In the inner circle of Russian President Vladimir Putin, there are discussions going on about the special military operation in Ukraine. However, all those discussions and disputes are part of the workflow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told report...

Valentina Matviyenko, the speaker of the Federation Council of Russia, invited the Ukrainian Parliament to sit down at the negotiating table. Russia advocates a peaceful settlement of the crisis, she noted, TASS reports. "Let's sit down at the negoti...

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered to take the facilities of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) into federal ownership. The corresponding decree was published on the official website of legal information on Wednesday, October 5. The te...

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed federal constitutional laws about the incorporation of Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), Kherson and Zaporozhye (also spelled Zaporizhzhia) regions into Russia. The documents have been publi...

More than 200,000 people have enrolled the Russian Armed Forces as part of the partial mobilisation, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoygu said at a conference call at the ministry. "As of today, more than 200,000 people have started servicing in th...

The State Duma (the Parliament) of the Russian Federation has ratified the agreement on the admission of the Donetsk and Luhansk people's regions (DPR and LPR) to the Russian Federation, TASS reports. This decision was taken unanimously. As many as 4...

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed agreements to make the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR), the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions parts of the Russian Federation. Together with him, the heads of the LPR and DPR, ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin started the much-anticipated ceremony in the Kremlin. Below are theses from his speech: - People have made their choice, this is the will of millions of people, this is their inalienable right, which is enshrined in t...

Russia will occupy all of the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) within the boundaries in which the country recognized it. The borders of other regions which are going to become part of the Russian Federation remain unclear. The entire ...

The mobilised citizens, after coordination works, will proceed to fulfilling the mission to control and defend the new Russian territories, the Russian Defense Ministry said, TASS reports. The citizens who have been called up for duty as part of part...

Russian President Vladimir Putin will deliver a "lengthy speech" at a special ceremony in the Kremlin on Friday, September 30, Kremlin's official spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, TASS reports. According to the Kremlin spokesman, this is not going to be ...

The Federation Council may gather for the meeting on October 4 to consider new laws on the accession of new territories to Russia after the referenda in the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, Valentina Matviyenko, the chair of the upper house ...

The admission of new regions to Russia as a result of the referenda will require amendments to the Russian Constitution, a member of the Federation Council Committee on Constitutional Legislation Alexander Bashkin said. According to him, changes will...

Former National Security Agency employee Edward Snowden has been granted Russian citizenship. "Snowden Edward Joseph, born June 21, 1983 in the United States of America,” the list of those who received Russian citizenship says. Edward Snowden has b...

In Vladivostok, Federal Security Bureau (FSB) officers caught Consul of Japan Motoki Tatsunori red-handed for espionage, RIA Novosti reports. Intelligence officers detained the consul while he was buying limited distribution information about Russia'...

Reports in the media and social networks about the plans of the Russian authorities to mobilize more than 300,000 people are not true to fact, Kremlin official representative Dmitry Peskov said, RIA Novosti reports. "These are all fakes,” he said. ...

Possible attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) on the territories of Donbass, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, if the residents of those territories vote to become part of Russia at referendums, will be regarded as an attack on Russia, Putin'...

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has provided clarifications on the categories of citizens who do not fall under partial mobilization. Employees of organizations that provide high-tech industries and the financial system will not be ...

When announcing the mobilization, Russian officials avoided saying the word 'war'. They did not talk about the imposition of martial law either. Senator Klishas stated that partial mobilization could be carried out during peace period. All this gives...

The content of the seventh paragraph of the decree on partial mobilization is not to be disclosed, Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov said, TASS reports.  According to Peskov, the content of the seventh paragraph is secret and is intended solely ...