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“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...
Russia rules out full VPN ban, plans targeted restrictions
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russia is not considering a full ban on VPN services, but will continue targeted restrictions against platforms...
FSB reports prevention of alleged Ukraine-linked sabotage plot
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said it had prevented a series of planned attacks in Moscow and...
Moscow court orders detention of Znanie deputy head Serikov
MOSCOW (Realist English). A Moscow court has ordered the pre-trial detention of Anton Serikov, director general of the Mashuk Knowledge...
Putin calls Crimea reunification a historic choice
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin described Crimea’s 2014 reunification with Russia as a “historic choice” and said Russian...
Russians withdraw record funds from banks amid shifting investment trends
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian households withdrew 1.6 trillion rubles ($17 billion) from bank accounts in January 2026, marking the second-largest...
Lavrov warns strikes on Iran undermine nuclear non-proliferation regime
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran has dealt a major blow...
Russian regions named leaders of digital transformation ranking for 2025
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russia has released its annual ranking of regional digital transformation for 2025, with Belgorod Region, Sakhalin Region,...
Oleg Morozov: Mintimer Shaimiev is a sage with political genius
MOSCOW (Realist English). Oleg Morozov, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Control and a member of the United Russia party,...
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...
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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