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US renews Russian oil waiver after pressure from countries dealing with Iran war price shocks
The Treasury Department's waiver lets countries purchase Russian oil and petroleum products loaded on vessels as of Friday through May 16.
New Russian space launch vehicle undergoing final tests, top official says
Trump rejects Putin's proposal to move Iranian enriched uranium to Russia, end war - Axios
Russia accuses US and Israel of trying to drag Arab countries into wider Middle East conflict
Russia: US supply of depleted uranium weapons to Ukraine is 'criminal act'
The Pentagon on Wednesday announced a new security assistance package worth up to $175 million for Ukraine, including depleted uranium ammunition for US Abrams tanks.
Russian court extends pretrial detention of Jewish journalist Evan Gershkovich until November
Russia may delay a prisoner exchange until after the 2024 presidential election in order to exacerbate discord in the United States.
US imposes sanctions over forced deportation, transfer of Ukrainian children
Russia acknowledges having transferred thousands of children out of Ukraine, but says this has been done exclusively to protect orphans and children abandoned in the war zone.
Russia launches lunar lander in race to find water on moon
The Russian lunar mission, the first since 1976, is racing against India, which launched its Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander last month, and more broadly with the United States and China.
Blinken urges world to tell Russia: Enough using Black Sea as blackmail
"Enough treating the world's most vulnerable people as leverage. Enough of this unjustified unconscionable war," Blinken stated.
US accuses Russia of dangerous ‘behavior’ harming drone - analysis
US Central Command said that Russia had conducted “unsafe and unprofessional behavior in the air.”
Classified US military info sent to Mali due to email typo
Concerns have been raised as the Russian-allied Mali government will soon have access to decades worth of mistakenly sent secrets.
Russian surveillance aircraft conducts intelligence mission over US base in Syria
The aircraft in question was identified as an Antonov AN-30, which repeatedly flew back and forth over the At-Tanf garrison and its surrounding area.
Russia: as NATO returns to Cold War 'schemes,' we are ready to respond
The summit showed NATO's "inability to adapt to the new geopolitical situation in the world," the ministry said.
Russian spy chief says he spoke to CIA boss about 'what to do with Ukraine'
Spy bosses spoke soon after Wagner mutiny in June
