Russian and Iran share a complicated past, peppered with conflict, and even now tread a fine line between cooperation and mistrust. And yet, the war in Ukraine has pulled Moscow and Tehran closer.

“The initiative has to be controlled. It must not be given away to Russia.” The war-time president’s aides have said that failure to make Vladimir Putin “feel pain” before negotiating ...

RUSSIA must get ready for World War Three and must not be "shy" to fight the West, Vladimir Putin's chief crony has warned. Warmonger Aleksey Zhuravlyov, a top Russian MP, said the male population ...

And he warned the West - especially Europe - to ramp up its military strength and be ready to fight a war with Russia. Zhuravlyov said: "It is necessary to prepare the male population and ...

Russia spent almost a quarter of the national wealth fund’s available reserves last year to keep the economy on a war footing and finance its invasion of Ukraine. The National Wellbeing Fund ...

Putin’s ultimate goal isn’t recreating empire or seeking war with NATO—it’s staying in power. In pressing for greater military spending to counter Russia, NATO Secretary-General Marc Rutte ...

and if President Trump requests as part of his strategy to end the Ukraine war, that I will be 100% on board with taking sanctions up --especially on the Russian oil majors -- to levels that would ...

Both Ukraine and Russia will have to make concessions to end the war, Marco Rubio, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of state, said on Jan. 15 at his confirmation hearing before ...

The U.S. Department of the Treasury building is seen in Washington, Nov. 18, 2024. The U.S. Treasury Department announced that it is expanding sanctions against the Russian energy sector for it’s ...

in a missile and drone attack that reached almost 700 miles into Russia. Long-range attacks have been a feature of the nearly three-year war, where on the front line snaking about 600 miles from ...