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Nikolay Patrushev, Russian security council chief, said the US was obviously benefiting from the Nord Stream incidents

Russia has criticized UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres for his statement on referendums in Donbass, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions

RT’s correspondent in Donetsk outlines the local reaction to the referendums on reunification with Russia

The former chancellor regrets not having created stronger formats for dialogue with Russia

The hearings on Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s Olympic doping scandal are ‘tentatively’ scheduled for October

Russian President Vladimir Putin has reiterated his criticism of Western nations, which he has accused of driving up global food prices

Since the start of Russia's special military operation to demilitarize and de-Nazify Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has been holding regular meetings with members of the Security Council to discuss the progress of the operation.

Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin has called to close the border to Russian tourists and ban transit through her country

The Kremlin has denied a media report claiming that Russia’s mobilization decree allows for 1 million people to be called up

Western sanctions intended to hurt Russia have backfired and lost them credibility, while Moscow turned to Beijing, the Russian FM said

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Thursday it had thwarted an attempted terrorist attack by Ukrainian special services at an oil and gas facility supplying energy to Turkey and Europe.

The US could destroy the Russian Black Sea Fleet or its Crimean bases if Moscow uses nukes in Ukraine, former General Ben Hodges has said

Russia will call up 300,000 reservists under the partial mobilization, the defense minister has said

Both Russian president Vladimir Putin and Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu delivered speeches on Wednesday in the wake of announcements by the Donbass Republics as well as the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions

Adopting legal provisions concerning mobilization doesn’t mean declaring one, the Russian parliament’s top defense official has clarified