In preparation for President-Elect Donald J. Trump returning to the White House, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen suggested that the bloc will look to replace Russian liquid natural gas (LNG) imports with supplies from the United States.
Russia’s Vladimir Putin held talks with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Friday in Turkmenistan, where the two leaders hailed their countries growing economic ties and similar views on world affairs.
Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, a.k.a. the “Merchant of Death,” has reportedly moved back into arms dealing just two years after President Joe Biden’s prisoner swap with Russia, trading Bout for WNBA star Brittney Griner.
The Kremlin said Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had arrived for a state visit in Mongolia, which lies on the route of a planned new gas pipeline connecting Russia and China.
Russia is providing reactor fuel to China, helping the country fuel its nuclear capabilities. The agreement between the two nations will allow China to speed up its nuclear arsenal. The Pentagon said China could double its stockpile of nuclear warheads by 2030.
The U.S.-Russian deal that traded eight Russian criminals, spies, and assassins for hostages Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan, and others on Thursday was the first known prisoner exchange to include international cybercriminals.
China sent troops to Belarus for a training exercise for the first time on Monday, conducting an exercise called “Eagle Assault” near the Polish border that simulated capturing an airport.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov suggested in an interview on Wednesday that his country could pursue new nuclear weapons deployments in response to the stationing of American long-range missiles and hypersonic weapons in Germany.
NATO is taking steps to prevent Russia from damaging European undersea infrastructure. “We know the potential is there to do damage if they would want to,” one NATO senior official told the outlet. “Part of Russian war planning is knowing where the critical infrastructure of your enemy is.”
Russian strongman Vladimir Putin received a lavish welcome in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Tuesday evening, meeting with Kim Jong-un throughout Wednesday and signing a treaty that calls for their two countries to act in the event either is attacked militarily.
Russia is discussing with its closest partners the issue of deploying long-range weapons, TASS state news agency reported on Wednesday, citing Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov.
The U.S. Intelligence Community believes that the Russian government has launched an anti-Satellite weapon into space that is currently deployed near American satellites.
Cyberattacks against water utilities across the country are becoming more frequent and more severe, the Environmental Protection Agency warned Monday as it issued an enforcement alert urging water systems to take immediate actions to protect the nation’s drinking water.