EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said Friday that Russia was now focusing its hybrid attacks on neighbouring Finland, using migrants to try to destabilise the country.

Continued from yesterday A for the first time after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, wehave come really close (closer than Cuba) to the possibility of the use of nuclear weapons, close enough for Putin to say the lessons of history have not been learnt: “In the early 21st century, everybody hoped that states and peoples had learned lessons of the expensive…

North Korea's leader vowed closer ties with Moscow on Wednesday, saying his isolated country would "always be with Russia" as President Vladimir Putin hosted Kim Jong Un at a Far East spaceport. Russia has become a pariah in the West after launching full-scale hostilities in Ukraine last year and has looked to strengthen alliances with…

President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday downplayed the weakening of the Russian ruble, as Moscow shoulders the economic fallout of its dragging offensive in Ukraine and rising inflation. "This issue requires its own painstaking research by the central bank and the Russian government and financial authorities," Putin said at Russia's Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok. "But…

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday described legal proceedings against former US president Donald Trump as "politically motivated persecution." The Kremlin, seen has having friendly relations with Trump, has repeatedly spoken out in defence of the former president, who is facing a series of charges linked to election interference. "As for the persecution of Trump,…

In the late hours of Wednesday, July 26; presidential guards led by a General in Niger Republic announced a successful coup on national television, taking over the government from Nigerienne President, Mohamed Bazoum.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday hailed an "impressive" achievement from India, which was the first nation to land a spacecraft on the Moon's south pole, days after Moscow's own mission crashed. Putin sent his "heartfelt congratulations" to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi according to the Kremlin's website. "This is a big step forward in…

Russia said Tuesday that it saw no reasons for extending an accord that allows Ukraine to export grain through the Black Sea, while criticising alleged obstacles to its own exports of agricultural products. "It is obvious that there are no grounds for the further continuation of the Black Sea Initiative which expires on July 17,"…

Russia on Wednesday claimed it had destroyed the last major warship of the Ukrainian naval forces, which it said was stationed in the southern port of Odesa. "On May 29, a high-precision strike by the Russian Air Force on a ship anchorage site in the port of Odesa destroyed the last warship of the Ukrainian…