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Microsoft President Brad Smith says the company will continue to reduce business in Russia until there is nothing left Read Full Article at RT.com

Just a handful of African leaders tuned in to listen to the Ukrainian president as he accused Russia of holding their continent “hostage” Read Full Article at RT.com

While insisting that he was not “lecturing” India, Marles called on the Indian government of Narendra Modi to align against Moscow as well as Beijing.

Amid a series of disastrous battlefield setbacks, the US and NATO continue to expand their involvement in the war against Russia.

As opposition mounts to the US-NATO war on Russia before next week’s NATO summit in Madrid, pseudo-left groups are seeking to promote Spain’s ruling Podemos party.

What a difference a year makes. Enormous challenges, some of them barely imaginable when the G7 leaders last met 12 months ago, are bearing down on the world's most prosperous democratic nations as they prepare to meet in Germany.

With the withdrawal from Sievierodonetsk, the fighting shifts to neighboring Lysychansk, the last city in the Luhansk region still under Ukrainian control.

The final call between the French and Russian leaders just four days before Putin ordered the attack on Ukraine is filled with tension and bizarre moments.

In his government statement on June 22, the Social Democratic German Chancellor Olaf Scholz did not mention the anniversary of the invasion of the Soviet Union and the German crimes at all. The reason for this is as simple as it is threatening.

The BBC’s Analysis Editor Ros Atkins examines why Russia is making threats after the EU sanctioned a Russian region cut off from the rest of the country.

Russia's Arkady Dvorkovich will take on Ukraine's Andrii Baryshpolets for the top post in chess administration.

Risky escape routes have opened up for Ukrainians - including driving through Russia to Georgia.

Vladimir V. Putin is making gains in his war on Ukraine while the United States and its allies struggle with soaring energy prices and inflation.

‘Extremely dangerous’ if Beijing and Moscow were to make good on recent doubling down of partnership, says US Indo-Pacific Commander John Aquilino.

The anti-tank weapons Canada sent to Ukraine? They’re obsolete, according to Gen. (Ret’d.) Rick Hillier, the former head of the Canadian Armed Forces. The M777 Howitzers? The Russians have more artillery with which they can fire further. And while Canadians basked this week in the glow of Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy saying the country was helping as much as it could, Hillier, who served as chief of defence staff from 2005 to 2008, guffawed and grumbled. Back from a trip to Ukraine, where he met with politicians, defence and military officials, and some of those Ukrainians who have volunteered to fight for their country, he recounted a visit to Bucha, the Kyiv suburb that was the alleged site of civilian executions, rapes and other atrocities by retreating Russian forces. “It’s all good to say we’re going to hold to account people who rape Ukrainian women. I’m not sure how we’re going to do that — I hope we

Russia says it wants to develop a new global reserve currency with China and “other BRICS nations,” in a significant challenge to the dominance of the U.S. dollar.

The EU’s move to give Ukraine and Moldova candidate status proves the bloc’s intention is to “contain” Russia, Moscow says Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian President Vladimir Putin has blasted the West for trying to deflect blame for the skyrocketing inflation in Europe and the United States.

Ukraine’s outgunned troops began withdrawing Friday from Severodonetsk, the embattled eastern city that is a focus of Russia’s war effort, a local leader said. Moscow shelled the city heavily and continuously for four months, regional governor Serhiy Haidai confirmed Friday.

The Group of Seven has denied that Western sanctions imposed on Russia is having an impact on the global food crisis Read Full Article at RT.com

A Russian fight promotion has apparently discovered the one key ingredient missing from global MMA: blindfolds Read Full Article at RT.com

Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel will be handed a transfer budget of around £200 million to fund an assault on the Premier League title Read Full Article at RT.com

The head of the State Duma Financial Market Committee says the US dollar is becoming useless in Russia due to sanctions Read Full Article at RT.com

Olympic figure skating champion Anna Shcherbakova says she received support from around the world after an apparent snub from the ISU Read Full Article at RT.com

With famine threatening millions, Europe is intent on finding alternatives to one of world’s biggest food exporters, whose landlocked crop is stranded by war.

Russia has accused Lithuania, a NATO member, of choking off the flow of goods to Kaliningrad, its enclave on the Baltic, as part of sanctions over the war in Ukraine. Lithuania says Russia is lying.

President Vladimir Putin says accusations that Russia is blocking grain exports from Ukraine are cynical Read Full Article at RT.com

Analysts said India’s refusal to sign up to Russia and China’s anti-US agenda had derailed Beijing’s efforts to establish a common front on contentious matters.

Russian wrestling coach Arslanbek Aliyev is being hailed as a hero after he helped to save a group of people from a burning car Read Full Article at RT.com

Gold may become the next target of Western sanctions against Russia, Reuters reports, citing sources Read Full Article at RT.com

Thousands of Ukrainian forces, foreign fighters have been encircled in Donbass, the Russian Defense Ministry has said Read Full Article at RT.com

Moscow has accused Western powers of not allowing Ukraine to resume the stalled peace negotiations with Russian officials.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says if Moscow is to restart talks with Kiev, it will have to look at the “situation on the ground” Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian gold has arrived in Switzerland from the UK despite Western sanctions on Moscow Read Full Article at RT.com

The Russian Football Union (RFU) could take legal action after a FIFA ruling to allow foreign players to suspend contracts at Russian clubs Read Full Article at RT.com

With millions of tons of grain exports blocked by Russia's war in Ukraine, the G7 is under pressure to do more to tackle potential famine in Somalia and elsewhere.

Ukraine's monthslong defense in Severodonetsk against their Russian adversaries ended when military authorities ordered a retreat from the city.

Russian Olympic champion Alla Shishkina says doctors must do a thorough check on US swimmer Anita Alvarez after she fainted in the pool Read Full Article at RT.com

The European Union and NATO are forming a new coalition for a war against Russia, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian and Belarusian players will not be welcome at an ITF tournament in Liepaja, Latvia, it has been confirmed Read Full Article at RT.com

India’s imports of Russian crude oil have surged by over 50 times since April and now make up 10% of the country’s overseas purchases Read Full Article at RT.com

With no news from the Azov fighters, their families are campaigning to bring the fate of the combatants into the spotlight.

Their purchases of Russian crude are undermining the West’s efforts to isolate the Kremlin and upending the global oil markets.

Hungary has called on the EU to abandon its policy of sanctions on Russia and engage in diplomacy instead Read Full Article at RT.com

Ukrainian forces have been ordered to pull out of the besieged, strategic city in the country's east, a regional governor said, after weeks of ferocious Russian bombardment.

Revealing its role in the “cyber war” to “defend Ukraine,” Microsoft admitted that efforts to suppress Russian media have been ineffective Read Full Article at RT.com

Severodonetsk is the focus of Russia's invasion as Moscow tries to take control of the east.

Saltivka has been relentlessly shelled by Russia. Among the ruins, a few residents are trying to survive.

Press TV correspondent Johnny Miller reports from the town of Berdyansk in southeast Ukraine which was taken by Russia without a fight in the early days of the war.

Several crew members have reportedly been killed after an Ilyushin Il-76 transport aircraft crashed near the Russian city of Ryazan Read Full Article at RT.com

Citing an “undeclared war” by the West against Moscow and Minsk, Russian defense minister Shoigu offered Belarus stronger joint defenses Read Full Article at RT.com

As Russia’s brutal offensive squeezes defenders in eastern Ukraine, Europe’s leaders, in a rebuke to Moscow, made a move they would have rejected before the invasion.

A Hungarian official says the European Union stands to lose its sanction war on Russia, warning on further sanctions on Moscow.

Giving EU candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova is a “political gesture” that sends a “strong signal” to Russia, the French leader said Read Full Article at RT.com

Nike said on Thursday it will permanently leave the Russian market. Russian authorities have warned that they were ready to nationalise foreign assets.

A Russian soldier is tried in his absence for rape and Ukraine moves closer to EU membership.

A retired Russian security officer who was once tasked with carrying President Vladimir Putin's briefcase containing nuclear codes was found shot in his home on Monday, according to reports.

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Ukraine on Thursday said it had formally filed a case against Russia at the European Court of Human Rights to end ‘gross human rights violations’ by Moscow.

The Russian president has called on members of the BRICS group of countries to boost cooperation and defy the West’s "selfish actions".

From Ukraine's EU candidacy to Russian army's progress in the east, here are five of the latest developments in the war.

Russia's economic isolation deepens as more Western companies leave the country.

Russia has fulfilled its Eurobond obligations using a new ruble payment mechanism, the Finance Ministry has announced Read Full Article at RT.com

Banning players from Russia and Belarus at Wimbledon is "still the right decision", says the tournament's chief executive Sally Bolton.

Russia’s State Hermitage museum in St. Petersburg has announced a one-year moratorium on all exhibitions in the US and Europe Read Full Article at RT.com

President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia is rerouting trade to "reliable international partners" such as Brazil, India, China and South Africa as the West attempts to sever economic ties.

Pro-journalist and free speech non-government organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) says it has evidence that Russian soldiers executed journalist Maks Levin in a forest near Kyiv on March 13.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that “honest cooperation” could help overcome the current crisis in the global economy Read Full Article at RT.com

If NATO does not seize its historic opportunity to stop Vladimir Putin in his tracks, it will face war on its own territory, says long-time Kremlin opponent Mikhail Khodorkovsky.

Vice-commerce minister Wang Shouwen says a free-trade deal will help tap the economic potential of the five emerging nations, which together account for about one-fifth of global trade.

Chinese Academy of Sciences expert Bao Yungang said the country could handle sanctions better than Russia by developing a ‘RISC-X’ chip architecture to be used by Belt and Road countries in the event of technological decoupling.

The 98-metre Madame Gu is moored next to US$200 million megayacht owned by the state’s ruler as Western pressure mounts for US Gulf Arab ally to apply sanctions.

Russia’s tank giant Uralvagonzavod mocked Emmanuel Macron following claims it was working to reverse-engineer captured French howitzers Read Full Article at RT.com

Berlin fears that annual maintenance to the Nord Stream pipeline will lead to a complete gas shutdown, the Financial Times reported Thursday Read Full Article at RT.com

Natural gas prices in Europe have soared amid fears of further disruptions in supply from Russia Read Full Article at RT.com

Olympic gold medalist Alina Zagitova will take part in a boxing ‘master class’ rather a fight, as details of the event emerged Read Full Article at RT.com

Iran’s FM says the Islamic Republic is serious about achieving a lasting agreement through the Vienna talks on the removal of sanctions.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says Russia is a reliable supplier of energy and does not use it as a political weapon Read Full Article at RT.com

The true aim of a naval coalition to escort Ukrainian grain would be meddling in the Black Sea region, Russian FM Sergey Lavrov has said Read Full Article at RT.com

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has upheld a Russian appeal to stand in International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) elections Read Full Article at RT.com

The British government has imposed further sanctions on Russia, banning the export of pound sterling or EU denominated banknotes Read Full Article at RT.com

Moscow says it will monitor how Ukraine uses Western weapons if Russian forces don’t destroy them first. Read Full Article at RT.com

The US knew that sanctions against Russia would trigger a spike in fuel prices, President Biden said on Wednesday Read Full Article at RT.com

Up to 50 such crimes are being investigated, but incidences of sexual violence by Russian soldiers since February 24 are likely to be substantially higher.

Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin has put a figure on the number of events Russia has been deprived of amid the Ukraine conflict Read Full Article at RT.com

The claim comes as Russia marked the anniversary of Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941.

Moscow vows countermeasures in response to Washington’s decision not to allow a Russian aircraft to pick up Russian diplomats.

Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has criticized modern European politicians for their lack of personality Read Full Article at RT.com

Russia is leading an “attack” on Europe by restricting gas flow, says German economy Minister Robert Habeck Read Full Article at RT.com

The Russian soprano Anna Netrebko is opera’s biggest star. But her career is in disarray because of her ties to Putin, and arts companies around the world are divided on whether to welcome her back.

The country has triggered the "alarm" stage of its emergency gas plan after drop in Russia supplies.

European leaders were expected to formally accept Ukraine as a candidate to join the EU, a bold geopolitical move triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Germany moves a step closer to rationing gas after Russia cuts supplies

Russia has accused the US government of not allowing a “humanitarian” flight to pick up diplomats Washington had earlier ordered to leave Read Full Article at RT.com

An advisor to Mr Zelensky says the battle for two key Donbas cities has reached a 'fearsome climax'.

When Russian journalist Marina Ovsyannikova stormed a live TV broadcast to denounce the war in Ukraine, she expected a backlash from Russia – but not so much from the rest of the world.