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Iran and Russia stage mock anti-piracy rescue during joint naval drills
BANDAR ABBAS (Realist English). Iranian and Russian naval forces carried out a simulated operation to free a hijacked commercial vessel...
Shoigu warns Armenia against replacing Russian railway operator
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russia’s Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu warned that Armenia’s reported plans to replace Russia in managing the...
Kremlin confirms use of VPN services for official Telegram channel
MOSCOW (Realist English). Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has confirmed that virtual private network (VPN) services are used in the operation...
U.S. envoy cites “substantial progress” after first day of Ukraine talks in Geneva
GENEVA (Realist English). U.S. President’s special envoy Stephen Witkoff said there had been “substantial progress” in efforts to reach a...
Putin treads carefully as Iran-Israel tensions test Russia’s regional strategy
MOSCOW (Realist English). As tensions between Iran, Israel and the United States intensify, President Vladimir Putin is navigating a delicate...
Russia’s external public debt rises above $60bn for first time since 2006
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russia’s external public debt stood at $61.97 billion as of February 1, 2026, according to data from...
Chelyabinsk deputy governor detained in major bribery probe
CHELYABINSK (Realist English). Deputy Governor of the Chelyabinsk Region Andrey Faleychik was detained on Thursday morning as part of a...
FSB releases video of extradition of suspect in attempted assassination of senior Russian general
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russia’s Federal Security Service (Federal Security Service, FSB) has published video footage showing the extradition to Russia...
EU proposes sweeping 20th sanctions package targeting Russia’s energy and finance sectors
BRUSSELS (Realist English). The European Commission has unveiled a proposed 20th package of sanctions against Russia, aiming to intensify pressure...
Trump unveils new 10% global tariff after Supreme Court curbs emergency powers
WASHINGTON (Realist English). U.S. President Donald Trump said he would immediately impose a new 10% global tariff and pursue alternative...
Shoigu warns Armenia against replacing Russian railway operator
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russia’s Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu warned that Armenia’s reported plans to replace Russia in managing the...
White House urges Iran to strike deal as Trump again signals possible military action
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The White House on Wednesday warned that Iran would be “wise” to reach an agreement with the...
U.S. envoy cites “substantial progress” after first day of Ukraine talks in Geneva
GENEVA (Realist English). U.S. President’s special envoy Stephen Witkoff said there had been “substantial progress” in efforts to reach a...
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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