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MOSCOW, May 25 (YPA) – Russia has agreed with Iran to switch to financial settlements in national currencies and they are discussing the possibility of operating Russian and Iranian payment cards, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander…

MOSCOW, May 18 (YPA) - Russia announced on Wednesday that it has decided to deport dozens of French, Italian and Spanish diplomats from its territory, in response to similar measures taken by these three European countries. In a statement,…

RIYADH, March 11 (YPA) - Saudi Arabia is heading to acquire a Russian and Chinese defense system after the US Patriot system failed to counter the missile and drone attacks launched by Sanaa forces on Saudi military sites and oil…

SANAA, March 04 (YPA) - Russian forces have captured Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe, after clashes with militants in the vicinity of the nuclear plant," the Russian  military command said in a statement.…

BEIJING, March 02 (YPA) - China's banking regulator has announced that Beijing will not join the US and European governments in imposing financial sanctions on Russia. Head of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission, Guo Zhou…

KYIV, March 01 (YPA) - Air raid sirens sounded in the Ukrainian capital after threats by the Russian Defense Ministry to launch strikes with high-precision weapons on the centers of media attacks against Russia. The Russian defense ministry…

WORLD, March 01 (YPA) – The Secretary-General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, said on Tuesday that the North Atlantic Alliance is deploying its response force for the first time in its history. Stoltenberg reaffirmed that NATO is a defensive…

NEW YORK, Feb. 28 (YPA) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday expressed his hope that the ongoing negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in Belarus would result in a ceasefire, warning of catastrophic repercussions…

MOSCOW, Feb. 28 (YPA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday issued a decree on the application of special economic measures against the United States and the countries that have acceded to it. The Kremlin press service said in the…

BELARUS, Feb. 28 (YPA) - Belarus announced on Monday the approval of the majority of its citizens on a new constitutional amendment that would allow the deployment of Russian nuclear weapons in the country. According to the Minsk Election…