In the small town of Dedovsk, just outside Moscow, pensioner Zinaida Kudriavtseva is struggling to pay the bills. Russia has been gripped by a cycle of rising prices since it launched its military offensive on Ukraine almost three years ago. Driven by an explosion in state spending on the conflict, inflation has surged, hitting hardest […]
The Kremlin has tried to reassure Russians they will not be affected by the sudden collapse of the roublewhich has plunged to its lowest level since the invasion of Ukraine. Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman, dismissed the rouble’s fall of 8.5 per cent on Wednesday as irrelevant, apparently ignoring analysts’ concerns about rising import costs […]
By Mark Trevelyan LONDON (Reuters) – On the last day of January, a woman took her son to see paediatrician Nadezhda Buyanova at Polyclinic No. 140 in northwest Moscow. The boy, aged seven, had a problem with one of his eyes. The conversation that the boy’s mother alleged took place during an 18-minute encounter at […]
Russia’s embassy in Sudan has said it is investigating reports that a cargo plane with Russian crew was shot down in Darfur, a key battle ground in the civil war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The aircraft, identified as a Russian-made lyushin Il-76, was on a mission to deliver equipment […]
Russia’s embassy in Sudan has said it is investigating reports that a cargo plane with Russian crew was shot down in Darfur, a key battle ground in the civil war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The aircraft, identified as a Russian-made lyushin Il-76, was on a mission to deliver equipment […]
