Russia/Ukraine War
Russian State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin tops 92% in early district results
State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin has more than 92% of the vote in his single-member district in Saratov in the election for the new Duma, with 4.05% of precinct reports proce…
Pro-peace Russian parliamentary candidate Yulia Kuznetsova says she’s home and voted after disappearing days before the election. She still hasn’t fully explained what happened.
Yulia Kuznetsova, a Greens party candidate for the State Duma, says she’s back home. She stopped responding to messages and calls on the evening of September 17.
Axios: Trump and Zelensky agree to meet in New York as U.S. president again asks Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian refineries
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump by phone on the evening of September 20.
Russian forces strike logistics centers, ports in Ukraine
A bulk carrier carrying cargo intended to support the Ukrainian armed forces to the port of Odessa was hit while crossing the sea
Teenage girl detained in St. Petersburg on suspicion of setting two police cars on fire
In St. Petersburg, police have detained a teenage girl on suspicion of setting fire to police cars outside a station on Marata Street, a source told the news outlet Fontanka.
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dmitry Muratov urges Trump envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to press Putin to release Russian political prisoners
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dmitry Muratov, the former editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta, spoke about Russia’s political prisoners in an interview with CNN.
United Russia ahead in Duma election with 90.43% of ballots processed
It is followed by the CPRF with 13,84%, the LDPR with 8.9%, New People with 7.94%, and A Just Russia with 4.95%
Russia’s election commission says ruling party United Russia leads in single-member districts and party-list vote, putting it on track for another ‘constitutional majority’
United Russia has 57.82% of the party-list vote so far, according to Central Election Commission data as of the morning of September 21, with 83.52% of precinct reports processed.
Russia’s antiwar Yabloko party was barred from seven of eight regional races. In the one where it made the ballot, it’s set to enter the regional legislature.
With 96.86% of precinct tallies counted, Yabloko is on track to win seats in the Novgorod regional legislature’s eighth convocation, according to data from Russia’s Central Electi…
Dutch businesses cutting ties with ICC for fear of US sanctions — diplomat
According to a diplomatic source, mostly IT companies are behind the move
Russia, US plan to hold meetings on irritants in bilateral ties soon — ambassador
Alexander Darchiev specified that the agenda will include visa issues and the return of six Russian properties de facto seized in the US
Macron hits back at Trump’s ‘strange’ claim on French territory
Emmanuel Macron has rebuked Donald Trump after the US president posted a map depicting French territory as part of the United States Read Full Article at RT.com
OANA media forum to discuss steps toward sustainable media community of Asia-Pacific
Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova and Andrey Kondrashov, TASS Director General and OANA President, are expected to take part in…
More than 600 Russians cast ballots in Duma elections in New York and Houston
The two polling stations closed at 8:00 p.m. local time
Ukraine may lose up to 6.8% of GDP in 2027 amid continued hostilities
Ukrainian Finance Ministry officials warn of an exacerbating energy crisis, export issues and labor shortages due to people fleeing the country and ongoing mobilization
Houthis vow to spare foreign ships after seizing key Red Sea chokepoint
Yemen’s Houthis have vowed to target only Saudi-linked vessels after seizing strategic positions around the Bab el-Mandeb Strait Read Full Article at RT.com
Russian diplomat sees EU sponsoring Ukraine’s strategy toward humanitarian crisis
Rodion Miroshnik specified that in the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, part of the DPR and the LPR, and certain areas in the Belgorod Region a deliberate provocation of a humanita…
United Russia ahead in Duma election with 71.17% of ballots processed
The party received 57.53% of the vote
Ukraine war briefing: Russia to ‘intensify’ attacks on Kyiv after Moscow hit with mass drone strikes
At least two killed in Moscow and oil refinery set alight on last day of Russia’s parliamentary elections. What we know on day 1,671 Continue reading...
Russian diplomat sure history will `cancel’ Zelensky
Maria Zakharova commented on Vladimir Zelensky's threats to make the Russian airspace dangerous for passenger flights through the massive use of drones
Russia held its first State Duma election since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Officials say the same five parties are set to return, with the ruling party on track to retain its majority.
Voting has ended in Russia’s State Duma elections, and United Russia has finished first. According to Central Election Commission figures as of 11:55 p.m. Moscow time on September…
Moscow to host financial forum on Monday
Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin, government officials, business leaders, public activists, and experts in economics and finance will particip…
In photos: Russians abroad hold peace rallies on the main day of voting in Russia’s State Duma elections as voters at home write ‘No war’ on ballots
September 20 is the final day of voting in Russia’s State Duma elections. The Russian opposition had urged voters to cast their ballots that day at exactly noon local time to prot…
Russia’s electoral body to announce preliminary results of Duma election
The event is scheduled for 8:00 a.m. GMT on Monday