Russia

Dmitry Medvedev, former Russian Prime Minister and Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia, met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. Announcing his visit to China on his social media account, Medvedev said that they…

In his speech at the state awards ceremony held at the Grand Kremlin Palace, Russian President Vladimir Putin said, "Our country has faced many tests. But we have defended our sovereignty in the against them. Today, Russia is once again…

Russian President Vladimir Putin released a video message on the occasion of the 20 December Security Services Day. Addressing the security units in the Kherson, Zaporizhia, Donetsk and Luhansk regions annexed from Ukraine, Putin said,…

Russian forces attacked the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv with kamikaze drones last night. Critical infrastructure facilities were damaged and power outages were experienced, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko says. Engineers are working to repair the…

A fire broke out at the Markovsky oil and gas refinery in the Irkutsk oblast of Russia, injuring one. Dozens of firefighters and 17 fire extinguishers responded to the fire, which covered 400 square meters of the refinery, according to…

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, together with the commanders of military operations in Ukraine, conducted an aerial survey of the Russian army's location and received information about the course of the operation. Shoigu flew…

Three people were killed when a MI-8 helicopter caught fire while landing at Baikal Airport in Russia's Autonomous Republic of Buryatia. According to Russian officials, the newly manufactured helicopter had not yet been delivered to its…

The Russian Ministry of Defense shared a video of a large Yars intercontinental ballistic missile being loaded in a silo. The missile was located in the Kozelsky military district in the Kaluga oblast, southwest of Moscow. With a range of…

A fire at an oil facility near Russia's Irkutsk oblast killed 2 people and injured 4 others, according to Russian officials. The fire covered an area of 2,500 square meters, and the flames were brought under control after long efforts by…

The spacewalk of 2 cosmonauts aboard the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft docked to the International Space Station was aborted due to a coolant leak in the spacecraft, the Russian International Space Agency (Roscosmos) reported in a statement. The…