American special services attempts at luring Russian diplomats is unacceptable, Kremlin says Moscow has issued a harsh response to reported attempts by US intelligence agencies to recruit Russian citizens, including diplomatic staff, saying it is unacceptable and shameless behavior.

Russia “has no problem” with Sweden or Finland but considers deployment of the bloc’s military infrastructure a threat The possible accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO does not represent an immediate threat to Russia but the expansion of the alliance’s military infrastructure will “certainly” prompt a response from Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin said…

A proposal to rename and demilitarize Russia’s Kaliningrad region was ridiculed by its governor The governor of Kaliningrad has ridiculed a proposal from a former Polish defence minister to rename and demilitarise the Russian exclave.