The Russian president has said he does not understand why Kiev would attack an aircraft carrying its own servicemen Kiev’s forces used an air defense system supplied by Washington to attack a Russian aircraft carrying Ukrainian POWs for a pre-scheduled swap, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday. The attack, which took place last week,…

The dramatically upgraded forecast issued by the IMF for Russia’s GDP growth this year is “interesting,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov commented on Wednesday.  The IMF significantly raised its growth projection for the Russian economy in 2024 in its latest World Economic Outlook update released this week. The Washington-based institution now expects Russian GDP to grow…

Flooding markets with cheap agricultural goods is a major source of discontent for farmers across the bloc The European Commission has proposed extending the suspension of customs duties on agricultural goods from Ukraine and Moldova for another year, Vice President Margaritis Schinas told journalists on Wednesday.