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Putin and Lula meet in Moscow, renew Brazil-Russia ties with focus on energy, trade and global South cooperation
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at the Kremlin during...
Read moreRussia marks 80th Victory Day with military parade and message of defiance
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russia staged a grand military parade on Red Square to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Soviet...
Read morePutin and Xi reaffirm ‘combat-tested’ Russia-China partnership during Kremlin visit
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping made a joint press statement on May 8...
Read moreShoigu: The spiritual legacy of Victory helps Russia confront modern threats
MOSCOW (Realist English). In a commemorative article marking the 80th anniversary of Victory in World War II, Russian Security Council...
Read morePutin and Sobyanin discuss Moscow’s growth: investment, metro expansion and urban security
MOSCOW (Realist English). President Vladimir Putin met with Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin to assess the city’s socio-economic progress and outline...
Read morePutin: Without population growth, Russia cannot hold its territory
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity are at risk unless...
Read morePutin: Restraint on nuclear response prevented global catastrophe
MOSCOW (Realist English). President Vladimir Putin has said that Russia deliberately refrained from using nuclear weapons during the ongoing conflict...
Read moreKremlin puts Kiriyenko in charge of ties with Armenia
MOSCOW (Realist English). Sergey Kiriyenko, first deputy chief of staff to the Russian president, has been tasked with coordinating relations...
Read morePutin congratulates troops on defeating Ukrainian forces in Kursk region
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin received a report from the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed...
Read morePutin and Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff move closer on Ukraine
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin held his fourth meeting in Moscow with Steve Witkoff, the special envoy appointed...
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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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