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Fear of wheat scarcity and food insecurity in Africa may have reduced following Russian President Vladimir Putin's near completion of a deal to secure free grains for six countries on the continent after the UN-brokered Black Sea grain deal…

Russia has signed agreements for military cooperation with over 40 African countries, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Friday in St. Petersburg. “For the purposes of bolstering the defence capability of the continent’s…

President of Russia, Vladimir Putin has said the Kremlin wants to see an end to the conflict in Ukraine which he claimed was “unleashed by the West and its satellites.” Putin made this statement on Wednesday at the inaugural BRICS summit…

A Russian court on Thursday imposed a 3-million-ruble ($32,000) fine on Google for failing to delete allegedly false information about the conflict in Ukraine. The move by a magistrate’s court follows similar actions in early August…

Russia launched its first moon-landing spacecraft in 47 years on Friday in a bid to be the first nation to make a soft landing on the lunar south pole, a region believed to hold coveted pockets of water and ice. The Russian lunar…

Russia struck Ukrainian ports on Tuesday, a day after pulling out of a U.N.-backed deal to let Kyiv export grain, and Moscow claimed gains on the ground in an area where Ukrainian officials said Russian forces were going back on the…

Russia ended the Ukraine grain-export deal nearly a year into the agreement, heightening uncertainty over global food supplies and escalating tensions in the region. The pact, previously extended in May, will cease to be effective as of…

One day in 2017, an armoured black bmw drew up outside the headquarters of the Wagner Group in St Petersburg. Inside a hush descended as word spread that Yevgeny Prigozhin, the man in charge, had arrived. A meeting was under way in one…

 As the war between Russia and Ukraine enters a more dangerous stage, 20 Western companies across different sectors have agreed to sell their Russian assets or hand them over to local managers. They took this decision in compliance…

Russia says it downed two drones that targeted the Kremlin in Moscow last night and accused Ukraine of attempting to kill President Vladimir Putin. Unverified footage on social media appeared to show an object flying over the Kremlin…