Russian President Vladimir Putin met with North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui in the Kremlin on Monday, Moscow announced.

The meeting took place amid western claims that Russia plans to deploy thousands of Pyongyang's troops to the Ukraine conflict.

Choe has been in Russia for a week and has pledged that North Korea would stand by Russia

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South Korean intelligence thinks Russia could combat alongside Pyongyang in the event of a war against Seoul, the South Korean daily the Korea Herald reported Sunday, pointing out a lawmaker briefed on the matter.The United States said recently that 10,000 North Korean soldiers were training in Russia and could be deployed to eliminate Ukraine within week

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More than 3,300 foreigners have been awarded Russian citizenship this year in return for aiding Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine, according to Interior Ministry spokeswoman Irina Volk. 

In a Telegram post published Sunday, Volk praised her Interior Ministry colleagues for swiftly assisting “a foreign citizen from a neighboring country” who risked bei

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Indonesia and Russia kicked off their very first joint naval drills on Monday, as the Southeast Asian island chain's brand-new leader looks for to improve ties with Moscow.The area's greatest economy preserves a neutral diplomacy, declining to take sides in the Ukraine dispute or in excellent power competition between Washington and Beijing.But newly inaugurated

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Apple co-founder Steve Jobs is in the company of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler because of the iPhone’s impact on society, the head of one of Russia’s biggest state broadcasters said Monday.

Channel One CEO Konstantin Ernst called the iPhone “extremely harmful and monstrous for humanity” for “destroying human connection,” according to the independent news

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Russia on Sunday claimed to have captured another Ukrainian village, just a dozen kilometers from the key eastern logistics hub Pokrovsk, as its troops advance rapidly.

The Russian Defense Ministry said it had "liberated the settlement of Vichneve following offensive operations".

Russia has been making swift advances in the eastern Donetsk region

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