Putin claimed that residents of the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions had again expressed their desire to be part of Russia in local elections earlier this month
Norway announced Friday that it will start barring Russian-registered passenger cars from entering the Scandinavian country starting next week, mirroring sanctions imposed by the European Union against Moscow over its war on Ukraine.
The country's official foreign exchange reserves stand at USD 3.9 billion, and any delay in refinancing the loans could pull the reserves much below the USD 3 billion mark.
The trio landed in a remote area of Kazakhstan, descending in a Soyuz capsule that was rushed up as a replacement after their original ride was hit by space junk and lost all its coolant while docked to the International Space Station
A video released by the Ministry on Tuesday depicts a man bearing a resemblance to Admiral Viktor Sokolov participating in a video conference meeting with Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and other Russian military leaders.
Vikram Patel has been missing since his ship left India on February 11. His wife filed the plea, requesting government intervention and a search operation.
Russia will seek a clarification from Canada over the honour accorded in Canadian Parliament to a Ukrainian Nazi who served in one of the units of Adolf Hitler's Waffen SS during the Second World War.
Russia has continuously targeted port and grain storage facilities in Odesa since pulling out of a deal that allowed Ukrainian grain exports to countries facing the threat of hunger
Russian state-owned news agency TASS cited Russian Ambassador to Ottawa, Oleg Stepanov to state that the Russian Embassy in Ottawa will send a note to Canadian Foreign Ministry and PM Justin Trudeau's Office seeking a clarification on the issue.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, who hopes to outlast allied backing for Kyiv, will be ready to capitalise if he sees Ukraine is running low on air defence or other weapons