Karin Kneissl, who served as foreign minister to Austria from 2017 to 2019, will join the board of state-owned Rosneft, according to a statement released by the corporation on Wednesday.
Kneissl made headlines across Europe in August 2018 when she invited Putin to her wedding and was photographed dancing with...
Former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, who was imprisoned in Russia for spying, believes that U.S. President Joe Biden should demand the release of U.S. nationals arrested in Russia at his first meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, The Moscow Times reports.
Biden said on Sunday that when the two meet...
Russia stated on Monday that it would send the United States "uncomfortable" signals ahead of a summit between the two nations' leaders next month, and that it would militarize its western border.
The remarks come a day after U.S. President Joe Biden stated that when the two leaders meet in...
U.S. President Joe Biden said on Sunday that he is going to pressure Russian President Vladimir Putin to honor and recognize human rights when the two presidents meet in June, Reuters reports.
Biden who held a speech for Memorial Day, announced that he is meeting his Russian counterpart in a...
Dmitry Peskov, the Russian presidential spokesperson, has re-addressed the topic of "Russian oligarchs" suspected involvement in provocation during Belarus' 2020 elections to the Belarussian Foreign Ministry.
According to Russian news agency TASS, Peskov said that it was hard for him to make any comments on the situation, adding that it...
If the European Union slaps economic penalties on Belarus over the grounding of a plane and the detention of a dissident blogger, Russia would take Belarus's side and support and assist the country.
Following the forced landing of a Ryanair aircraft on May 23, many European countries have enforced flying...
Following meetings between the two nations' presidents amid outrage in the West over the grounding of a passenger flight in Minsk and the arrest of a dissident blogger, Russia will proceed with a second $500 million loan to Belarus next month, Reuters reports.
On Saturday, Russian President Vladimir Putin and...
According to Russian Embassy Spokesperson Nikolai Bryakin, 54 staffers of the Russian Embassy in the Czech Republic were laid off by the Czech government on Saturday, TASS said.
On May 31, the second batch of embassy staff and their families will depart the Czech Republic.
Previously, Russia and the Czech Republic...
Following the Ryanair airline mishap, the US will terminate its aviation service agreement with Belarus, according to White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki.
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) advised US airlines to "exercise great care" when flying through Belarusian airspace on Friday. The agency did not, however, go so...
On Friday, Germany requested Russia to rescind its decision to ban three German non-governmental organizations that it deemed "undesirable."
Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesperson, Steffen Seibert, said during a regular government press conference that prohibiting people from working is "completely inexplicable," and demanded that "this unfair policy" be reversed.
The Forum Russischsprachiger...
