The United States has announced slapping sanctions on nearly a dozen Russian defence officials, as the invasion of Ukraine continues. The State Department announced the imposition of sanctions on 11 Russians, including heads of the National Guard, Russian…
Fifty percent of the gold and foreign exchange reserves of the Bank of Russia have been blocked as a result of sanctions. "We have a total amount of reserves of about $640 billion. Currently we cannot use about…
Former Soviet Union soldier, who stayed in Afghanistan after Soviet withdrawal, says Russian President Vladimir Putin will face defeat in Ukraine conflict. Hakimove--- now Shaikh Abdullah --- was part of Soviet Union forces who invaded Afghanistan back…
Russian President Vladimir Putin claims talks between Moscow and Kiev on the situation in Ukraine are making headway. Without going into details, Putin said this at a meeting with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko on Friday. TASS news…
Top Russian and Ukrainian diplomats are expected to meet in Turkey today (Thursday), says a media report. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov are likely to meet on the sidelines of a diplomatic…
The third round of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine on ending their hostilities has ended inconclusively. Delegates from both sides acknowledged their meeting in Belarus on Monday evening made no breakthrough. Russia’s chief negotiator Vladimir Medinsky and his…
The Ministry of Transportation and Civil Aviation says flights between Afghanistan and Russia will resume in near future. Imamuddin Ahmadi, spokesman for MoTA, told Pajhwok Afghan News that two days ago, representatives of Afghanistan and Russia discussed the…
Certain channels of dialogue between Russia and the United States remain open, President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman says. As hostilities in Ukraine continue, Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Saturday: "We are maintaining certain channels of a dialogue with the…
Nearly 500 Russian soldiers have been killed and 1,597 others wounded in Ukraine, the Ministry of Defence in Moscow says. The military casualties came following Russia’s invasion of the former Soviet republic on February 24. The war in…
The European Union has cut seven Russian banks from the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT). VTB, Rossiya, Otkritie, Novikombank, Promsvyazbank, Sovcombank and VEB RF were excluded from SWIFT on Wednesday, TASS news agency reported. Brussels was…
The first round of Ukraine-Russia negotiations has yielded no major breakthrough, as fighting continues in the former Soviet republic. The talks aimed at ending the war were held near the Belarus-Ukraine border on Monday as Russian troops continued…
Representatives from Russia and Ukraine are set to launch talks on ending the war today, media reports said on Monday. A day earlier, the warring sides reached an agreement on holding negotiations in the Gomel region of Belarus,…
Russia troops reached the outskirts of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Friday after unleashing airstrikes on cities and military bases and sending in troops and tanks on three fronts. Explosions the government described as “horrific rocket strikes” sounded…
Following President Vladimir Putin’s announcement of a special military operation, Russia invaded Ukraine on Thursday. The assault on major Ukrainian cities comes in defiance of warnings from world leaders that it could trigger the biggest war in Europe…
Tensions between Moscow and the Western have surged after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recognition of two rebel regions of Ukraine as independent areas. In a televised address on Monday, Putin accused authorities in Kyiv of persecuting Russian speakers…
Moscow and New Delhi think it is premature to recognise Afghanistan’s new government, the deputy foreign minister of Russia says. Sergey Vershinin told journalists in New Delhi: "Our positions are similar: They boil down to the fact that…
Russia is willing to host representatives of the Taliban government and opposition figures if both sides want to meet in Moscow. President Vladimir Putin’s special representative for Afghanistan said in an interview: "We have repeatedly confirmed our readiness…
Russia has linked the worsening humanitarian and socio-economic situation in Afghanistan to the seizure of the country’s assets by the US and its allies. President Vladimir Putin’s special representative for Afghanistan alleged the freezing of the central bank’s…
Some countries are making moves towards recognising Afghanistan’s new government, says a senior Russian diplomat. President Vladimir Putin’s special representative for Afghanistan said in an interview: "A certain positive attitude towards the Taliban is evidenced by ongoing foreign…
Neither representatives of the Taliban nor the US special envoy for Afghanistan are expected to visit Moscow, says a top Russian diplomat. In an interview with TASS news agency on Monday, President Putin’s envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov…
Russia has spurned claims that it supplied weapons to the National Resistance Front (NRF) of Afghanistan. A Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman scorned US experts’ allegations of arms supplies by Moscow to NRF in Panjsher province. In a statement…
Russia has called for the release of Afghanistan's reserves to finance humanitarian relief and prevent a looming exodus of migrants to Europe. Zamir Kabulov, President Putin’s special envoy to Afghanistan, said Russia had warned the West the asset…
Pakistan and Russia have resolved to support all efforts for bringing lasting peace to Afghanistan. Pakistani and Russian national security advisers exchanged views on recent developments in Afghanistan at a meeting in Moscow on Wednesday. “They expressed grave…
Moscow has no plan to exploit Afghanistan’s bountiful natural resources, Russian presidential envoy Zamir Kabulov says. In an interview with the Rossiya-24 TV channel, the diplomat said: "The country has them [natural resources], thank God.” He hoped the…
