Reuters: G7 Countries Step Up Sanctions Against Russia
G7 members will unveil a new package of coordinated sanctions against Russia on Tuesday. The major industrialized countries of the world want to put further...
China Emphasizes Support for Russia
In a telephone conversation with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping emphasized that China "stands behind Russia on sovereignty and security". The...
Russia: Mariupol Port Accessible Again
The Russian armed forces say they have made the port of Mariupol usable again. They have cleared the harbour of thousands of explosive objects, including...
Russia Says Nearly 2,000 Mariupol Fighters Surrendered
Since Monday, 1908 Ukrainian fighters holed up in the Azovstal factory in Marieopol have surrendered, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu said. A day earlier, according...
Finland and Sweden Joining NATO Makes Not Much Difference for Lavrov
"The 260 liberated fighters from the Azov steelworks are in Russian captivity," says WELT reporter Max Hermes. Ukraine will now initiate a prisoner exchange, but...
Russian Video Platform Rutube Unreachable After Cyber Attack
The Russian video platform Rutube, a competitor of the American giant YouTube, is unreachable after 'the largest cyber attack in its history'. The company made...
Putin Portrays the Ukraine War as a Purely Defensive Action – No General Mobilization
In his speech on the occasion of the victory over Nazi Germany, Vladimir Putin, as expected, also spoke about the Ukraine war. "Russia had to...
EU Sources: Russian Patriarch Kirill is on the Sanctions List
The spiritual leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, is on the proposed new European Union sanctions list. Diplomatic sources confirm this to the...
Erdogan Calls on Putin to Continue Talks
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said in a telephone conversation with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that the "positive momentum" of previous negotiations between...
Seized Russian Oil Tanker in Greece Released
The Russian oil tanker seized in Greece has been released. “The anti-money laundering authority has ordered the coast guard to let the ship go,” said...