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The PoS2 Russia-China pipeline deal may impact Eastern European gas prices
Russia’s Gazprom announced on 2 September that the company signed a binding memorandum with China to build the long-anticipated Power of Siberia 2 (PoS2) gas pipeline to China via Mongolia, Interfax reported. The Chinese state-owned Xinhua news...

Russian army carries out 133 strikes on Sumy region in past 24 hours, wounding several people
Russian troops carried out 133 attacks on 41 settlements in the Sumy region between the morning of September 3 and the morning of September 4, resulting in civilian casualties. According to Ukrinform, this information was reported by the Sumy...

Russia Reacts to Trump's Venezuela Drug Boat Strike
By Robert Birsel is a Newsweek reporter based in Asia with a focus on political and general news. Robert joined Newsweek in 2025 from Radio Free Asia and had previously worked at Reuters. He is a graduate of the London School of Economics. You can...

NATO chief dismisses Russia opinion on Western troops in Ukraine
Russia has no authority to dictate whether Western troops are deployed to Ukraine, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said Thursday, insisting Kyiv’s sovereignty must be upheld. "Why are we interested in what Russia thinks about troops in Ukraine?...

Russian army loses another 840 troops in war against Ukraine
As of September 4, 2025, Russia’s total combat losses in the war against Ukraine, since the full-scale invasion began on February 24, 2022, have reached 1,085,410 personnel, including 840 troops killed or wounded in the past 24 hours. This was...

Russian forces launch 487 strikes on 11 settlements in Zaporizhzhia region over past day
Over the past 24 hours, Russian occupying forces carried out 487 strikes targeting 11 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region. This was reported on Telegram by Ivan Fedorov, Head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, according to...

Russia considers the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group on the Karabakh conflict justified - MFA
The Russian side considers the decision of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to dissolve the Minsk Group on the Karabakh conflict justified. YEREVAN, September 4. /ARKA/. The Russian side considers the decision of the...

Trump-Putin Alaska talks ‘no secret’? Russian president reveals what he told PM Modi during their car ride in China
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, said that he briefed Prime Minister Narendra Modi about his talks with US President Donald Trump in Alaska's Anchorage, during a ride together in his Russian-made Aurus car on the sidelines of the...

Russian oil gets more affordable for India as United States amps up trade criticism
Home News World Russian crude is getting back at less expensive for India purchasers as New Delhi deals with continual United States pressure to cut its oil trade with Moscow, which the Trump administration states is assisting money the war in...
What Did Putin & PM Modi Discuss In That 45-Minute Car Ride? Here's What The Russian President Revealed
What Did Putin & PM Modi Discuss In That 45-Minute Car Ride? Here's What The Russian President Revealed | PTI Tainjin: Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed that his private conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during their shared...

Russian delegation to visit Azerbaijan ahead of CIS Games
A Russian delegation will soon visit Azerbaijan ahead of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Games, Russian Sports Minister Mikhail Deguatyarev said at the Eastern Economic Forum, APA’s Moscow bureau reports. According to him, the Russian...

Trump Drops Big Hint on Russia-Ukraine Ceasefire: 'Something is...'
US President Donald Trump addresses reporters at the White House on Thursday. (Source: AP) Photo : AP US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he remained committed to brokering a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine, though he...

Russian drone strike sparks fire in Ukraine's Odesa
Photo: Ukraine's State Emergency Service/Telegram On the night of September 3–4, Russian forces launched a drone attack on Odesa, causing a fire in a warehouse and damaging a cargo truck, according to Ukraine’s State Emergency Service. "Russian...
Russia’s Belgorod region bans posting information about Ukrainian attacks from unofficial sources
Russia’s emergency response headquarters in the Belgorod region has banned posting any information online about Russian military activity or the aftermath of Ukrainian attacks if it comes from unofficial sources, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said...

Moscow optimistic about initialed peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan

UK channels £1 billion from frozen Russian assets to bolster Ukraine’s defense
The United Kingdom has spent over £1 billion on supplying weapons and military support to Ukraine, using funds obtained from frozen Russian assets, according to a press release on the UK government website following Defense Secretary John Healey’s...

N. Korean Leader Un Meets Russian President
Thu 04 Sep 2025 | 10:13 AM Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, met and held talks with Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, president of the...

Russia sends horror WW3 threat to UK - 'drown Britain with nukes!'
Vladimir Putin’s leading TV propagandist attack dog has threatened to sink Britain underwater with Russia’s new high-speed nuclear torpedo. Menacing Vladimir Solovyov is paid a fortune to parrot Kremlin narratives on state-controlled television,...

Russian shelling kills Molodizhne village resident in Kherson region
Russian soldiers have killed a resident of the village of Molodizhne in the Kherson region, Regional Military Administration head Oleksandr Prokudin has said. "As a result of another Russian strike, a man born in 1965 received fatal injuries," he...

Trump Reportedly Commits to Pursuing Russia-Ukraine Peace
US President Donald Trump said he remains committed to pursuing a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine despite uncertainty over the prospect of face-to-face talks between Russia's Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy, CBS News...