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Russia says Israel must withdraw troops from Lebanon

MOSCOW, Oct 1: Russia urged Israel to "immediately" pull its troops out of southern Lebanon on Tuesday, after the Israeli ...

Russia says it thwarts Ukraine’s attempts to enter Kursk region

MOSCOW, Sept 29: Russia's defence ministry said on Sunday its forces had repelled six new Ukrainian attempts to enter its ...

Russia claims more advances in east Ukraine

MOSCOW, Sept 25: Russia's army said Wednesday it had captured two more villages in eastern Ukraine, the latest gains for ...

Russia claims another village in Ukraine's Donetsk region

MOSCOW, Sept 19: Russia on Thursday said it had captured another village in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, where its troops ...

Russia boosting army size due to ‘threats’: Kremlin

MOSCOW, Sept 17: Russia is boosting its army size to 1.5 million active soldiers due to "threats" along its borders, ...

Deadly shelling in Ukraine’s Pokrovsk as Russia inches closer

KYIV, Sept 15: Russian shelling killed one person in the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk on Sunday, local authorities said, ...

N Korea pledges deeper ties with Russia as security chief visits

SEOUL, Sept 14: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged to deepen ties with Russia as he held talks with ...

Russia produces kamikaze drone with Chinese engine

KYIV, Sept 13: Russia started producing a new long-range attack drone called the Garpiya-A1 last year using Chinese engines and ...

Russia withdraws accreditation six UK diplomats for suspected espionage

MOSCOW, Sept 13: Russia's FSB security service on Friday announced that the accreditation of six British diplomats had been withdrawn ...

Rooppur Power Plant

Russia wants outstanding $630m paid by Sept 15

Special Correspondent

Russia has asked Bangladesh to pay $630 million in outstanding and current interests on a loan for the Rooppur Nuclear ...

Russia says recaptured 10 villages in Kursk region

MOSCOW, Sept 12: Russia said Thursday its army had recaptured 10 settlements in its Kursk border region, where Ukraine last ...

Russia begins massive naval drills together with China

Observer Online Desk

The Russian military on Tuesday launched massive naval and air drills spanning across both hemispheres and including China in joint ...

Iran rejects Western accusations of Russia arms exports

TEHRAN, Sept 9: Iran rejected Western accusations on Monday that it sent arms to Russia for the war in Ukraine.The ...

China to hold military drills with Russia this month

BEIJING, Sept 9: China said Monday it would hold joint military drills with Russia this month, as the allies deepen ...

Russia takes Ukrainian town in advance on Pokrovsk

MOSCOW, Sept 8 : Russia said on Sunday that its forces had taken full control of a town in eastern ...

US sees potential Iran transfer of missiles to Russia as alarming

WASHINGTON, Sept 7: Any Iranian transfer of ballistic missiles to Russia would mark a sharp escalation in the Ukraine war, ...

Russia raises main economic forecasts, sees higher year-end inflation

Sept 7: A sharper rise in capital investment is one of many improvements to Russia's 2024 economic outlook, new economy ...

Russia will impose restrictions on US media over RT row: Kremlin

MOSCOW, Sept 6: Russia will impose domestic restrictions on US media outlets in response to Washington's sanctions on Russian state-funded ...

UN nuclear chief in Russia reiterates safety concerns

MOSCOW, Sept 6: UN nuclear chief Rafael Grossi held more talks with Russian officials Friday over safety concerns at two ...

Football diplomacy: Banned by FIFA, Russia vie for $10,000 in Vietnam

HANOI, SEPT 6: In front of a sparse crowd in Hanoi, Vietnam face Russia -- a team barred from major ...

Russia advancing fast - by kilometres - in eastern Ukraine: Putin

MOSCOW, Sept 2 : Russian forces are advancing faster in eastern Ukraine than they have done for a long time, ...

Envoy Calls On Fakhrul

BNP for mutually beneficial Bangladesh-Russia ties

Staff Correspondent

BNP Standing Committee Member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury said on Thursday that relationship between Bangladesh and Russia should be mutually ...

Russia claims two more villages in eastern Ukraine

KYIV, Aug 29: Russia said Thursday that it took two more east Ukrainian villages -- in the Donetsk and Lugansk ...

Russia Ambassador condemns rumors of embezzlement in Rooppur power plant

Press Release

Russian Ambassador to Bangladesh H.E. Mr. Alexander Mantytskiy said Russia would continue to support Bangladesh in international arena.However, he expressed ...

Russia will continue to support BD: Ambassador

Gazprom keen on exploring 5 more gas wells in Bhola, he says

Describing his country as a key economic partner of Bangladesh, Russian Ambassador to Bangladesh Alexander Vikentyevich Mantytskiy on Tuesday said ...

Russia warns US of the risks of World War III

MOSCOW, Aug 27: Russia said the West was playing with fire by considering allowing Ukraine to strike deep into Russia ...

Russia will continue to support Bangladesh: envoy

Observer Online Desk

Russian Ambassador to Bangladesh Aleksander Mantytsky on Tuesday said Russia would continue to support Bangladesh in international arena. He made the ...

Russia claims capture of another village in east Ukraine

MOSCOW, Aug 22: Russia's army on Thursday claimed it had captured another village in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, the latest ...

Russia reiterates commitment to constructive ties with BD

Congratulating interim government Chief Adviser Prof Yunus, Russia has reiterated its commitment to constructive joint work at the governmental level ...

Ukraine's Russia incursion may be hard to sustain: Analysts

PARIS, Aug 20: Ukraine's military incursion into Russia, a first in the two-year-old war, has handed Kyiv the initiative on ...