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Putin Invokes Soviet Legacy to Defend Russia-India Arms Ties as New Data Shows the Bond Is Fraying

ST. PETERSBURG, June 6 -- The claim arrived at the most visible moment available: a plenary stage at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, before an audience of heads of state, energy minis... Read More


Ukraine Drone Hits Decommissioned Equipment Yard at Zaporizhzhia Plant for Third Straight Day, Injuries Reported

ENERGODAR, June 6 -- A Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle struck the area where decommissioned equipment is stored at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant on Friday, injuring personnel in what regional... Read More


Putin Says Russia Is Developing AI for Drones, Just Like the US and Europe

New Delhi, June 6 -- Vladimir Putin stood before the assembled dignitaries of Russia's premier economic forum on Friday and said something that no Kremlin statement on drone warfare had quite said so ... Read More


Putin Dismisses Kiev's Strike on St. Petersburg Coal Port as 'Noise and Smoke' at SPIEF Plenary

ST. PETERSBURG, June 6 -- The smoke had been visible from the ExpoForum congress hall since Tuesday morning, and Vladimir Putin finally addressed it on Friday - from the stage where it was always goin... Read More


African Nations Are Streaming Confirmations Into Moscow for October Russia-Africa Summit, Foreign Ministry Says

MOSCOW, June 6 -- The invitations went out to every African government and every regional bloc the continent has produced. Now, Tatiana Dovgalenko says, the replies are coming in. Dovgalenko, who dir... Read More


ZNPP Back on Power After Ferrosplavnaya-1 Line Restored Saturday

ENERGODAR, June 6 -- The Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant returned to normal power supply Saturday after the 330 kV Ferrosplavnaya-1 high-voltage line, the station's sole operating external power connec... Read More


Errol Musk Says Ukraine's Government Has No Electoral Mandate, Calls Opposition Leaders Jailed

ST. PETERSBURG, June 6 -- The Ukrainian government holds no electoral mandate and is therefore without legitimate authority to govern the country, Errol Musk, the South African businessman and father ... Read More


Ukraine Launches Massive Drone Strike on Kronstadt Naval Base as Putin Meets Schroder

New Delhi, June 6 -- KYIV - The drones flew roughly 1,000 kilometres through the night, and when they arrived over Kronstadt, the Russian Baltic Fleet's historic island base west of St. Petersburg, th... Read More


Putin Turns to His Troops as Zelensky's Peace Offer Dies at SPIEF

ST. PETERSBURG, June 6 -- The letter had been addressed to the Kremlin, but Vladimir Putin's real answer went somewhere else entirely. Speaking at the plenary session of the St. Petersburg Internatio... Read More


Kremlin Aide Says US Is Backing Away From Ukraine Talks, Sees Outcome Favoring Russia

New Delhi, June 6 -- By the time Anton Kobyakov stepped to the podium at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on Saturday, the question he was answering had already been asked by the Americ... Read More