The economic bloc is working to harmonize criteria and principles for admitting new members, the Russian foreign minister said More than a dozen countries have expressed an interest in joining the BRICS group, which incorporates some of the world’s major emerging economies, as the bloc gains more global standing, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said…

A monument to the British MI6 agent who defected to the Soviet Union will be erected in Belgorod Region, media reports say A monument to the British Secret Intelligence Service officer and Soviet agent Kim Philby will be raised in the town of Prokhorovka in Russia’s Belgorod Region, the Readovka news media outlet reported on…

Ukrainian forces attempting to take the city of Kherson have failed to make further advances, a senior regional official has reported. The frontline near the city remains “difficult but stable,” Kirill Stremousov, the deputy head of the administration of Kherson Region, stated on Wednesday. In particular, Ukrainian forces “had their ass handed to them” during…