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139 storiesMatviyenko says a stable and calm Europe is better for Russia
Valentina Matviyenko, speaker of Russia’s Federation Council, said the European Union is sliding towards becoming a military bloc and that Europeans are protesting out of desperation. She said Russia would be better off with a stable, calm …
Trump says a phone call with Putin is planned “very soon”
US President Donald Trump said a telephone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin is planned and will take place “very soon”. Trump gave no date or agenda for the call. Russian outlets carried the announcement without reporting any Krem…
NASA delays Crew Dragon undocking from ISS to no earlier than 7 October
NASA and SpaceX have postponed the undocking of the Crew Dragon spacecraft of the Crew-12 mission from the International Space Station, TASS, iXBT and Interfax reported. The departure was originally expected on 5 October and is now set for …
Nobel medicine prize awarded to three scientists for optogenetics
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for discoveries concerning light-sensitive ion channels and optogenetics, the Nobel Committee announced in Stockholm. The three sh…
Lavrov arrives in Turkmenistan for CIS foreign ministers meeting
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Turkmenistan on 6 October to take part in a meeting of the CIS Council of Foreign Ministers, according to RIA Novosti, TASS and Interfax. Interfax reported the ministerial meeting is schedul…
Kremlin: Putin-Xi meeting at APEC confirmed; Putin-Trump-Xi idea not yet worked out
Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said practical preparation for a possible meeting between Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping at the APEC summit has not begun, though he called the idea interesting and said all three leaders know of it. U…
Putin to visit Turkmenistan on Oct 8–9 for CIS summit, Caspian ecological talks
Russian President Vladimir Putin will make a working visit to Turkmenistan on October 8–9, presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said. He will attend a CIS heads-of-state meeting and the Caspian Ecological Summit in the Avaza tourist zone near Tur…
WSJ: US seeks expanded military cooperation with Iceland to boost Arctic presence
The Wall Street Journal reported that the United States intends to strengthen military cooperation with Iceland as part of a wider push to expand its presence in the Arctic, following a trip by Secretary of State Marco Rubio to Reykjavik. T…
Three scientists win 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
The Karolinska Institute announced on October 5 local time that the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine went to three scientists: Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel. The award cites their discoveries concerning light-gat…
Putin to meet Iran's Pezeshkian on October 9 in Turkmenistan
Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said President Vladimir Putin will hold a bilateral meeting with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on October 9 in Turkmenistan, after the other events of Putin's trip. Ushakov said the two leaders would discuss …
Lebanon foreign minister's Moscow visit being prepared, Russia says
Russia's Foreign Ministry said a visit to Moscow by Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Raji is being worked out. Earlier on Tuesday, Lebanese and Russian outlets reported that Raji had discussed preparations for the trip with Russia's ambass…
FT: EU draft would limit Ukraine’s farm market access and subsidies upon joining
The European Commission has proposed significantly limiting Ukraine’s access to EU agricultural markets and farm subsidies if Kyiv joins the bloc, according to an internal document reported by the Financial Times. The EU spends up to €55 bi…
EU's Kallas says Transnistria will not block Moldova's EU accession
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said at a Brussels press conference that the unresolved Transnistrian conflict will not be an obstacle to Moldova's integration into the European Union. She said the situation in the region remains fragil…
China Commerce Ministry criticises France, Germany push for stronger EU trade defence
China's Ministry of Commerce said on Oct 6 that protectionism cannot raise competitiveness and that decoupling and broken supply chains help no one, after media reports that France and Germany asked the EU to strengthen trade defence measur…
Kremlin aide says no concrete agreements on Pashinyan visit to Russia
Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said Russia has no concrete agreements with Armenia on a possible visit by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to Moscow, and that no diplomatic contacts on the matter have taken place yet. The remarks, car…
Presidential aide Ushakov says no Putin-Pashinyan meeting planned in Turkmenistan
Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is not planned in Turkmenistan, according to RIA Novosti and TASS. Interfax reported Ushakov also said a Pash…
Nobel physics prize 2026 goes to Francis Halzen for IceCube neutrino work
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics to Francis Halzen, a physicist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and principal researcher at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. The citation recognises his de…
Lavrov says Russia welcomes East Timor's plans to open embassy in Moscow
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Moscow welcomes plans by East Timor to open an embassy in the Russian capital and will support the move. He spoke at a press conference following talks with East Timorese Foreign Minister Bendito …
Mexico halts fuel supplies to Cuba under US sanctions threat
Mexico has stopped supplying oil and petroleum products to Cuba through state company Pemex after Washington threatened sanctions, according to TASS, Vedomosti and Kommersant, citing El Universal and Pemex filings with the US SEC. Pemex sto…
Putin says Russia-Uzbekistan ties advance, praises regions council
Russian President Vladimir Putin said relations with Uzbekistan are developing successfully in the spirit of strategic partnership and alliance, in a telegram greeting published on the Kremlin website. The message went to participants, orga…