Tag Archives: Moscow

LONDON, UK | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump has encouraged Kiev to escalate deep strikes into Russian territory, even asking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky whether Moscow could be targeted if long-range weapons were supplied, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. “Volodymyr, can you hit Moscow? … Can you hit …

MOSCOW | Xinhua | Direct international train service between Pyongyang, the capital of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), and Moscow will resume on June 17, Russian Railways announced Tuesday via its official Telegram channel. Additionally, passenger train service between Pyongyang and Khabarovsk in Russia’s Far East is scheduled …

    MOSCOW | Xinhua |  Moscow will send a draft peace memorandum to Kiev soon, which will outline the key principles of a potential settlement, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said Tuesday. “Russia continues to work on a draft memorandum regarding a future peace treaty, which will outline …

MOSCOW | TASS | US rapper Kanye West has arrived in Moscow, producer Yana Rudkovskaya reported via her Telegram channel. “Kanye West is already in Moscow! This is super news! He stopped in the very heart of the capital! Fingers crossed on the Luzhniki show! I’ll bet if it takes …

WASHINGTON, U.S | TASS | Russia will not run after the US if Washington is unwilling to cooperate in the field of security, Moscow’s Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov told reporters. “I will put it simply: this is the US choice,” he noted, commenting on White House National Security Council …

*Fire and shooting have claimed more than 90 lives and more than 100 injuries. *Mass gatherings, entertainment, cultural and other public activities were canceled on this weekend. *Russian railways, civil aviation and other departments tightened security inspections. MOSCOW, RUSSIA | Xinhua | The fire at a concert hall in Moscow’s …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Moscow and Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner private military group, reached a compromise through the mediation of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko late Saturday according to RIA Novosti news agency reports. Prigozhin has accepted Lukashenko’s proposal to stop the advance of the Wagner troops and de-escalate …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russia’s Defense Ministry on Saturday urged Wagner fighters to surrender after the private military group was accused of attempting to launch an armed rebellion. “We ask you to be prudent and get in touch with representatives of the Russian Defense Ministry or law enforcement agencies as …

St. Petersburg, Russia | Xinhua | An African delegation visited Russia on Saturday, pushing for a peaceful settlement of the Ukraine crisis so as to stop its negative impact on African countries. During a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, also member …

Tehran, Iran | Xinhua | Tehran and Moscow on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding, based on which the latter is expected to make an investment worth roughly 40 billion U.S. dollars in Iran’s petroleum industry, the Iranian Oil Ministry’s news service Shana reported. The document was signed during an online …