A Taliban diplomat will on Tuesday assume the function as Afghanistan's ambassador to Russia, the Islamist group's very first leading envoy to Moscow given that taking power in 2021, Russian state media reported.Gul Hassan, a previous consul in Pakistan, arrived in the capital earlier on Tuesday and will soon take up his duties, the state-run TASS news agency said.A Taliban diplomat will on Tuesday assume the function as Afghanistan's ambassador to Russia, the Islamist group's very first leading envoy to Moscow considering that seizing power in 2021, Russian state media reported.Gul Hassan, a previous consul in Pakistan, showed up in the capital previously on Tuesday and will soon use up his responsibilities, the state-run TASS news company said.An official at the Afghan embassy told AFP that Hassan was due to arrive today. Moscow has expanded its financial and diplomatic ties with the Islamist group since it went back to power in Afghanistan following a 20-year insurgency against the U.S.-backed federal government in Kabul.Several other countries including China and the United Arab Emirates have actually likewise accepted a Taliban-appointed envoy, though no state has yet formally acknowledged them as Afghanistan's legal government.The Taliban seized power after American forces supporting the nation's internationally acknowledged government pulled out in 2021. Moscow has taken steps to stabilize relations with the Taliban authorities ever since, removing their designation as a terrorist company in April and welcoming them to main events.Russia had actually currently accepted a Taliban-appointed charge d'affaires in 2022. Russia was the very first nation to open a company representative workplace in Kabul after the Taliban takeover, and has revealed strategies to use Afghanistan as a transit hub for gas heading to Southeast Asia.In July 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin called the Taliban allies in the battle versus terrorism. A Message from The Moscow Times: Dear readers, We are dealing with extraordinary obstacles. Russia's Prosecutor General's Office has actually designated The Moscow Times as an undesirable organization, criminalizing our work and putting our staff at threat of prosecution. This follows our earlier unfair labeling as a foreign representative. These actions are direct efforts to silence independent journalism in Russia. The authorities claim our work rejects the choices of the Russian management. We see things in a different way: we aim to supply accurate, objective reporting on Russia.We, the reporters of The Moscow Times, decline to be silenced. But to continue our work, we require your help.Your support, no matter how small, makes a world of difference. If you can, please support us monthly beginning with just $2. It's fast to establish, and every contribution makes a considerable impact.By supporting The Moscow Times, you're safeguarding open, independent journalism in the face of repression. Thank you for standing with us.Continue Not all set to support today? Advise me later.Remind me next monthThank you! Your pointer is set.We will send you one tip email a month from now. For information on the individual information we collect and how it is used, please see our Privacy Policy.
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Russian state-owned bank VTB has reported a growing share of overdue retail loans, the bank’s chief financial officer told journalists Tuesday. 

The proportion of non-performing loans (NPLs), those overdue by more than 90 days, in the bank’s portfolio climbed to 4% in May compared with 3.9% in April and 3.5% at the end of 2024. 

According to CFO

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The Kremlin has released an online bot campaign to validate the nation's steepest energy rate hikes in years, the exiled news outlet Agentsvo reported Tuesday.Citing data from Botnadzor, a guard dog project that tracks state-aligned bot activity, Agentsvo reported that Kremlin-affiliated accounts are responsible for almost one in 5 comments on
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Foreigners in Russia who have actually not yet sent biometric data to the authorities will start to have their smart phone service detached starting Tuesday, the Russian Digital Development Ministry revealed. While the constraints start on Tuesday, foreign residents who want to sign cellphone agreements have actually had to sign up with the Unified
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A Russian Sukhoi Su-34 fighter-bomber crashed during a training flight in the Nizhny Novgorod region, the Interfax news company reported on Tuesday, pointing out the Defense Ministry.The aircraft was stated to have experienced mechanical failure with part of its landing equipment. In spite of efforts by the 2 pilots to repair the breakdown in flight, they were
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A Moscow court on Tuesday sentenced former Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov to 13 years in prison on corruption charges.Ivanov, who had overseen military building and construction jobs considering that his 2016 consultation, was apprehended in April 2024. His case marked the start of a larger Kremlin-led crackdown on corruption within the Defense Ministry, which has
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