Ukrainian long-range drones struck the Ukhta oil refinery in Russia's Komi Republic in what marks a new range record

After attending the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in 2015, Barak, the former Israeli prime minister, reported back to Epstein that he’d met with several Russian officials, including Lavrov; the head of Russia’s central bank, Elvira Nabiullina; and several other heads of Russian banks.

Kirill Dmitriev, an envoy of Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, is set to hold talks with a US delegation in Geneva "soon". Source: Kremlin-aligned Russian news agency RIA Novosti, as reported by European Pravda Details: A source said that Dmitriev,

Russian officials have been warning Putin with growing alarm that a financial crisis could hit by the summer, sources told the Washington Post. They pointed to weak oil revenue, which crashed by 50% in January from a year earlier, and a budget deficit that continues to widen, even after Putin hiked taxes on consumers.

Moscow reiterates willingness to adhere to expired nuclear weapons treaty, "as long as the United States does not exceed the aforementioned limits."

The talks also were expected to focus on the future of Russian military bases in Syria, a key foothold for Moscow in the Mediterranean.

A senior European intelligence chief says Russia cannot launch an attack on NATO this year or next but is planning to increase its forces significantly along the alliance’s eastern flank, depending on the outcome of the war in Ukraine.

The high-level government memo seen by us suggests Russia is prepared to again embrace the dollar for trade, foregoing efforts to break away from the US financial system. Western officials familiar with the memo told us that some of Russia’s proposals appear to be crafted specifically to deepen the divisions between the US and Ukraine’s European allies.

By Dmitry Antonov and Suleiman Al-Khalidi MOSCOW, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin met his Syrian counterpart Ahmed al-Sharaa in the Kremlin on Wednesday for talks that were set to include the sensitive issue of Russia's future military presence in Syria,

Russia's top diplomat says that Moscow will observe the limits of the last nuclear arms pact with the United States that expired last week as long as it sees that Washington does the same.

During his December 2025 year-end press conference, Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledged Russia's economic slowdown, raising concerns for a recession amid war.

Russian oil is being sold at the steepest discount on record in a hammer blow to Vladimir Putin’s war machine. Urals crude, as Russian exports are known, dropped to an average of $37.50 a barrel in January as the Kremlin faced US sanctions and a more difficult trade relationship with India.