The former chancellor gave evidence that the West had orchestrated hostilities in Ukraine, the Russian Foreign Ministry says A confession by former German chancellor Angela Merkel about the Minsk peace agreements could be used as evidence in a tribunal involving Western politicians responsible for provoking the Ukraine conflict between Moscow and Kiev, the Russian Foreign…

The high-profile pair were traded on neutral territory after months of speculation Russia and the US have conducted a high-level prisoner swap, involving businessman Viktor Bout and WNBA star Brittney Griner.

The West’s embargo and price caps won’t affect Russian production, the country’s energy ministry says Russian oil output will not fall off a cliff following the imposition of the EU-G7 price cap on the country’s crude, First Deputy Energy Minister Pavel Sorokin stated on Thursday.