Moscow
Russian warships curb tilts Turkey to West, risks Russia’s ire
By Tuvan Gumrukcu and Jonathan Spicer ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's pledge to block some Russian warships from passing through its waters to the Black Sea during the Ukraine crisis could…
Russia makes demands that it knows NATO cannot fulfill, Stoltenberg says
MUNICH (Reuters) - Moscow is confronting NATO with demands it knows the alliance cannot meet, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Saturday. "The danger is now the combination of this…
Ukraine: What Would a Russian Invasion Actually Look Like?
Despite suggestions to the contrary from the Kremlin, Ukraine remains surrounded by Russian troops, both along its long border with Russia and from within occupied Crimea. The Russian Federation has…
By PTI and Chanakya Forum
Macron refused Russian COVID test in Putin trip over DNA theft fears -sources
By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron refused a Kremlin request that he take a Russian COVID-19 test when he arrived to see President Vladimir Putin this…
France’s Macron speaks with U.S. President Biden ahead of his trip to Moscow
PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron spoke again on Sunday with U.S. President Joe Biden in a "coordination logic" ahead of his trip to Moscow on Monday, the French Presidency…
Factbox-Moscow-Beijing partnership has ‘no limits’
(Reuters) - China's President Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin met in Beijing on Friday and announced a strategic partnership that they said was aimed at countering the influence of…
U.S. envoy hands over written responses to Russia’s security demands
MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. Ambassador John Sullivan on Wednesday handed over Washington's written responses to a sweeping set of security demands that Moscow has made of the West, Russia's Foreign…
Putin to brief China’s Xi on Russia-NATO talks, Kremlin says
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will brief his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Moscow's talks with NATO when he travels to Beijing next month, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov…
Putin to host Iranian president next week for talks – state TV
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin will host his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi for talks in Moscow next week as Russia tries to help salvage a nuclear deal between world…
Russia, China, Britain, U.S. and France say no one can win nuclear war
MOSCOW/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -China, Russia, Britain, the United States and France have agreed that a further spread of nuclear arms and a nuclear war should be avoided, according to a joint…
CIA director brings up Russian hackers at talks in Moscow – sources
By Maria Tsvetkova and Anton Zverev MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. Central Intelligence Agency director William Burns raised the issue of Russian cyberattacks during a rare visit to Moscow, where he…
Russia warns NATO any move on Ukraine will have consequences – report
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow has warned NATO that any move towards Ukraine's membership in the bloc will have consequences, the RIA news agency quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko…
