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Putin orders military to incorporate lessons from special military operation into 2036 weapons program
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed his defense and security leadership to embed key lessons from the...
Read moreRussia and Uzbekistan deepen strategic economic ties
TASHKENT (Realist English). Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak concluded a working visit to Uzbekistan on June 10, where he...
Read moreRussian Senate speaker meets Armenian PM, pledges deeper economic and cultural ties
YEREVAN (Realist English). Chair of Russia’s Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko met with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on June 6...
Read moreRussian political parties gear up for 2025 election cycle as strategic rehearsal for 2026 Duma vote
MOSCOW (Realist English). On June 5, the Expert Institute for Social Research (EISI) held a roundtable at the Russia Today...
Read moreRussia expands funding for industrial and technology parks in key regions
MOSCOW (Realist English). The Russian government has approved additional funding to support the development of industrial and technology parks in...
Read moreDeadly sabotage in Russia: Seven killed, over 70 injured in coordinated railway attacks in Bryansk and Kursk regions
BRYANSK / KURSK (Realist English). At least seven people were killed and more than 70 injured, including children, in two...
Read morePutin hails ‘Russia – Land of Opportunity’ as a true social elevator as platform marks 7th anniversary
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting of the supervisory board of the “Russia – Land of...
Read more“No more excuses”: Kremlin demands aggressive state support for Russian exporters
MOSCOW (Realist English). President Vladimir Putin marked Russia’s Entrepreneurs’ Day with a forceful message to the country’s business and government...
Read moreKremlin prepares shake-up as Kiriyenko expands control over Russia’s “external track”
MOSCOW (Realist English). The Presidential Administration of Russia is preparing a potential redistribution of authority between deputy chiefs Sergei Kiriyenko...
Read moreRussian PM discusses summer travel, Eastern rail expansion, and coal logistics with RZD chief
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin held a working meeting on May 23 with Oleg Belozerov, CEO and...
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Russia remains EU’s fourth-largest gas supplier despite diversification push
BRUSSELS (Realist English). Russia remained the European Union’s fourth-largest supplier of natural gas in 2025, exporting almost 38bn cubic metres...
From voice of support to figurehead: Pahlavi seeks to steer Iran’s uprising
TEHRAN (Realist English). Protests across Iran entered their third week on Sunday amid a markedly harsher crackdown by the authorities,...
Venezuela’s real power lies beyond the presidency after Maduro’s arrest
CARACAS (Realist English). A day after U.S. special forces swept into the Venezuelan capital and detained former president Nicolas Maduro,...
Khamenei says Iran will not retreat in face of foreign-backed unrest
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said on Friday that the Islamic Republic would stand firm...
Dadivank: The Legacy of Christ’s Apostles in Artsakh
YEREVAN (Realist English). In Artsakh, before the ethnic cleansing and forced deportation – simply put, genocide – carried out by...
An unusual phenomenon at the Church of the Holy Savior in Shushi
YEREVAN (Realist English). In the distant year 1979, as a third-year university student, I used to visit the Church of...
War with Iran seen as inevitable, Armenia warned of looming regional storm
YEREVAN (Realist English). The war with Iran is drawing ever closer. And once again, this pulls Armenia into a zone...
Putin, Trump and Zelensky: is a trilateral meeting necessary?
MOSCOW (Realist English). Although more than a week has passed since the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S....
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