The Kremlin is increasingly worried that the emerging rift between the U.S. and Ukraine could thwart a prospective agreement between Washington and Moscow, The Moscow Times' sources say. As U.S. President Donald Trump pushes for a swift end to Russia's three-year war on Ukraine, Moscow and Washington have embarked on parallel talks focused on looking for

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U.S. President Donald Trump has asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to assist in conversations with Iran on its nuclear program and regional proxy forces, Bloomberg reported Tuesday, mentioning confidential sources in Moscow acquainted with the matter.Trump reportedly raised the concept of Moscow mediating talks throughout a Feb. 12 phone call with Putin. U.S.U.S. President Donald Trump has actually asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to facilitate discussions with Iran on its nuclear program and regional proxy forces, Bloomberg reported Tuesday, citing anonymous sources in Moscow familiar with the matter.Trump reportedly raised the concept of Moscow moderating talks during a Feb. 12 phone call with Putin. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov later on talked about Washingtons interest in Russia playing a role in diplomacy with Tehran throughout their Feb. 18 conference in Saudi Arabia, the report said.Lavrov traveled to Tehran a week after the U.S.-Russia talks. According to Bloomberg, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Lavrov had informed him on the conversations with Washington.The United States and Iran should resolve all problems through negotiations, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov was priced quote as saying. [Moscow] is prepared to do whatever in its power to attain this.Since taking workplace in January, Trump has actually restored his maximum pressure policy on Iran, tightening up sanctions on the Islamic Republic while all at once calling for restored negotiations.Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has declined talks with the U.S., a stance that Irans moderate President Masoud Pezeshkian has actually pledged to uphold.Russia and Iran have actually deepened their cooperation amid Western sanctions Moscow over its intrusion of Ukraine and Tehran over its nuclear program. Russia has actually deployed Iranian drones in Ukraine and has expanded military ties with Iran.It remains uncertain how responsive Iran would be to any U.S. overture delivered via Russia, Bloomberg noted.The report came hours after Reuters, citing travel records, reported that seven Russian missile experts with senior military backgrounds went to Iran in between April and September 2024 for undisclosed reasons.Iran preserves that its nuclear program is exclusively for peaceful purposes regardless of concerns in the West that it may be wanting to establish nuclear weapons.

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President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday lauded Russia’s growing ties with Myanmar during a Kremlin meeting with the Asian country’s junta chief.

Russia is a crucial arms supplier to Myanmar’s military-led government, which has struggled to suppress armed resistance since seizing power in a 2021 coup.

“The relations between our countries are steadily d

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U.S. President Donald Trump has imposed sweeping tariffs on major trading partners Canada, Mexico and China, rattling global markets. 

In the short term, Russia may be able to capitalize on the escalating trade war by replacing U.S. energy supplies to China. But the Kremlin is unlikely to significantly benefit from the tariffs in the longer term — e

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Three females have accused exiled Russian rap artist Oxxxymiron of grooming them and sending out unsuitable messages when they were underage.The females, one of whom formerly made theallegations on social media, stepped forward in a four-episode podcast hosted by investigative reporter Anastasia Krasilnikova. 2 of the women stated they started chatting

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Russia's stock exchange climbed up almost 3% on Tuesday following over night reports that the United States is drafting a sanctions relief plan.As of 2:30 p.m. Moscow time, the Moscow Exchange (MOEX) increased 2.89% to 3,236 points, while the dollar-denominated RTS Index likewise got 2.89% to 1,142. Shares of cars and truck renting business Evroplan, tech giants Yandex

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