The Latest Breaking News from Russia

Russian player sparks outrage at Indian Wells after wearing Spartak Moscow shirt

Iga Swiatek has led criticism of Russia’s Anastasia Potapova after she wore the shirt before her third-round match

The Independent UK · Mar 15, 2023

Russia’s oil revenue drops sharply in February as sanctions bite: IEA

LONDON: Russia’s oil-export revenue fell to lowest in more than a year in February as buyers of the nation’s barrels largely complied with price caps and sanctions, according to the International Energy Agency.

The Times of India · Mar 15, 2023

RAF and German fighter jets intercept Russian aircraft in NATO territory

It was spotted in Estonian airspace

Nottingham Post · Mar 15, 2023

Putin calls Ukraine role in Nord Stream blasts ‘sheer nonsense’

Russian leader rejects theory ‘pro-Ukraine group’ carried out the pipeline sabotage; describes Germany as US ‘occupied’.

Al Jazeera · Mar 15, 2023

Russia says Black Sea incident involving fighter jet and US drone a ‘provocation’

‘The Black Sea belongs to no one nation’

The Independent UK · Mar 15, 2023

Eduardo Porter: Latin America’s stance on Ukraine is trapped in the past

How much do people in Latin America hate the U.S.?

Tribune News Service · Mar 15, 2023

Fashion Retailer H&M's December-February Local-Currency Sales up 3%

H&M, the world's second-biggest fashion retailer, reported on Wednesday a 12% increase in December-February net sales while, measured in local currencies, sales were up 3%. The Swedish group said net sales for the period, its fiscal first quarter, were up 12% from a year earlier to 54.9 billion crowns ($5.26…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 15, 2023

Syrian President Assad Arrives in Moscow, Set to Meet Putin

Syrian President Bashar Assad arrived in Moscow on Tuesday, where he is scheduled to meet top ally Russian President Vladimir Putin. Russia is a main backer of Assad and has a broad presence in Syria, where a 12-year uprising-turned-civil war has killed nearly half a million people and displaced half…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 15, 2023

Armenia Raises Peacekeeper 'Problems' with Putin, Fears Escalation

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said Tuesday he had complained to President Vladimir Putin about "problems" with Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh, warning of an escalation in the restive Caucasus region. Armenia and Azerbaijan have fought two wars for control of the Armenian-majority region and the latest conflict in 2020 ended…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 15, 2023

US accuses Russia of downing drone over Black Sea: What we know

US and Russia give conflicting accounts of events that led a multimillion-dollar drone to crash into the Black Sea.

Al Jazeera · Mar 15, 2023