Russia and Iran will sign a "comprehensive strategic partnership" treaty on Friday during a visit to Russia by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, the Kremlin said Monday.

Raising concerns in the West, Moscow and Tehran have boosted their military and political cooperation amid Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and conflict in the Middle

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A private from Russia's Far East republic of Sakha (Yakutia) has been granted the title of Hero of Russia after fatally stabbing a Ukrainian soldier in hand-to-hand battle in an extensively circulated video, according to a decree released by the Kremlin on Saturday. Andrei Grigoriev, 38, was awarded the title for demonstrating nerve and heroism, t

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Russian energy giant Gazprom may soon lay off some 1,600 supervisors in an effort to cut payroll costs, St. Petersburg media reported Monday, citing a letter from a board member to the business's CEO Alexei Miller.The proposition comes as Gazprom faces a sharp wartime downturn, with its gas trade to Europe-- when its main market-- collapsing in th

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The Kremlin said Monday that it could not talk about Kyiv's claim that it captured North Korean soldiers battling along with the Russian military, coming a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was ready to exchange them for Ukrainian POWs.Moscow has actually neither denied nor confirmed reports that countless North Korean soldiers

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Apartment rental prices in Russia surged by 31.4% last year as inflation, rising borrowing costs and the end of state mortgage subsidies placed pressure on the housing market, state media reported Monday, citing an industry expert.

“Rents for all types of apartments saw larger increases in 2024 compared to 2023,” said Pavel Lutsenko, head of the rea

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The Kremlin accused Ukraine on Monday of conducting "energy terrorism" and posing a danger to Europe's energy security, after an attempted drone attack on part of a major gas pipeline that carries Russian supplies to Turkey.

The allegation — which Kyiv has not commented on — comes amid an escalating energy row between the two countries, almost thr

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