Category: 1. Russia

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas speaks with RFE/RL’s Rikard Jozwiak on the sidelines of the April 2 European Parliament plenary in Strasbourg. The topics covered include the future of RFE/RL, US tariffs, and a potential full cease-fire in…

NATO sees no sense in the need to increase defence spending because of the process of normalisation of relations between Russia and the United States, the Associated Press news agency quoted diplomats as saying.

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The discussion focused on topical issues related to the two countries’ bilateral cooperation.

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, in Kyiv on a surprise visit, has warned against falling for Russia’s stalling tactics in peace negotiations to end the war in Ukraine.

The outgoing German diplomat, on her ninth trip to Ukraine since the…

Construction of an oil pipeline between Hungary and Serbia will start in late 2025 – early 2026, it will be ready by 2028, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó said.

“A new oil pipeline will be laid…

The President of the Kyrgyz Republic received the Russian Deputy Prime Minister during his working visit to Kyrgyzstan.

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Tuesday introduced a bill that would impose sanctions on Russian energy purchases if the Kremlin refuses to engage in good-faith negotiations for ending the war in Ukraine.

The 50 Republicans and…

Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to stick to the course of peace talks and the search for diplomatic solutions to the conflict in Ukraine, the Russian leader’s press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, has said.

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Ukrainian emergency crews battled fires after Russia launched another massive overnight drone attack on the eastern city of Kharkiv. One resident told RFE/RL on April 2 that waves of Shahed drones were “coming every minute.” Kharkiv’s military…

The Russian Defence Ministry has said amid new strikes by Ukrainian militants on the country’s energy facilities that the Kiev regime continues to unilaterally hit Russian energy facilities.

“Against the…