Tag: News from Russia

U.S. immigration authorities detained and revoked the visa of a Russian scientist who opposes the war in Ukraine and had been conducting genetic research at Harvard Medical School, her friends and colleagues said this week. Ksenia Petrova was stopped at Boston Logan International Airport on Feb. 16 after returning from a personal trip in France. U.S. officials revoked her research visa for failing to properly declare frog embryos she had brought with her, according to The Harvard Crimson. U.S. Customs…

The following article is from a Russian news source, RT, which is controlled by the Russian Government. Ukraine’s leader has expressed readiness to enter a US-proposed energy truce with Russia Ukraine’s leader, Vladimir Zelensky, has offered his take on negotiations in Saudi Arabia shortly after the White House released two statements on the US contacts with Kiev’s and Moscow’s respective delegations. Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Zelensky expressed readiness to observe US President Donald Trump’s proposed agreement to…

Russia is suing Shell for 1.5 billion euros ($1.6 billion) over allegedly unpaid gas supplies to the state energy giant Gazprom in 2022, the British-Dutch company said in its annual report published Tuesday. Shell announced in early 2022 that it would sever ties with Gazprom, halt Russian crude oil purchases and withdraw from Russian energy markets in response to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. According to the company’s annual report, Russian prosecutors filed a claim in a Moscow court on…

The destruction of the border energy facility is the latest provocation by Ukraine, the Defense Ministry has said. Ukrainian forces retreating from Russia’s Kursk Region have destroyed the Sudzha gas metering station, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has reported. The incident took place early on Friday, roughly 20 minutes after midnight, the ministry said in a statement. The facility had been previously used to deliver fuel to consumers in European nations.

Statements made by the United States about its willingness to negotiate with Iran are a deception of the global public opinion, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday.
“Statements that the US president is ready to hold negotiations and invites to the negotiating table are the deception of the global public opinion,” the ISNA news agency quoted Khamenei as saying. “We have been sitting at the negotiating table for several years, and this very same person cast aside a completed and signed document tearing it up. What kind of negotiations we must hold if we know well that they will not work? This is why all calls and statements about negotiations are the deception of the public opinion,” he added. US President Donald Trump announced on March 7 that he had sent a message to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei calling for negotiations on the Iranian nuclear program.

Israeli warplanes attacked the Khalkhalah military airfield, located in the vicinity of the administrative center of the province of Suwayda in southern Syria. According to the Syria TV channel, several explosions were heard in the area of the former Syrian air base. The consequences of the attack are unknown. On March 10, Israeli planes attacked the area of the 89th artillery regiment of the former Syrian army in the southern province of Deraa. The base of the 12th Armored Division was also bombed. The command post, ammunition depots, and fuel storage were destroyed. / End of Content /

The following article is from a Russian news source, Tass, which is controlled by the Russian Government. China’s DeepSeek has transformed the global market of artificial intelligence (AI) and has put the leadership of the US in this sphere at jeopardy, the Foreign Affairs magazine said. According to its estimates, DeepSeek is paving the way for China to dominate in the global AI market. The technology of artificial intelligence may create an edge in the military sector, which further emphasizes…

The following article is from a Russian news source, Tass, which is controlled by the Russian Government. /TASS/. A car rammed into pedestrians in Israel, leaving 14 people injured, the Ynet news website reported. The incident happened at a bus stop outside the city of Pardes Hanna. One of the casualties, a 17-year-old girl, is in critical condition. Two more people are in serious condition and another person in medium-severity condition. The others suffered light injuries. The police classified the…

The following article is from a Russian news source, Tass, which is controlled by the Russian Government. CAIRO, February 27. /TASS/. Israel’s unwillingness to leave a section on the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt – the so-called Philadelphia Corridor – violates the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, said the Palestinian movement Hamas demanding that the mediators force Israel “to fulfill all the terms of the deal.” “The statements that Israel plans to turn the border between Gaza and Egypt…

The following article is from a Russian news source, Tass, which is controlled by the Russian Government. MOSCOW, February 21. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has told Deputy CEO of Gazprombank Dmitry Zauers that the company should partner with billionaire entrepreneur and the current head of the Department of Government Efficiency Elon Musk to develop technology. Zauers told the Russian President about domestically-produced batteries used in aerospace applications and neurochips. They are “our answer to Elon Musk,” the banker said,…

The following article is from a Russian news source, Tass, which is controlled by the Russian Government. BUDAPEST, February 21. /TASS/. Hungary suggests that European liberals stand down and let Russia and the United States negotiate a peaceful settlement of the conflict in Ukraine, said Hungary’s Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto. “We consider any proposal that could interfere with the upcoming US-Russian agreement to be extremely harmful. We consider any proposal that goes against peace efforts to be harmful and dangerous,…

The following article is from a Russian news source, Tass, which is controlled by the Russian Government. MOSCOW, February 19. /TASS/. Russia addressed the issue of its diplomatic property located in the US during negotiations with the American delegation in Riyadh, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated. “We handed over a list of issues which should be resolved with regard to the work of our diplomatic representatives. Among these problems is, of course, the property issue,” Russia’s top diplomat said…

The following article is from a Russian news source, Tass, which is controlled by the Russian Government. MOSCOW, February 19. /TASS/. Guccio Gucci, an Italian company, filed the Gucci trademark with the Russian Federal Intellectual Property Service, according to the authority’s data. The application was submitted on June 2, 2023, and the state registration was completed on February 18, 2025. The trademark holder is Guccio Gucci, based in Florence. The trademark was approved under the International Classification of Goods and…

The following article is from a Russian news source, Tass, which is controlled by the Russian Government. RIYADH, February 18. /TASS/. Moscow and Washington have agreed to appoint their ambassadors as soon as possible, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said after a meeting with senior US officials in Riyadh. He expanded on the agreements that were reached during the talks. “The first one, and probably the most pressing and difficult one, is to ensure the soonest appointment of the Russian…

The following article is from a Russian news source, Tass, which is controlled by the Russian Government. ROME, February 18. /TASS/. The United States made it clear at the Munich Conference that America no longer wants to play big brother to Europe, distancing itself from any kind of leadership role on the continent, Tiberio Graziani, the president of the International Institute for Global Analyses Vision & Global Trends, told TASS. In his view, the Munich forum highlighted the inherent contradictions…

The following article is from a Russian news source, Tass, which is controlled by the Russian Government. MOSCOW, February 15. /TASS/. Europe will “forgive and swallow with disgust” the criticism from US Vice President JD Vance, according to Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council. Medvedev noted that Vance is “a brave guy, though still an inexperienced vice president.” The previous day, Vance, speaking at the Munich Security Conference, criticized EU commissioners for censorship, stating that Europe was…