The conflict with Russia generates jobs and export advantages for arms manufacturers, Sebastien Lecornu has said The surge in demand for weapons amid the Ukraine conflict has benefitted the French economy, Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu told Le Parisien on Wednesday.

Even the most “avid Russophobes” understand the futility of these efforts, the country’s ambassador to the US has said The ease with which Washington opted to abandon its own “fundamental principles” amid its effort to hurt Moscow is “astonishing,” Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov has said. At the same time, even the most…

Presidential candidates will be allowed to air ads on state outlets from mid-February – a month before the vote Campaign season in the Russian media ahead of the presidential election in March will kick off next month and continue until just before voters head to the polls, the country’s Central Electoral Commission (CEC) announced on…