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European leaders do not want to help the US-backed Ukraine peace talks, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Read Full Article at RT.com

More than 100 Ukrainian drones heading towards Moscow have been destroyed, Mayor Sergey Sobyanin has said Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian cross-country skier Anastasia Bagiyan has won a third gold at the 2026 Winter Paralympics in Italy Read Full Article at RT.com

Volodymyr Zelensky says restoring the flow of Russian oil via Ukraine into the EU would be like lifting sanctions on Russia.

World number two Jannik Sinner puts on a masterclass to beat Alexander Zverev 6-2 6-4 and reach his first final at Indian Wells, while Daniil Medvedev ends Carlos Alcaraz's winning run.

Hong Kong’s terrorism threat level remains moderate amid the escalating conflict in the Middle East, the city’s security chief has said, urging residents to stay vigilant in the globally connected city. Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung said on Sunday there was no intelligence suggesting an imminent attack, but Hong Kong needed to “be prepared”, urging the public to report anything suspicious to police. “The Russia-Ukraine war is not over, and there is conflict in the Middle East,”...

​They Shahed drone, which was initially manufactured in Iran, first ‌saw mass use in ‌Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, where thousands have been launched since ‌2022.

Central Asian governments are leveraging the diplomatic fallout from the US-Israel war on Iran to assert their autonomy and reinforce their long-standing strategy of balancing major powers, according to analysts. For decades, the five former Soviet republics have been seen as Russia’s “backyard”. However, as the conflict in Iran deepens, these nations are moving to recalibrate their geopolitical ties, signalling a shift away from their role as a passive buffer zone for great powers. The shift...

Bart De Wever has argued that diplomacy is the only viable path to ending the Ukraine conflict Read Full Article at RT.com

Volodymyr Zelensky cast concern over the supply of air-defence missiles after a heavy overnight attack kills at least five.

After two weeks of war in Iran, will Russia gain from looser sanctions and expensive oil?

Two former Balkan leaders criticised the US-Israeli war against Iran as intensifying a global crisis after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Moscow’s Domodedovo and Zhukovsky airports temporarily halted flights, according to Russia’s federal air transport agency, Rosaviatsia Read Full Article at RT.com

A Greek-flagged oil tanker was attacked by a “missile or a drone” off the Russian Black Sea coast, the shipping ministry in Athens has said Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian skier Varvara Voronchikhina won her second gold medal at the Milan-Cortina Paralympics Read Full Article at RT.com

The option of divorcing online should be reconsidered, Russian demographer Natalya Moskvitina has said Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev likely played a key role in lifting sanctions on Russian oil, to the frustration of Brussels and Kiev Read Full Article at RT.com

The parcel plot is one of a wave of sabotage attacks across Europe which officials have linked to Russia.

In an interview, Trump acknowledged that the US is also helping Ukraine's government fight Russia.

Pavel Talankin's film Mr Nobody Against Putin has already won a Bafta, and is now competing for an Oscar.

RT has reported on at least 23 civilian deaths in Ukrainian strikes on Russia since the start of the US-Israeli war with Iran Read Full Article at RT.com

Ukraine's president says the US decision "certainly does not help achieve peace".

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Kremlin officials said the American move, which Europe opposes, showed that Moscow could not be dislodged from the center of global energy markets.

The US said easing sanctions on Russian oil would provide only a limited financial boost to Putin.

Ministers say the UK will not be following the US by loosening sanctions on some Russian oil.

UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has accused Russia and Iran of attempting to “hijack the global economy” as Tehran continued to blockade a major oil shipping route. Iran’s new supreme leader has vowed to continue attacking shipping in the Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for ongoing US-Israeli strikes on his country. The blockade has seen oil prices jump to around US$100 per barrel, threatening higher inflation across the globe. Speaking to the media during a visit to Saudi Arabia, the UK...

The US has temporarily suspended a Russian oil ban to cool energy markets as crude prices continue to soar after US-Israel attacks on Iran Read Full Article at RT.com

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After surging about 10 percent on Thursday, oil prices had little reaction to the decision by President Trump to waive sanctions on the sale of some Russian crude.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said it was a temporary measure that will last until 11 April.

Jack Draper is penalised with a controversial hindrance call as Daniil Medvedev ends the Briton's Indian Wells title defence in the quarter-finals.

A damaged Russian gas tanker is drifting unmanned through the Mediterranean Sea, prompting Malta to prepare emergency measures while tensions linked to the war in Ukraine spill into Europe’s energy and security landscape. The post Damaged Russian Gas Tanker Drifts In Mediterranean As Hungary-Ukraine Energy Tensions Rise appeared first on Worthy Christian News.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said it was “unfortunate” that the move could benefit Russia, but maintained that it was only for the short term.

Putin accused of helping Iran and Tories say Starmer lied about Mandelson files - Friday's papers.

Despite ethical concerns about using battlefield videos to train artificial intelligence, Ukraine’s defense ministry said it needs to improve A.I. targeting to compete with Russia.

Serbia’s president confirmed late on Thursday that his country possesses Chinese supersonic surface-attack cruise missiles, after photos of the weapons attached to Serbian fighter jets leaked online. Photos, which began circulating on social media and defence blogs earlier this week, showed missiles believed to be Chinese-made CM-400AKG cruise missiles attached to Serbia’s Russian-made MiG-29 planes. “We have things we do not show,” President Aleksandar Vucic told Serbia’s national broadcaster...

There is no evidence to support claims that Russia has been behind damage to Baltic Sea undersea cables, Finland’s spy chief has admitted Read Full Article at RT.com

Ukrainian drones hit a hospital in Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic, killing eight medics and injuring ten, the MOD has said Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has warned about escalating risks that the US-Israeli war on Iran poses Read Full Article at RT.com

The Russian government plans to cover treatment with new cancer vaccines under the national health insurance system Read Full Article at RT.com

A Russian court has sentenced 15 men to life sentences over a terrorist attack on Crocus City Hall Read Full Article at RT.com

Germany will use Ukrainian military trainers to prepare for a potential war with Russia by 2029, the head of the German army has said Read Full Article at RT.com

Portugal and Dutch agencies warn of a state-backed cyber campaign infiltrating WhatsApp and Signal of officials and journalists via AI-powered phishing.

India has immense potential in the emerging world order, Russian Ambassador Denis Alipov has told RT Read Full Article at RT.com

Strikes on Ukrainian energy systems have tripled this winter. Continuous repairs and Western aid staved off a total breakdown.

The US is starting to understand the key role of Russian oil in global energy stability amid the war on Iran, Kirill Dmitriev has said Read Full Article at RT.com

Wild snowstorm has sent cargo van tumbling onto its side as highways shut across Bashkiria Read Full Article at RT.com

A Ukrainian attempt to assassinate a senior Russian military official was thwarted in Sevastopol, the FSB has reported Read Full Article at RT.com

Russia and China abstained from voting for the UN Security Council resolution denouncing Iran for closing the Strait of Hormuz Read Full Article at RT.com

Russia and China have denounced the adoption of a unilateral resolution against Iran at the UNSC amid US-Israeli aggression against the Islamic Republic.

A critical assessment of Soviet dissident historian Roy Medvedev (1925–2026), examining both his courageous exposure of Stalinist crimes in Let History Judge and the political limitations that led him from reform-minded dissent to support for the Putin regime.

French President Emmanuel Macron also said he had "no confirmation" Iran was laying sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz.

The International Paralympic Committee is investigating a politically-motivated snub by German skiers Read Full Article at RT.com

The Uncensored Library, a digital project that chronicles attacks on journalistic liberty, is adding a U.S. wing alongside those dedicated to Russia, Saudi Arabia and others.

A Hungarian government delegation has entered Ukraine to assess the Druzhba pipeline, damaged in a Russian drone strike in January. Ukraine refuses to recognize the delegation and has described its members as “tourists.”

Russia’s Gazprom has reported drone strikes on the TurkStream pipeline infrastructure in Krasnodar Region Read Full Article at RT.com

The International Energy Agency agreed on Wednesday to release the largest volume of emergency oil reserves in its history, in a bid to counter the effects on energy markets of the war in the Middle East. The Paris-based organisation said it will make 400 million barrels of oil available from its members’ emergency reserves. It’s a larger stock than the 182.7 million barrels that were released in 2022 by the IEA’s 32 member countries in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. IEA member...

The escalating war in the Middle East has disrupted the aluminum trade, pushing Japanese auto parts makers into talks with Russia’s Rusal Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian skier Ivan Golubkov has won the country’s third gold medal at the 2026 Winter Paralympics in Italy Read Full Article at RT.com

Russia says the attack hit civilians and could not have been carried out without British help.

The attack highlighted how Ukraine remains capable of hitting high-value targets inside Russia.

German cross-country skiers turn their backs on the Russian gold medallists on the Winter Paralympics podium in protest against the nation's inclusion at the Games.

An attack on Bryansk that killed six and injured dozens more was carried out with the direct involvement of UK experts, the Kremlin has said Read Full Article at RT.com

Aleksandr Suranovas, charged with carrying out an act of terrorism for Russia, speaks to the BBC.

Talks between Russia, Ukraine and the US could take place next week, US President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, has said Read Full Article at RT.com

War with Iran drives oil prices higher, boosting Russian energy revenues and shifting global attention from Ukraine as Moscow gains economic leverage.

Mainland Chinese citizens feel more favourable towards Taiwan than they did six months ago, support a hardline stance towards the US if another trade war erupts and view Russia and North Korea most positively and Japan least positively among their neighbours, according to a new survey by the Carter Centre and Emory University. One finding that comes through loud and clear, its authors said, is that mainlanders believe they have arrived and their country now belongs in a grouping limited to China...

President Putin pits himself as a potential mediator but that's not an easy sell, writes the BBC's Russia editor.

US-brokered ceasefire talks between Russia and Ukraine were put on hold due to the growing escalation in the Middle East, which has drawn attention away from Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II.

Washington started the war with Iran – but only Moscow may help end it Read Full Article at RT.com

Forbes has recorded eight newcomers from the agriculture and food industry among Russia’s 155 billionaires in its latest world ranking Read Full Article at RT.com

A star of the massively popular Canadian show Heated Rivalry has hit back against an avalanche of hateful online posts, with the hockey drama’s success stirring up a frenzy online. The show about the budding careers and secret relationship of two young male hockey stars – one Canadian, one Russian – over a series of years, has become a global phenomenon. But it has also inspired particularly intense fan engagement across social media, including homophobic and racist comments. Lead actor Hudson...

Russian skier Anastasia Bagiyan has won Russia’s second gold medal at the 2026 Winter Paralympics in Italy Read Full Article at RT.com

The volatility in energy markets because of the war in Iran could not come at a better time for President Vladimir V. Putin.

New Delhi is hedging Middle East turmoil with Russian crude and strategic stocks, turning “energy security” into practiced non‑alignment Read Full Article at RT.com

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Russia has liberated almost half of the part of the Donetsk People’s Republic from Kiev in six months, Vladimir Putin has said Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian and Ukrainian officials are making contradictory claims of battlefield successes in their four-year-old war, with Ukraine saying it has pushed Moscow’s forces back in some places on the front line but the Kremlin insisting that Russia’s invasion of its neighbour is making progress. At the same time, Russia’s almost daily aerial attacks on civilian areas of Ukraine continue. Three powerful glide bombs struck the centre of the eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk, killing four people, the...

 India had been reducing its purchases of Russian oil and replacing them with supplies from Saudi Arabia and Iraq Read Full Article at RT.com

Traditional reindeer racing that's been delighting fans for decades in Finland, has drawn crowds of spectators despite freezing sub zero temperatures. The competition is held at a remote location near the Russian border 264 kilometres northeast of the city of Oulu.

Russian humanitarian agency Rossotrudnichestvo has condemned an Israeli strike on its cultural partner in Lebanon Read Full Article at RT.com

China condemned it. Russia condemned it. Brazil condemned it. Brics, as a bloc, has said nothing. More than a week after US and Israeli strikes killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and triggered the worst regional crisis in years, the grouping that positions itself as the collective voice of the Global South has yet to issue a single joint statement. The silence is not an oversight. It is the sound of a bloc whose expansion has outpaced its ability to speak as one, analysts...

China has signaled its intention to secure more natural gas from Russia in the draft version of its development blueprint for 2026–2030 Read Full Article at RT.com

Moscow stands to gain in the short-term from rising oil prices and disruption in the Persian Gulf Read Full Article at RT.com

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump on Monday discussed the Iran war and Ukraine conflict during a “frank and constructive” telephone call, the Kremlin said. Putin and Trump held a one-hour call in their first talks since December, and Washington sought the discussion, Putin’s diplomatic adviser Yuri Ushakov was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies. “The accent was placed on the situation surrounding the conflict with Iran and the bilateral negotiations under way...

Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump have discussed the Ukraine and Iran conflicts in a phone call, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov has said Read Full Article at RT.com

The US and Israel’s conflict with Iran could lead to a halt in Gulf oil production, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Read Full Article at RT.com

Skier Varvara Voronchikhina won the Super-G as Russia returned to the Paralympics under its national flag for the first time in ten years Read Full Article at RT.com

Hungarian FM Peter Szijjarto says the EU should drop the sanctions on Russian oil to protect Europeans amid the Middle East crisis Read Full Article at RT.com

Against the backdrop of oil prices surging past US$100 per barrel for the first time since the onset of the Russia-Ukraine war in 2022, China has its sights set on strengthening energy security by stabilising domestic crude production and strategic backups – exemplified by coal-to-oil and gas projects – for the next few years. The nation pledges to maintain annual crude production at 200 million tonnes, ensure a steady rise in natural gas output, and bolster technical readiness for coal-derived...

The Russian president offers his congratulations to Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei over his election as new Leader of the Islamic Revolution.

The Iran war and rising oil prices show that the EU made a mistake by sanctioning Russian energy, Kirill Dmitriev has said Read Full Article at RT.com

Ukrainian air strike on the Donetsk People’s Republic left four people dead and twelve injured, according to Denis Pushilin Read Full Article at RT.com

India has said it does not need permission from the US to buy Russian oil, as it continues imports from Russia Read Full Article at RT.com

India received some welcome news last week about its energy supply: it had been granted permission, by the United States, to take delivery of oil it had already bought. The tankers were already at sea – Russian crude, loaded and paid for, stranded in limbo by the disruptions sweeping out of the war on Iran. They needed a waiver, which US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced on Thursday: a 30-day exemption allowing Indian refiners to receive the cargoes before American sanctions...

Para-alpine skier Varvara Voronchikhina wins the first Paralympic gold medal for Russia since 2014 with victory in the standing super G.

China has included several natural gas pipelines with Russia in the draft of its new five-year plan, raising market debate on whether the Power of Siberia 2 – a closely watched project viewed as symbolic of bilateral relations – could be on the fast track for construction. Along with language on two other pipelines, the draft said China would “advance preparatory work for the central route of the China-Russia natural gas pipeline” in the next five years, which some market observers interpreted...

Ukraine’s leader, Volodymyr Zelensky, traveled east to visit frontline troops trying to stave off Russian attacks, and invited reporters for The New York Times to go with him.

Ukrainian ministers launched a protest at plans to reopen the Russian pavilion at the Venice Biennale, in a statement published in Kyiv on Sunday. Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha and Culture Minister Tetyana Berezhna called the admission of Russian artists to international events unacceptable and asked the organisers to reconsider their decision. After all, they had condemned Moscow’s aggression soon after the start of Russia’s war against Ukraine more than four years ago, they noted. “It is...