The Russian private military company Wagner revealed Friday that it has actually completed its mission supporting Mali's military junta in its fight versus Islamist insurgents. PMC Wagner completed its primary mission in Mali, the group said in a declaration on its official Telegram channel. PMC Wagner is returning home. Mali, a landlocked nation in the

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U.S. citizen Joseph Tater, who was arrested in Moscow last August and later on sent for obligatory psychiatric treatment, has left Russia, the state news agency TASS stated on Friday.Tater, who, according to a Kremlin source last month, was one of 9 Americans being kept in Russia that Washington desired returned in a prisoner exchange, was sentenced

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Ukrainian authorities on Friday denied claims from pro-Russian officials that the 2 nations had actually begun a significant operation to return the remains of fallen soldiers. Statements by representatives of the aggressor state claiming that the return of bodies or repatriation efforts have actually allegedly begun following the Istanbul contracts do not show r

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Russia’s Central Bank on Friday cut its key interest rate to 20% from a two-decade high of 21%, citing easing inflationary pressures and signs of an economic slowdown.

The move marks the bank’s first rate cut since September 2022 and comes amid growing political pressure to ease borrowing costs, which businesses have argued are stifling investment a

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Russia could offer political asylum to tech billionaire Elon Musk following his public fallout with U.S. President Donald Trump, a senior Russian lawmaker said Friday, though the Kremlin has sought to distance itself from the feud.

Musk and Trump, seen as close allies since the 2024 U.S. presidential election, exchanged threats on Thursday over

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Russian authorities have accused Denis Allayarov, an editor at the pro-Kremlin news firm Ura.ru, of bribing his uncle, a previous senior policemans supposedly dismissed for misconduct.According to Ura.ru, Allayarov was charged with paying off a public authorities following police raids Thursday at his home and the news agency's Sverdlovsk regional o

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