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Russia will raise the assassination of Russian journalist and political analyst Daria Dugina during an emergency UN Security Council meeting on Tuesday, Ambassador to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzia told reporters on Monday.

Ukraine’s attacks on the Zaporozhye NPP could cause a disaster equal to Chernobyl, Russia’s Defense Ministry has warned

A massive fire broke out at an ammunition storage area near the town of Dzhankoi, northern Crimea on Tuesday, causing a series of explosions, with fires then spreading to nearby civilian infrastructure including an electricity substation

An ammunition depot has blown up near the village of Mayskoye in Crimea

The Russian Embassy in Armenia has expressed condolences following the deadly explosion at the Surmalu market in Yerevan.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent a telegram to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on the occasion of Korea’s liberation day, expressing certainty about the strengthening of Moscow-Pyongyang relations

Tallinn’s move to ban Russian holders of Estonia-issued Schengen visas makes the country look “weak-minded,” an MEP claims

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is acting irresponsibly by proposing to establish a security perimeter around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant (ZNPP), Vladimir Rogov

Turkey needs Russian cash, gas and business as Erdogan looks to a dicey election and a new incursion in Syria, while Moscow needs friends to try to evade Western sanctions.

Earlier this month, the White House claimed that the US had carried out a counter-terrorism operation in Kabul on July 30, in which al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was destroyed, allegedly by two Hellfire missiles fired from a drone.

Russia’s envoy to the US says Washington’s latest military aid package for Kiev proves it doesn’t want a peaceful settlement in Ukraine

A proposal to ban Russian citizens from entering the EU is destined to fail, Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov has said

Explosions at Saki air base in Crimea were caused by the detonation of aviation munitions stored there, Russia’s Defense Ministry reports

No casualties were reported at the airfield, where the cause of the detonation is still being investigated, the Defense Ministry added.

Situated west of the Donetsk People's Republic and northeast of Crimea, Zaporozhye is a major agricultural and industrial center, with a coastline on the Azov Sea. The southern part of the territory has been liberated by Russian and Donbass forces