General of the Russian Army Ivan Popov has been sentenced to five years in a penal colony on charges of large-scale fraud and official forgery. He was stripped of his military rank and ordered to pay a fine of 800,000 rubles (about $9,600). A second ...

The reason, for which it takes more than a month to deliver letters inside Russia, even within one region of the country, is related to sanctions that Western countries imposed against Russia after the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine. According t...

Former governor of Russia's Kursk Region, Alexey Smirnov, has been detained along with his former first deputy, Alexey Dedov, in connection with a criminal case involving the embezzlement of budget funds allocated for the construction of defense fort...

The Russian currency has been strengthening against the backdrop of the decline in the rate of the US dollar amid trade wars. Since the beginning of the year, the Russian ruble has shown the strongest growth against the dollar compared to other globa...

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke in German during a work meeting. The Kremlin released a clip of the meeting on its official Telegram channel. The president was speaking with a German citizen who had moved to the Volgograd region of Russia. The...

As of April 5, 2025, Russia's total international reserves reached a record high of $658 billion, according to the Central Bank's website. These reserves consist of high-quality foreign assets in foreign currencies, controlled by the Bank of Russia a...

General of the Russian Army Ivan Popov is implicated in the theft of over 1,700 tons of rolled metal worth 105 million rubles, intended for the construction of defensive structures in the Zaporizhzhia region. In March, he wrote an open letter to Puti...

The Taliban movement has been banned in Russia since 2003. Earlier, President Vladimir Putin stated that there are "problems" in Afghanistan but "building relations with the current government is another matter."  Russia's Prosecutor General’s Off...

The Russian stock market saw a sharp decline during trading on March 28, dropping 2.43% to 3,009.16 points at the time of reporting, according to market data. The MOEX Index, which fell below 3,100 points for the first time since mid-February, came c...

The Russian government is considering Western companies that never fully severed ties with Russia as the first candidates for a potential return, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said. Mishustin referred to foreign companies that continued operating ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree allowing Ukrainian citizens residing illegally in Russia to legalize their status. The official document, published on the government's legal information portal, outlines the conditions under which the...

Russia shot down its own drones launched at Ukraine following an order from Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Russian Ministry of Defense said on its Telegram. On March 18, Putin held negotiations with US President Donald Trump. During the conver...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has reportedly made the halt of Western arms supplies to Ukraine a prerequisite for signing a ceasefire agreement, Bloomberg reports, citing sources familiar with the discussions. During a meeting last week with Steve...

President Vladimir Putin spoke about his visit to the Kursk region during a joint press conference with Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko. According to him, the situation there is fully under Russian control. "I was in the Kursk region yesterday...

A temporary ceasefire in Ukraine is being proposed as a respite for Ukrainian troops, according to Yuri Ushakov, an aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin, RIA Novosti reports. Ushakov stated that on March 12, he received a call from US National Se...

It is too early to discuss Moscow's position in potential negotiations to resolve the Ukraine conflict, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov stated. However, he emphasized that Russia will never agree to territorial concessions. Speaking to journalists...

The Central Bank of Russia (CBR) has sharply reduced the official exchange rate of the US dollar, setting it at 86.6 rubles for Wednesday, March 11. This information was published on the regulator's official website. On Tuesday, March 10, the officia...

Russia needs a peace agreement that will ensure long-term historical stability, President Vladimir Putin stated. He emphasized that Russia does not seek anything that does not belong to it but will not give up what is rightfully its own. Russia has n...

Russia will continue to apply pressure on the battlefield in the zone of the special military operation, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a meeting with wives and mothers of Russian military men. During the conversation, one of the women ...

The suspension of U.S. military aid to Ukraine could be the best contribution to achieving peace, Kremlin's official spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, TASS reports. "If the U.S. ceases to be [a military supplier] or suspends these deliveries, that would ...