MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Wednesday it continued to monitor statements by U.S. President Donald Trump regarding sanctions against Moscow, but Russia had acquired immunity to such measures thanks to long experience. Trump said on Tuesday that the United States would start imposing tariffs and other measures on Russia in 10 days if Moscow…
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia has built up a certain immunity to Western sanctions and adapted to them, the Kremlin said on Friday, after the European Union agreed an 18th package of sanctions against Moscow, including measures aimed at its oil industry. The package aims to lower the G7’s price cap for buying Russian crude oil to…
MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Monday that the big picture of U.S. President Donald Trump remarks about supplying Patriot air defence missiles to Ukraine was that U.S. arms and ammunition deliveries to Kyiv have continued and are still continuing. Trump did not say how many Patriots he plans to send to Ukraine, but he…
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin on Friday dismissed as a “provocation” accusations by Ukraine that a Russian drone had damaged the containment shelter at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant overnight. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that he did not have precise information on the alleged incident but that Russia does not attack nuclear infrastructure. “The…
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky recently discussed the possibility of swapping territory with Russia as part of future peace negotiations. In a recent interview with The Guardian, Zelensky spoke about bringing an end to the nearly three-year war with the President Donald Trump’s help. He outlined what Ukraine needs and what his country is willing to…
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Sunday that Russia was open to talks on Ukraine after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump called for “an immediate ceasefire and negotiations”. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said peace negotiations had to be based on agreements reached in Istanbul in 2022 and on the current battlefield realities. Peskov noted that…
By Lidia Kelly (Reuters) – A special hotline in place to deflate crises between the Kremlin and the White House is not currently being used, the Kremlin said on Wednesday, as nuclear risks rise amid the highest tensions between Russia and West in decades. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday lowered the threshold for a…