It is based on moral guidelines that have been passed down through generations, the president said The basis of Russia’s national identity is respect for the past and loyalty to long-standing traditions, President Vladimir Putin has suggested, accusing a number of states of aggressively attempting to rewrite world history.

Kiev cannot and does not want to negotiate, Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov said Russia is eager to respond to French President Emmanuel Macron’s call to begin a peace process in Ukraine, but doesn’t see a path to the negotiating table at the moment, Kremlin press-secretary Dmitry Peskov has said.

Moscow has approved their participation in a bid to rapidly restore production at Sakhalin-1 The Russian government has allowed India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) and Japan’s Sakhalin Oil and Gas Development Co (SODECO) to keep their stakes under the new domestic operator of the Sakhalin-1 oil and gas project on Monday.