• Putin invites Zelensky to return Saakashvili’s Ukrainian citizenship

    ​Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed that the elected President of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky, return Ukrainian citizenship to Mikheil Saakashvili.

    "As for freedoms, it would be better to start not from Russia or Russians, but, let's say, from Georgians, or former Georgians. For example, it would be fair to restore the Ukrainian citizenship to a person who used to be Georgian in the past and now considers himself a Ukrainian, I mean Mikheil Nikolayevich Saakashvili ", quoted Putin TASS …

  • Russia donates $6 million of military equipment to Kyrgyzstan

    Russia has given Kyrgyzstan a new shipment of armored vehicles and helicopters worth around $6 million, the Russian Defense Ministry announced, as cited by Interfax.

    At the handover ceremony held at the Russian air base in Kant, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu clarified that Kyrgyzstan would be receiving two multipurpose Mi-8MT medium helicopters and nine reconnaissance and patrol vehicles. He remarked that the helicopters would help with transport and search-and-rescue operations in …

  • Naftogaz attempts to seizes additional Gazprom assets in Luxembourg

    The Russian gas monopoly Gazprom has disclosed new details on the attempts made by Naftogaz of Ukraine to seize its assets in order to implement the ruling of the Stockholm Arbitration Institute, which ordered Gazprom to pay the Ukrainian company more than $2.5 billion in compensation, Radio Liberty reports.

    According to Gazprom’s latest financial report, on 15 February, Naftogaz notified the Gazprom subsidiary “Gaz Capital” and the largest banks in Luxembourg that all of Gazprom’s assets and …

  • Georgia denies entry to Russian biker convoy

    The Georgian border authorities have not allowed a group of Russian bikers to enter the country through the Verkhny Lars checkpoint, NewsGeorgia reports, citing local TV.

    The Russian citizens were denied entry to Georgia in accordance with the law on the legal status of foreigners and persons without citizenship, which states that foreigners can be denied entry if they do not provide information or provide false information about their identity and the purposes of the visit.

    A group of 30 …

  • Russia and Iran prepare for joint military exercises in the Strait of Hormuz

    Russia and Iran are getting ready for joint military exercises in the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s key oil “arteries” through which tankers from Middle Eastern countries, including Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Kuwait, carry 20 million barrels of oil each day.

     Within the next few months, Iran and Russia will hold joint naval exercises in the strait, Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi told IRNA on Monday.

    He explained that for this reason, Russian ships will be arriving …