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Digital sovereignty key to security, Russian regulator insists amid platform defiance
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russia’s federal media and telecom regulator Roskomnadzor (RKN) says platforms deleted more than 425,000 pieces of prohibited...
Leaked documents reveal Russia and Vietnam using oil profits to bypass sanctions for arms deals
HANOI (Realist English). Russia and Vietnam have devised a concealed system for settling arms contracts that bypasses Western financial sanctions,...
Kozak’s exit cements Kiriyenko’s dominance inside Kremlin power structure
MOSCOW (Realist English). Dmitry Kozak, deputy chief of staff of the Russian presidential administration and one of Vladimir Putin’s closest...
United Russia dominates regional elections across 81 Russian regions
MOSCOW (Realist English). Elections at multiple levels were held across 81 regions of the Russian Federation over three days of...
Russian satellite’s abnormal behaviour fuels global race for military space dominance
MOSCOW (Realist English). A Russian military satellite launched this summer has exhibited abnormal and potentially threatening behaviour, edging close to...
Russia’s top judicial body backs Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov to lead Supreme Court
MOSCOW (Realist English). The Higher Qualification Board of Judges (HQCJ) has recommended Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov for the post of...
Russia turns back to barter as financial channels narrow
MOSCOW (Realist English). For the first time since the 1990s, barter has re-emerged in Russia’s foreign trade, with companies exchanging...
Putin inaugurates Russia’s National Space Center in Moscow
MOSCOW (Realist English). President Vladimir Putin on Saturday took part in the official opening of the National Space Center, a...
Russia and Belarus launch joint ‘Zapad-2025’ strategic military drills
MINSK (Realist English). From September 12 to 16, the armed forces of Belarus and the Russian Federation are conducting Zapad-2025,...
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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