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CIA Director John Ratcliffe speaks during a press conference at the White House in Washington, DC, US, 6 April 2026. Photo: Reuters

US spy chief visits Russia for meetings: Reports

CBS News and Axios report that Ratcliffe is in Moscow, but neither outlet disclosed who he is meeting or what the talks will cover.

Cars waiting in line to refuel at a Rosneft gas station in Moscow on 17 August. Photo: Reuters

Could Russia's growing fuel crisis help end the Ukraine war?

Ukrainian and Russian flags are seen on a table before the talks between officials of the two countries in the Brest region, Belarus. Photo: Reuters

Russia arrests nine for planned attacks, espionage on behalf of Ukraine, state agencies report

A representation of the cryptocurrency is seen in front of Binance logo in this illustration taken, March 4, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Binance gave Moscow client details used to charge Russian over Ukraine donations, documents show

Smoke billows from the burning Wildberries warehouses following a Ukrainian drone attack, according to the regional governor, in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, in Koledino, Moscow Region, Russia 16 August 2026. Picture taken with mobile phone. Photo: REUTERS

Russia hits steel plant in new strikes on Ukraine, Kyiv attacks Moscow region

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin as they attend a ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two, in Beijing, China, in this picture released by the Korean Central News Agency on September 4, 2025. Photo: KCNA/File Photo

North Korea's Kim, Russia's Putin reaffirm ties on Korean Liberation Day

Russian President Vladimir Putin, accompanied by Sakhalin region Minister of Education Anastasia Kikteva, tours a museum of a local school during his visit on the Southern Kuril Island of Iturup, in far eastern Sakhalin Region, Russia. Photo: Reuters

Putin visits disputed island near Japan, drawing Tokyo's ire

Trucks drive along the R504 Kolyma Highway in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Russia, January 18, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Ukrainian drone strikes push up Russian trucking costs, stoking inflation  

Ukrainian farmer Serhiy Rybalko shows wheat grains inside a storage facility in Zhytomyr region, Ukraine, amid Russia’s ongoing invasion, 7 August 2026. Photo: Reuters

Ukraine's farmers despair as Russia's Black Sea blockade traps their harvest

Ukrainian prisoners of war react after a prisoner exchange, amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, at an undisclosed location in Ukraine, 3 January, 2024. Photo: Reuters

Russia publishes list of 224 Ukrainian POWs it says it is ready to swap amid dispute with Kyiv

Participants in a Security Council meeting rise for a moment of silence at United Nations headquarters, Feb. 24, 2023. Photo: UNB/AP

Russia still holding more than 16,000 Ukrainian civilians amid Ukraine war: UN

A Turkish-owned vessel was damaged in a drone attack near Russia's Novorossiysk port, seriously injuring three crew members, Tuesday (4 August). Photo: Reuters

Turkey calls on Russia, Ukraine to ensure Black Sea safety after drone attack

An Italian military helicopter flies above the oil tanker Toa Payoh, foreground, as the Italian Navy ship Thaon di Revel sails nearby during an inspection by the European Union’s EUNAVFOR MED IRINI mission in international waters west of the Italian island of Pantelleria, August 2, 2026. The Italian Defence Ministry said the EU-sanctioned tanker declared it was sailing under a Cameroon flag and described it as part of Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet”. Photo: Italian Defence Ministry/Handout via REUTERS.

Italian-led EU force boards sanctioned tanker from Russia's 'shadow fleet' in Mediterranean