Javier G. Cuesta

The Russian government is hosting over 100 delegations at a security forum that has become a weapons showcase

The UN and NGOs report that more than 120 dissidents are seriously ill in prison

The textbooks written by the head of the Russian delegation that negotiated with Ukraine in Istanbul last week extol the conflicts of the 20th and 21st centuries while minimizing the millions of victims

Moscow launches another controversial set of measures to try to stop the demographic decline, now worsened by war-related mortality

The warring nations ‘are on the right track,’ Vladimir Putin stated

The first direct negotiation between the two countries in the last three years concludes with slight progress

Michael Alexander Gloss, who was killed in combat in 2024, was the son of the head of digital innovation for the US intelligence service and had been in Putin’s army for a year

“We are on the right track,” declares Russian Foreign Sergey Minister Lavrov, who adds that there are still details to be resolved

The battalions of this unit are made up of veterans of the late Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mercenary group who do not attempt to hide their rivalry with the Russian High Command

Residents of this city annexed by Moscow are calling for an end to the conflict but admit the difficulties of reaching an agreement

The Kremlin leader raises concerns over key issues, such as who would monitor the front and whether Kyiv would use the pause in hostilities to resupply its forces. ‘Hopefully they’ll do the right thing,' Trump said of the Russian authorities

Hawks denounce that the truce agreed upon by Washington and Kyiv will buy the enemy time. But Moscow does not want to lose touch with the US president and his new international order

The Kremlin will wait for Washington to inform it of the details of the meeting with Ukrainian representatives, while Russian forces recapture the main city in Kursk, a region partially occupied by Kyiv

The Russian Defense Ministry claims to have shot down 337 drones, but at least two people have died in Moscow. The attack comes hours before a meeting on the future of the conflict between Ukraine and the US in Saudi Arabia

Russian critics of the Kremlin deplore the spiral of mutual accusations among dissidents who have fled the country

The delegations held a meeting lasting over five hours in Riyadh. Moscow dampened enthusiasm by stating ‘it is still difficult to talk about rapprochement’

US State Secretary Marco Rubio, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and others gathered in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday as a prelude to a future one-on-one between Trump and Putin. The exclusion of representatives from Kyiv and Brussels has raised mistrust about the content of the negotiations

The hardening of the regime has been a gradual process in which the Russian leader counted on the passive loyalty of the population in exchange for a stability that his ambition has broken

The sinking of two old ships in the Black Sea highlights the risks of a practice that has grown exponentially since the invasion of Ukraine

Igor Kirillov has been reported dead along with his assistant after a device exploded near their official vehicle

The country’s agricultural companies explore trading chickpeas for rice and mandarin oranges with other Asian countries to get around international sanctions. The Kremlin has put together a guide for such transactions and is confident that bartering ‘will increase competitiveness’

EL PAÍS enters an area of Ukraine controlled by Moscow. Complaints about poor reconstruction contrast with the sense of ‘liberation’ expressed by the pro-Russian residents

According to the Kremlin, Kyiv struck a facility in the Bryansk region with ATACMS

According to the Kremlin, the use of Washington-supplied long-range weapons on Russian soil would mean that NATO countries would come into conflict with Moscow

Tuesday’s presidential vote will have a profound impact on Europe, Russia, Ukraine, the Middle East, Latin America, and China

The constant flow of high-end cars, jewelry, and watches shows the limits of Western sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine. Parallel imports of cell phones and clothing are also on the rise