Category: World

The cost of vegetables required to make borscht has significantly increased in Russia over the past year, according to a report published on Thursday by the business newspaper Kommersant, which referenced data from government sources. The so-called “borscht index” serves as a measure of economic health in Eastern European nations, as the ingredients for this […]

On Sunday, Russia announced that it had successfully exchanged an additional 303 Ukrainian prisoners of war for an equivalent number of Russian troops detained by Kyiv, marking the concluding segment of the largest prisoner swap between the two nations engaged in conflict. The Russian Defense Ministry stated, “In line with the agreements reached in Istanbul […]

On Thursday, European legislators approved new tariffs on fertilizer imports from Russia, a move intended to reduce financial support for Moscow’s military operations amid ongoing concerns from EU farmers about skyrocketing costs. Currently, over 25% of the EU’s nitrogen-based fertilizer imports originate from Russia, with additional supplies coming from Belarus, a close ally of Russia. […]

Russian law enforcement authorities have leveled new bribery allegations against billionaire Vadim Moshkovich just days before his pre-trial detention was scheduled to end, according to a report by the Kommersant business newspaper citing a Moscow court. Moshkovich, who founded the agricultural conglomerate Rusagro, was taken into custody in late March over allegations of extensive fraud […]

On Friday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov expressed skepticism regarding the Vatican’s suitability as a venue for peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, asserting that it wouldn’t be fitting for two predominantly Orthodox Christian nations to convene at the Holy See. On Tuesday, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni stated that Pope Leo XIV had indicated […]

The Kremlin stated on Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed missile defense system, dubbed the “Golden Dome,” is a “sovereign issue” for the United States. This comment came as a softer response compared to their earlier stance that the initiative could undermine global security. Trump initiated the project shortly after his inauguration in January, […]

President Vladimir Putin appeared to trivialize the potential military acquisition of Ukraine’s Sumy region during his visit to Russia’s Kursk region in the southwest, despite the Kremlin’s claims of seeking a negotiated resolution to the conflict. This moment was captured in a video released by the state-owned news agency TASS, where a local official from […]

On Friday, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) announced the arrest of a 25-year-old man suspected of planning an attack on a military parade that took place earlier this month in the Kaliningrad region. Authorities stated that the individual intended to detonate an explosive device along the parade route during the event on May 9, which […]

Approximately 70% of Italian companies operating in Russia chose not to exit the country after its invasion of Ukraine in 2022, as stated by the president of the Italian-Russian Chamber of Commerce in an interview with the RBC news website on Wednesday. Vincenzo Trani, who is also the founder of the car-sharing service Delimobil, explained […]

The Russian government is set to decrease its spending on the development of new aircraft and helicopters by 22% due to persistent delays and obstacles in their production, as reported by the Kommersant business newspaper on Thursday. Members of the lower chamber of the State Duma are expected to endorse these cuts in amendments to […]