- 30 November, 2024
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Russia says it scrambled fighter jet to intercept British spy plane near annexed Crimea
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Thursday it had scrambled a fighter jet to intercept a British spy plane operating near Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula which Moscow annexed from…
Belarus’s Lukashenko moves closer to Putin in wake of crackdown
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia and Belarus edged closer to integrating their economies at a virtual summit meeting on Thursday where presidents Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko affirmed their brotherly ties…
Putin marks Russia’s Unity Day in Crimea, Ukraine protests
MOSCOW/KYIV (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin celebrated Russia's National Unity Day on Thursday with a visit to annexed Crimea, drawing a sharp protest from Ukraine. Speaking in Sevastopol, home to…
Russia parries Biden jibe, says climate a topic for next summit
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Wednesday defended Russia's actions on climate change against criticism by U.S. President Joe Biden, and said a putative second summit between Biden and President…
Russia will react to attempts to break ‘strategic parity’ -Putin
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will react to other countries' attempts to break "strategic parity," President Vladimir Putin said on Monday, referring to the global missile defence system being deployed by…
Biden says Russia must not manipulate natural gas flows for political purposes
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and discussed efforts to keep Russia from manipulating natural gas flows with political aims…
UK’s Johnson urges Putin to advance Russia’s net zero target to 2050
LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to bring forward by 10 years Russia's target for achieving net zero carbon emissions, Johnson's office said on…
Putin says Western military backing of Ukraine threatens Russia
By Vladimir Soldatkin and Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the Western-backed military development of Ukraine posed a serious threat to Russia, two days…
Putin says Afghanistan’s financial assets should be unfrozen
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday Afghanistan should receive economic support and get its financial assets unfrozen as its stability was in the interest of all…
Putin says Russia should look into law that labels some media foreign agents
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that authorities will review a law under which dozens of news outlets and reporters have been labelled as "foreign agents",…
Putin warns against depriving U.N. Security Council members of veto rights
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that depriving permanent members of the United Nations Security Council of their veto rights would destroy the world body. Russia…
Russia says Putin won’t fly to Glasgow, in blow for climate talks
By Alexander Marrow and Dmitry Antonov MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia delivered a blow to hopes of a breakthrough international deal on climate change when the Kremlin said on Wednesday that…
