President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday appointed Alexander Dronov as acting governor of northwestern Russia's Novgorod area, nearly a month after the previous governor stepped down from office.Dronov, who utilized to act as first deputy guv of the Novgorod region, prospers Andrei Nikitin, who resigned on Feb. 7 to end up being Russia's deputy t
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Russian authorities stated Wednesday that security forces killed 4 thought militants connected to the Islamic State (IS) group who were preparing an attack in the southern republic of Dagestan.Dagestan's local leader, Sergei Melikov, stated the 4 were gotten rid of in an over night anti-terrorist operation in the republic's capital, Makhachkala.He
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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has provided to host peace talks in between Russia and Ukraine that might include U.S. officials. Tell Trump that I anticipate him here with Putin and Zelensky, Lukashenko said in a video interview with U.S. blogger Mario Nawfal, as reported by the Belarusian state news agency Belta.Belarus, a close ally of
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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 said Tuesday that Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky told him he was ready to negotiate with Russia and finalize a U.S. minerals deal, just days after their tense White House meeting.

The fallout from Trump’s and Zelensky’s Oval Office clash led to the dramatic unraveling of the wartime alliance between the U.S. and Ukr

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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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