Category: 1. Russia

The circle of the European Union countries invited by Kiev to participate in “alternative” events on 9 May in Ukraine practically coincides with the list of states that fought against the USSR in the ranks of Nazi…

Police investigators questioned members of a prominent far-right nationalist group after their weekend raid on a St. Petersburg apartment ended in a deadly fire, the local news outlet Fontanka reported Tuesday, citing anonymous sources…

Romanian presidential election frontrunner George Simion, leader of the opposition party Alliance for the Unification of Romanians, has said that it is “unprofitable” for Europe to provide Ukraine with military…

The failure of the first round of voting in the Bundestag on the candidacy of Friedrich Merz, a contender for the post of Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, caused a downturn in the German stock…

The northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv saw four more casualties from Russian forces after civilian buildings were hit overnight in a massive attack on May 6 that targeted multiple regions with missiles and drones. Kharkiv’s main market…

Russia and Ukraine exchanged 205 captured soldiers each in their fifth prisoner swap of the year, authorities in both countries announced Tuesday.

“As a result of negotiations, 205 Russian servicemen were returned,” Russia’s…

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A week after the start of US President Donald Trump’s second term, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth has suspended US arms deliveries to Ukraine without notifying the administration, Reuters quoted sources as saying.

Wholesale potato prices in Russia have reached historic highs this spring amid a sharp decline in last year’s harvest, the Kommersant business newspaper reported Tuesday, citing industry experts.

As of late April, potatoes harvested…