ST. PETERSBURG, June 20. /TASS/. The decline in poverty in Russia has reached a historic low, standing at 7.2% and continuing to improve, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the plenary session ...

The idea of the Russian economy as a raw materials economy dependent on hydrocarbon exports is obviously outdated and becoming a thing of the past, the Russian president noted ...

Amid stalled ceasefire talks, Russia escalates attacks on Ukraine, prompting a shadow war with covert operations inside Russia. Europe mobilizes with increased defense spending and military readiness ...

Ukraine’s security service has attacked airbases deep inside Russia, blown up trains and bridges, and assassinated military officers. Five operations in recent years shed light on how it operates ...

The assassination of Igor Kirillov marked the latest strike in a shadow war between Kyiv and Moscow. It was carried out by Ukraine’s intelligence service, the SBU.

Suspected assassin of Russian general Igor Kirillov arrested, Moscow says. Russia’s Investigative Committee says 29-year-old Uzbek man confessed to planting and detonating bomb ...

A top Russian general, Igor Kirillov, head of nuclear, biological, and chemical protection forces, was killed in a bomb blast outside his Moscow apartment. Ukraine's security service claimed ...

Russia said on Wednesday it had detained a man from Uzbekistan over the killing of a senior Russian general and his assistant in Moscow a day earlier. Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, who headed Russia’s ...

Igor Kirillov was given command of Russia's nuclear, biological, and chemical forces in 2017Image: Ilya Pitalev/Sputnik/picture alliance. Advertisement.

Russia has said it detained an Uzbek man who confessed to planting and detonating a bomb which killed top Russian general Igor Kirillov. Kirillov, who was chief of Russia’s nuclear, biological and ...

Igor Kirillov, the head of Russia's chemical weapons division, was killed on Tuesday in a Moscow attack for which Ukraine has claimed responsibility, AFP reported. This marks the most high-profile ...

General highest-profile military official killed inside Russia since war Ukraine's Security Service, or SBU, has claimed responsibility for killing Lt General Igor Kirillov, 54, who was in charge ...