Australia has sanctioned Pravfond, a Russian state-linked fund exposed for bankrolling legal support and lobbying for Kremlin ...

Russia’s economy, hit with a slew of sanctions after the Kremlin sent troops into Ukraine in February 2022, has so far outperformed predictions. High defense spending has propelled growth and ...

Zelensky calls for more pressure on Russia after deadly Kyiv missile strike By JUSTIN SPIKE and ILLIA NOVIKOV The Associated Press, Updated June 19, 2025, 5:58 a.m.

The annual economic forum in St. Petersburg used to yield multibillion-dollar deals and feature performances by global music stars. With the war in Ukraine still raging, the mood has shifted.

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Russia’s economy is “on the brink of going into a recession,” the country’s economy minister said Thursday, according to Russian media reports.

In reality, NSR shipping activity continues to fall well short of Russia’s projections. Russia also counts on China as a crucial partner in developing its Arctic ambitions.

As the Iran-Israel conflict continued in June 2025, claims that Iran's historic ally Russia withdrew support for the Islamic republic spread online. One X post (archived), which had more than 6.1 ...

THE DRONES fly thick and fast towards Kyiv these days. Almost 500 were fired in a recent Russian attack on Ukraine’s capital, in the early hours of June 10th. Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s ...

By Elisabeth Braw, a columnist at Foreign Policy and a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council. Trawlers are docked at a port in Murmansk, Russia, on Feb 21, 2006. Dario Thubrun/AFP via Getty Images ...

Russia says Kim Jong Un is sending another 6,000 people to Kursk. UK intelligence estimates 6,000 North Koreans have already been killed or wounded in Kursk. Sergei Shoigu said Kim is now sending ...

Russia may not have shown up as Iran’s knight in shining armor, but the two countries are still partners, and they are fundamentally united in an anti-Western agenda.

Russia is telling the United States not to strike Iran because it would radically destabilise the Middle East, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Wednesday, and Moscow said ...