The Kremlin expressed very mild optimism on Wednesday for possible improvements in relations between the United States and Russia under the second Trump administration, although the Russians remained skeptical that Trump can deliver on his promise to make peace in Ukraine.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova says Moscow is preparing to sign a “big treaty with Iran.”
The Russian Foreign Ministry claimed on Wednesday that the Islamic State’s claim to having orchestrated last week’s Crocus City concert hall massacre in Moscow was “extremely hard to believe.”
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova published an outraged screed on Sunday claiming that the American government was “bailing out” Ukraine by blaming the Islamic State terrorist organization for the massacre of over 130 people at a concert hall outside of Moscow on Friday.
French President Emmanuel Macron said he has offered Russia “increased cooperation” to combat terrorism in the wake of the Moscow terror attack.
Putin asserted Boris Johnson told Ukraine to tear up peace negotiations in the early days of the war, a claim Ukraine has previously denied.
A Russian private jet carrying six people is believed to have crashed in a remote area of rural Afghanistan.
German Foreign Minister declared the EU will extend its borders into areas of Ukraine that have been occupied by Russia for almost a decade.
Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) has written to top Biden administration officials demanding the White House reveal if Sarah Ashton-Cirillo, a transgender individual claiming to be a spokesperson for the Ukrainian military, has ties to American intelligence services or receives U.S. funding.
Moldova’s foreign ministry said it has informed Russia that 45 of its embassy positions in Chisinau will be cut following a spying scandal.
Russia accuses Ukraine and the West of terrorism and genocide while it beats Kyiv with cruise missiles and drones nightly.
NATO member Hungary has said it does not support Britain sending depleted uranium ammunition to Ukraine, warning it could cause unwanted “escalation”.
Moscow has slammed suggestions that the West should send fighter jets to Ukraine, labelling the idea that such a transfer of weapons might not escalate tensions “absurd”.
In a stunning statement, Germany’s Foreign Minister declared that her country and Europe as a whole is in a “war against Russia” in Ukraine.
Ukrainians are posing in front of a giant mocked-up commemorative stamp showing Russia’s bridge to Crimea on fire after it was damaged on Saturday morning.
The former head of the German Federal Intelligence Service claims Russia stood “to gain the most” from sabotaging Russian gas pipelines to Germany bypassing Ukraine and Poland.
The Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) has warned about the vulnerability of the Nord Stream pipeline to attack for well over a decade.
Russia has complained that the failure to invite its representatives to the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II is “blasphemous” and “profoundly immoral”.
The Kremlin is hailing the downfall of Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who said he wanted to “lead the West” against Russia in February.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has toured the town of Bucha, near Kyiv (Kiev), where retreating Russian forces are alleged to have left murdered civilians in their wake.
On the one-month anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, the Kremlin has claimed that everything is going “according to plan”.
Western media handed Russia a PR victory by publishing reports which cited “U.S. intelligence sources” as saying that Ukraine would be invaded on February 16th, only for the day to pass without incident.
Russia has mocked Britain’s Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary for appearing to suggest the Baltic States are located on the Black Sea, suggesting the world needs to be saved from “the stupidity and ignorance of Anglo-Saxon politicians”
The spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry said Sunday that Pope Francis mention of the Mediterranean Sea as a migrant “graveyard” cannot be construed to refer to Russia.
Social media platform Twitter announced on Tuesday it has banned 373 accounts linked to the governments of Russia, Iran, and Armenia for violating various policies and “undermining faith in the NATO alliance and its stability.”
This is a breathtakingly dumb take, the kind of thing you expect to hear on CNN, a dumbing down — not only of history, but of logic — that takes your breath away.
Early word has been mixed on the meeting between Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Sochi, Russia, on Tuesday, but the Russians took a moment to thank Pompeo for trying to restore relations between the two countries and mocked his predecessor Hillary Clinton.
The Russian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday attacked the United States for “meddling” in Venezuela and claimed it could “cause a collapse of the situation.” The Russians disputed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s claim that dictator Nicolas Maduro was prepared to flee Venezuela yesterday until the Russians talked him into staying.
Facebook announced on Tuesday that it has deleted some 270 accounts linked to the Internet Research Agency, an operation located in St. Petersburg, Russia that special counsel Robert Mueller’s office identified as part of Russia’s operation to disrupt the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
Contents: Britain threatens Russia with retaliation over nerve gas poisoning of Skripal; Russia reacts with massive disinformation campaign; Skripal was attacked with Novichok, a military-grade nerve agent developed by Russia
The Moscow Times headlines its post “Russian Foreign Ministry Slams U.S. Over Iran Protests,” but the statement from spokeswoman Maria Zakharova is more of a sneer than a slam. Zakharova invoked Occupy Wall Street and the Ferguson riots to insinuate that America has no standing to criticize how the Iranian regime handles protests.
Contents: Israel’s warplanes strike weapons depot inside Syria near Damascus; Israeli analyst: A new war with Hezbollah might involve all of Lebanon
Contents: United States ends diplomatic talks with Russia over Syria; Russia accuses US of sabotaging ceasefire and ‘allying with terror’
Contents: Leaked John Kerry audio reveals bitter Obama administration disagreements; Concerns growing of a military showdown between US and Russia in Syria
Russia says that it acquiesced to a request from President Obama to help secure the release of Americans held in Syria, culminating in the freedom on Friday of an American freelance photographer abducted after he traveled to Syria in 2012.
Contents: Turkey will keep Syria border closed as Aleppo refugees mass; Europe sends mixed messages to Turkey about new flood of Syrian refugees; Syria, Iran and Russia ridicule Saudi Arabia’s army; Turkey confiscates parrots and parakeets on Syria border; North Korea launches long-range missile, violating Security Council resolution
Iran has accused its Russian ally of being divergent on its goals of keeping Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in power.
