The EU could impose economic measures on Russia if Moscow opts to recognize the self-proclaimed Donetsk (DPR) and Lugansk (LPR) People’s Republics as sovereign states, senior European officials have warned. Threats of sanctions, announced on Tuesday, following a resolution passed earlier that day by Russia’s State Duma (parliament). MPs voted in favor of a motion, addressed to President Vladimir... 

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday for the 2022 Winter Olympics, and after their in-person chat the pair released a joint statement. The Russia-China message is quite lengthy, coming in at 3,500 words. In the statement, the nations note that “humanity is entering a new era of rapid development and profound transformation.” Both countries say, “economic... 

Moscow will halt operations of German state-owned broadcaster Deutsche Welle in Russia in response to Berlin’s ban on RT DE. The Russian office of the German state broadcaster, Deutsche Welle (DW), is to be closed as part of the “first round” of a response to Berlin’s “unfriendly actions” against RT DE, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Thursday. The German outlet will... 

The United States threatens China with consequences for supporting Russia. Beijing will have to face a difficult choice — China will no longer be able to stay in the shadow. China can no longer remain neutral On January 31, the UN Security Council will host a US-requested meeting to discuss Russia’s “aggressive behavior” in the conflict with Ukraine. Until recently, China’s... 

On Wednesday evening, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken phoned his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, and lectured him on what he described as “Russian aggression” on Ukraine. The move was an obvious diplomatic stunt from Washington to try and isolate Moscow by appealing to Beijing, seemingly fearful of the growing strategic partnership between the two countries. But Wang wasn’t impressed... 

The military bloc is training its members to unleash atomic hellfire, the Foreign Ministry claimed. NATO is developing the capacity for devastating nuclear strikes against Russia – which includes involving members of the alliance who don’t have such weapons in training operations – Moscow’s top arms control official has claimed. In an interview with TASS on Thursday, Vladimir Yermakov,... 

US President Joe Biden is considering deploying troops, aircraft, and warships to the Baltics and Eastern Europe as a means to deter Russia from invading Ukraine, The New York Times has reported. Citing anonymous sources, the newspaper claims the White House is currently mulling over plans to deploy between 1,000 and 5,000 troops, with the potential to increase this number tenfold if the situation... 

Let’s not dance around the tail here. In this equation, no matter what math formulas you use, we will only end up with the following result: USA is an aggressive rabid dog, desperately trying to bite Russia. USA is pretending to get involved into this because they care so much about Ukrainians but not only Ukraine is on the other side of the globe, very far away from USA, but Ukraine has NOTHING... 

According to the ultra-nationalist leader of Russia’s LDPR party, tensions could cause a new mass migration. Supposed inter-ethnic conflicts in the US could force millions of white Americans to request that Russia resettle them across the vast and snowy expanses of Siberia, one of the country’s most notorious nationalists has claimed. Taking to his Telegram channel on Tuesday, the leader of... 

Beijing’s representative in Moscow believes the two countries should work together against Western pressure The US is putting pressure on China and Russia on all fronts, and the two must continue to deepen strategic cooperation on all fronts, Beijing’s ambassador to Moscow declared on Thursday. Speaking to newspaper Izvestia, Zhang Hanhui said that working together was essential to counter US... 

The US is considering the possibility of banning exports of consumer and industrial technologies to Russia, such as components for smartphones and planes, if Moscow launches an invasion of Ukraine, news agency Reuters has claimed. Citing an unnamed source in the White House, the agency reported that a handful of American industries could be banned from conducting business in the Russian market. According... 

The population of the world’s largest country pales in comparison to its vast size, its president has said. Russia’s population of 146 million people is not enough to fill the nation’s sprawling territory, which covers more than 17 million square kilometers, President Vladimir Putin has said, commenting on a series of demographic issues he said his country is facing, including a recent rise... 

The landmark legal decision comes amid a growing row over the US tech giant’s failure to remove illegal material online. A court in Moscow has fined Google 7.2 billion rubles (around $98.1 million) for repeatedly failing to take down banned content. The decision marks the first time an IT company has faced financial penalties based on the scale of their turnover in Russia. On Friday, a judge... 

As many as 10,000 Western military instructors have been sent to Ukraine to train the Eastern European nation’s soldiers and support its fighting in the Donbass, Moscow has claimed, insisting that 4,000 are Americans. Speaking during a briefing on Friday, Maria Zakharova, spokesperson for Moscow’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, suggested that the presence of foreign military personnel is a sign... 

A new, super-stealthy variant of Russia’s recently developed heavy combat drone, which is equipped with advanced anti-detection capabilities, has been unveiled for the first time and will undertake its maiden flight soon. The modified Sukhoi S-70, known as the “Okhotnik” or “Hunter,” was presented to the world on Tuesday in the city of Novosibirsk, in southern Siberia....