The Latest Breaking News from Russia

Trump's 'Golden Dome' Missile Defense Could Cost $3.6 Trillion: Report

The pie-in-the-sky space system promises to be a government spending bonanza—and might be a very bad idea.

Reason · Oct 29, 2025

Crude Prices Supported by Sanctions on Russian Energy and Falling EIA Inventories

December WTI crude oil (CLZ25 ) on Wednesday closed up +0.33 (+0.55%), and December RBOB gasoline (RBZ25 ) closed up +0.0273 (+1.47%). Crude oil prices settled higher on Wednesday amid an outlook for tighter global oil supplies. Crude prices rose on expectations that President Trump will follow through and enforce...

Barchart · Oct 29, 2025

Nuclear-powered missiles: An aerospace engineer explains how they work – and what Russia’s claimed test means for global strategic stability

Russian President Vladimir Putin, dressed in a military uniform, announced on Oct. 26, 2025, that Russia had successfully tested a nuclear-powered missile. If true, such a weapon could provide Russia with a unique military capability that also has broader political implications.

The Conversation · Oct 29, 2025

Putin claims Russian troops have surrounded 2 Ukrainian cities but Ukraine says that's not true

Russian President Vladimir Putin is claiming that Ukrainian forces are surrounded by the Russian army in two key eastern cities and is offering to negotiate a deal for their surrender

The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2025

Crude Oil Pushes Higher on Tighter Russian Supplies and a Decline in EIA Inventories

December WTI crude oil (CLZ25 ) today is up +0.681 (+1.13%), and December RBOB gasoline (RBZ25 ) is up +0.0311 (+1.67%). Crude oil prices are moving higher today on the outlook for smaller global oil supplies, due to expectations that President Trump will follow through and enforce new oil sanctions...

Barchart · Oct 29, 2025

Polish air force intercepts Russian Il-20 surveillance plane flying over Baltic Sea

The air force said that while the Russian plane did not violate Polish airspace, it did not have a flight plan and the transponder enabling it to be tracked was switched off.

Euronews · Oct 29, 2025

Everything we know about Putin’s new nuclear-armed underwater drone Poseidon after ‘successful’ test

Putin has brandished Russia’s nuclear might repeatedly since sending troops into Ukraine in February 2022

The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2025

EU now 'more assertive' in protecting candidate countries from foreign interference, Kos says

The EU has a "responsibility" to help candidate countries stay on their European path, the bloc's enlargement chief said this week ahead of the release of the annual review of the accession process.

Euronews · Oct 29, 2025

Prosecutors seek 55-year jail terms for ‘Russian mobsters’ over plot to kill Iranian-American journalist

A plot to kill Masih Alinejad at her Brooklyn home came ‘chillingly close’, prosecutors allege

The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2025

Kaspersky Discovers Dante Spyware Made by Memento Labs Targeting Russia, Belarus

Kaspersky uncovers Dante spyware linked to Memento Labs, reviving the controversial legacy of the infamous Hacking Team in a new cyber saga.

International Business Times · Oct 29, 2025