The Latest Breaking News from Russia

Admiral Sir Tony Radakin says Russia has increasingly issued wild nuclear threats since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine

The former German chancellor also revealed she had no regrets over Russian gas deal and denial of Ukraine Nato membership

January WTI crude oil (CLF25 ) Wednesday closed down -1.40 (-2.00%), and January RBOB gasoline (RBF25 ) closed down -0.0233 (-1.19%). Crude oil and gasoline prices Wednesday gave up an early advance and settled moderately lower. Weaker than expected US economic news Wednesday on Nov ADP employment and Nov ISM...

Admiral Sir Tony Radakin cast doubt on the possibility of a Russian attack after a defence minister warned the Army could be wiped out in six months.

Russia and Ukraine will send their foreign ministers to Malta this week for a summit of the OSCE, officials said Wednesday, in one of the few events attended by both countries since Moscow's Ukraine offensive began.

The outgoing Biden administration recently reversed a ban on Ukraine’s use of long-range missiles to strike targets inside Russia. The ban had been imposed by the White House and observed by Washington’s allies out of fear that Russia could escalate the conflict to involve nuclear weapons.

The so-called “axis of the vulnerable” is breaking in Syria. Starting in 2016, Russia and Iran, propping up the regime of Bashar al-Assad, needed more than a year of bombing, ground assaults and siege to break the rebel opposition in the east of Syria’s largest city, Aleppo.

January WTI crude oil (CLF25 ) today is down -0.41 (-0.59%), and January RBOB gasoline (RBF25 ) is up +0.0017 (+0029%). Crude oil and gasoline prices today are mixed. Softer than expected US economic news today on Nov ADP employment and Nov ISM services is negative for energy demand and...

Kremlin says Qatar and a number of other countries willing to host negotiations but conditions are not yet right.

Ekaterina Zhdanova, dubbed the ‘Cash for Crypto Queen’, among targets of ‘most significant money laundering operation the NCA has ever undertaken’

The secretive Russian network allowed UK drug dealers and foreign hackers to hide the source of their money earned through crime