the attack, in the north-western suburb of Krasnogorsk, (...)
According to Russian state media outlets TASS and RIA Novosti, a shooting incident took place inside the Crocus City Hall concert hall in the Moscow region, involving three armed individuals. The reports indicate there are casualties and injuries, (...)
Large areas of Ukraine are suffering blackouts after Russian missiles targeted energy infrastructure.
There is no electricity in the second-largest city of Kharkiv, says regional head Oleg Synehubov.
Fifteen blasts were reported in Kharkiv, while (...)
The European Commission has proposed a steep increase in tariffs on Russian grain that comes into the bloc's common market.
The measure would apply to cereals, oilseeds and derived products, like vegetable oil, that originate in Russia and are bound (...)
Ukraine has intercepted 31 missiles launched by Russia at Kyiv overnight, Ukraine's air force said.
At least 17 people, including a child, were injured by falling debris, four of whom are in hospital, authorities said.
It is the largest Russian (...)
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has vowed the US will continue to support Ukraine's war effort against Russia, even funding for Kyiv stalls in Congress.
"The United States will not let Ukraine fail," said Austin. "This coalition will not let (...)
Russia's President Vladimir Putin has hailed the "return" of Crimea to Russia at a concert marking the 10th anniversary of the illegal annexation of the territory from Ukraine.
He said Crimea had "returned to its home harbor" and that it would move (...)
EU countries will impose sanctions on 30 Russian officials over the death of leading Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, according to the bloc's foreign policy chief.
"We agreed to sanctions on those responsible for the murder of Alexei Navalny," Josep (...)
Vladimir Putin was always going to claim his fifth term as president with a landslide, faced with three other candidates all approved by the Kremlin.
But when election officials said results gave him more than 87% of the vote, he said Russia's (...)
Lines at some polling stations in Russia grew suddenly at around 12 p.m. local time Sunday, the hour at which supporters of the deceased opposition leader Alexey Navalny called on people to protest the election.
A CNN team at a polling station in (...)
French President Emmanuel Macron says 'all options are possible' in Ukraine, although the current situation doesn't require them
Emmanuel Macron warned Western powers against showing any signs of weakness to Russia as he reiterated his position that (...)
Russian forces deported Bohdan Yermokhin from the occupied Ukrainian city of Mariupol in the spring of 2022, flew him to Moscow on a government plane and placed him into a foster family. He was sent to a patriotic camp near the capital where (...)
Voters in Russia headed to the polls on Friday for a three-day presidential election that is all but certain to extend President Vladimir Putin's rule.
The election takes place against the backdrop of a ruthless crackdown by Putin that has crippled (...)
Several people have been detained for vandalism at polling stations on the first day of voting in presidential elections, Russian officials say.
Incidents involved green dye being poured into ballot boxes, the boxes being set alight and fireworks (...)
Russians are heading to the polls over the next three days for a presidential election that is set to hand Vladimir Putin a fifth term in power as he faces opponents carefully curated by the Kremlin and who pose no real threat to his (...)