Blazes have been extinguished after threatening over 20,000 residential buildings, the Emergencies Ministry has reported Forest fires threatening residential areas in Russia’s Kurgan Region have been put out thanks to the efforts of over 1,200 firefighters, the Emergencies Ministry reported on Wednesday.

President Putin has appointed an official to supervise the country’s exit from the suspended 1990 Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Russia has indicated its intention to formally withdraw from the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), a military transparency agreement that is currently suspended. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov has been selected…

Negotiations aimed at providing safe passage for agricultural produce via the Black Sea are set to start this week Grain exports from Ukraine are plunging ahead of this week’s talks in Istanbul on extending the Black Sea grain deal, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday.