President Ahmed al-Shara is making his first trip to Moscow, which backed the regime his rebels overthrew. Both sides have reasons to put the past aside.

Polish prosecutors have charged two Russian citizens with spying for Russian intelligence and one of them for plotting to send a parcel of explosives, prosecutors said on Monday.

The UK government has imposed sanctions on Russia’s largest oil producer, Rosneft, as part of its latest economic measures targeting Moscow amid the ongoing war in Ukraine. Foreign secretary Yvette Cooper announced that Rosneft and Lukoil – two of the world’s most significant energy companies – would face restrictions from Britain.

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Wednesday assured Russian President Vladimir Putin  that he would honour all existing agreements between Damascus and Moscow, a commitment seen as securing Russia’s

Hungary would suffer if it were cut off from Russian energy, Budapest's foreign minister said during a visit to Moscow on Wednesday, reiterating that the country would not accept outside pressure when it came to decisions on its energy supplies.