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Putin appoints Rosatom executive Vadim Titov to head new presidential directorate for strategic partnership
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed Vadim Titov, a senior executive from the state nuclear corporation Rosatom,...
Kremlin aide Ushakov: Putin and Trump had “trust-based” discussion focused on ending the Ukrainian crisis
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump held a two-and-a-half-hour phone call on Wednesday, marking...
Trump holds talks with Putin ahead of Zelensky meeting amid debate over new weapons for Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Realist English). President Donald Trump said Thursday that he was speaking with Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of a...
Putin, Syrian regime chief Sharaa discuss future of Russia–Syria ties in Moscow
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Ahmed al-Sharaa, the pro-Turkish head of the Syrian regime, to discuss...
Putin attends Russia–Central Asia summit in Dushanbe
DUSHANBE (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin attended the second Russia–Central Asia summit in the Tajik capital on Wednesday, where...
Putin links Ukraine conflict to geopolitics at Valdai forum
SOCHI (Realist English). —Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the plenary session of the XXII annual meeting of the Valdai International...
Moscow signals readiness for dialogue on ‘Trump Road’ and regional security in Armenia
YEREVAN (Realist English). Russia’s ambassador to Armenia, Sergey Kopyrkin, said Moscow remains committed to regional stability and close cooperation with...
Lavrov accuses West of undermining UN order, calls for Global South reforms
NEW YORK (Realist English). Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told the 80th session of the UN General Assembly on September...
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,...
Lula warns US action against Venezuela would trigger humanitarian disaster
FOZ DO IGUAÇU (Realist English). Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has warned that any armed intervention in Venezuela...
Putin says Russia has no plans for new military operations, blames West for tensions
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Moscow is not planning any new special military operations,...
Maduro rejects Trump’s claims over Venezuelan oil and land, accuses US of colonial ambitions
CARACAS (Realist English). Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has said recent remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump about “reclaiming” Venezuelan land...
Trump orders blockade of sanctioned oil tankers to and from Venezuela
WASHINGTON (Realist English). U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered a “total and complete blockade” of all sanctioned oil tankers...
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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