Moscow believes such a conflict is ‘unacceptable,’ but not impossible, as tensions mount over Ukraine Russia’s starting position is that atomic war should be unacceptable and Moscow successfully persuaded the US and other nuclear powers to agree on that back in January, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov outlined in an interview on Monday. However, he added…

Europe is not ready to completely eliminate fossil fuels, Norwegian foreign minister says Europe cannot completely phase-out using natural gas in favor of greener energy sources at this stage, Norwegian Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt said at the Raisina Dialogue international conference in New Delhi on Tuesday.

Russian currency strengthens further ahead of record-high tax payments due this week The Russian ruble strengthened against both the euro and the US dollar on Tuesday, trading data from the Moscow Exchange shows.