Kremlin

Ukrainians are in ‘mortal danger’ if Western aid dries up, warns Olena Zelenska

A country on Europe’s eastern flank, Ukraine is still fighting to repel Russian forces after the Kremlin launched an illegal invasion. Ukraine surprised the world when its armed forces prevented the country being overrun in February 2022. But Ukraine cannot continue the fight without Western aid

Kremlin warns of tensions if Poland sends troops to monitor Finnish-Russian border

Finland infuriated Russia earlier this year when it joined NATO, ending decades of military non-alignment, due to the war in Ukraine. After Poland offered to send military advisers to help Helsinki monitor the frontier, Moscow indicated that it would be perceived as a threat

Russia may ask foreigners to sign a 'loyalty pledge' to enter

A significant portion of foreigners living in Russia are migrants from Central Asia, who have also been the focus of military recruitment campaigns for the conflict in Ukraine

Why a satirical play on Putin is creating waves in pro-Kremlin Bulgaria

Research indicates that 30% of Bulgarians support Putin, even in the face of Moscow's unrelenting aggression against Ukraine. This determination bolstered Stoev's plans to present a "eye-opening" staging of the play in Sofia

Vantage | Four signals telling Vladimir Putin to wind up Ukraine war

The question of whether President Putin genuinely seeks an end to the war in Ukraine remains elusive

Kremlin warns of 'boomerang effect' as EU considers ban on Russian diamond imports

Dmitry Peskov, the spokesperson for the Kremlin, addressed the proposed EU measure to ban diamond imports from Russia, a move included in a new sanctions package related to the conflict in Ukraine

Kremlin slams US probe into oil sanctions, says Russia acting in own interests

Some of the vessels currently under investigation were involved in the lifting of Russian oil from the Pacific port of Kozmino, while others had loaded at the port of Primorsk on the Gulf of Finland

Tougher sanctions in offing says Kremlin, but will hurt Western interests too

The West has frozen hundreds of billions of dollars of Russian money, but Putin has joked that the sanctions have not stopped the import of Western goods such as luxury Mercedes to Russia - and that Moscow will work to undermine the sanctions by buying what it wants on global markets

Russian drones hit, set ablaze Kremenchuk oil refinery, damage railway power lines, says Ukraine

The Ukrainian Air Force said air defences shot down 18 of 20 drones and a missile fired by Russia overnight before they reached their targets in an attack that sought to strike military and critical infrastructure

No 'free exit' from Russia for Western firms: Kremlin

The Russian government has tightened restrictions on foreign companies trying to sell their Russian subsidiaries, placing de facto caps and deadlines on transactions