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Putin and Pashinyan discuss trade, energy and South Caucasus ties
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan held talks in the Kremlin on April...
Putin meets election officials, stresses trust and stability
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin has called on members of the Central Election Commission (CEC) to ensure the...
“Turn to the East” cannot replace Europe for Russia — expert
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russia’s strategic “pivot to the East” has helped address immediate economic and logistical challenges but cannot fully...
Ella Pamfilova reappointed for third term as Russia’s election chief
MOSCOW (Realist English). Chair of Russia’s Central Election Commission Ella Pamfilova has been re-elected for a third term, becoming the...
“There will be no winners in this war”: Stanislav Ivanov on the campaign against Iran and Hezbollah’s decline
MOSCOW (Realist English). The fourth week of the United States–Israeli military campaign against Iran has become a turning point for...
Ukraine negotiations stall as Middle East war reshapes agenda
MOSCOW (Realist English). A senior Russian lawmaker has criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to Saudi Arabia amid ongoing Iranian...
Traditional power transfer in Russia no longer viable, analyst says
MOSCOW (Realist English). The traditional model of power transfer in Russia is no longer viable, and the country is instead...
“There will be no one left to befriend”: Dmitry Zhuravlev on the future of Russia–Europe relations
MOSCOW (Realist English). The Kremlin views the coincidence of the war in the Middle East and the war in Europe...
Iran war boosts Russia’s economy through energy windfall
MOSCOW (Realist English). The war involving Iran has provided Russia with a significant economic boost, as rising global energy prices...
Geneticist Levon Yepiskoposyan: Turkic trace in the Armenian Highlands is only 0.5%
YEREVAN (Realist English). In an interview with Realist English, renowned Armenian geneticist Levon Yepiskoposyan, head of the Laboratory of Evolutionary Genomics...
Iran declares “historic victory” over US and lists 10-point demands
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran has declared a “historic and crushing defeat” of the United States and Israel after 40 days...
US and Iran agree two-week ceasefire as Strait of Hormuz reopens
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The United States and Iran have agreed to a two-week ceasefire, with U.S. President Donald Trump suspending...
US aircraft losses mount as Iran claims downing of F-15E
WASHINGTON (Realist English). U.S. forces are searching for a missing crew member after an F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet went...
Star Wars without fiction: how space became the next battlefield
MOSCOW (Realist English). “Star Wars” stopped being science fiction long ago. Unfortunately, over ten thousand years of civilisation, humanity has...
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...
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