Repairs were required to an external power line at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine, Russian officials said.

MOSCOW, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Russia ⁠urged ⁠Afghanistan and Pakistan ⁠on Friday to halt cross-border attacks ​immediately and resolve their differences by diplomatic ‌means. Russia is the only ‌country to officially recognise the Taliban ⁠government ⁠of Afghanistan, and also has good relations with ​Pakistan.

A Ukrainian delegation will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoys in the run-up to another round of trilateral talks with Russia, Ukrainian Presi

Firefighters were trying to bring under control a tank ablaze at a refinery in southern Russia's Krasnodar region, local officials said early on Saturday.

With ⁠more than 800,000 visits last year, tourists from China, long a close Russian partner, lead official figures by a long way. But Saudi Arabia secured the number two slot for the first time last year with nearly 75,000 tourists, a year-on-year increase of nearly 36%, while more than 59,000 tourists came from the UAE, putting it in sixth place.

Ukraine said the Russian plant is used to produce ballistic missiles, including Yars, Bulava, Iskander-M, and Kinzhal.

Pavel Durov, the billionaire CEO of the messaging app Telegram, has confirmed Russian state media reports that the country's Federal Security Service is investigating him for "aiding terrorism." Access Now — a digital rights non-profit that has been vocally critical of Telegram's security and privacy in the past — says this probe is nothing more than a pretext to crack down on free speech.

Four years of war in Ukraine has brought seismic evolution to the world - to the nature of warfare, the balance of global powers, and to European security.

Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Friday Russia's oil exports reached 238 million metric tons in 2025 with around 80% of the volumes dispatched to China and India.

Unused and empty following a 2023 missile attack, the destruction of the naval headquarters in Sevastopol serves as a metaphor for the diminished fortunes of the Russian Navy, and for the successes of the Ukrainian military in making that happen.