Armenian opposition politician shot dead

The municipal chief was gunned down at his home along with a friend An Armenian opposition figure has been shot dead at his home alongside another person, police reported on Wednesday. Volodya Grigoryan was killed along with a friend – a police officer – who was visiting him at his…

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Lawmakers have reportedly grown increasingly concerned with the Ukrainian leader’s monopolization of power within own circle Ukrainian lawmakers, including those from Vladimir Zelensky’s own party, have grown increasingly discontent with him over efforts to consolidate power around his inner circle and weaken the country’s anti-corruption agencies, Politico reported on Tuesday….

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Roscosmos is aiming for 300 launches in ten years under its national space program, Dmitry Bakanov has said Russia aims to produce and launch up to 300 space rockets over the next decade, the head of the Roscosmos space agency, Dmitry Bakanov, has announced. The initiative highlights Moscow’s push to…

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Roksolana Pidlasa says Kiev may need to amend this year’s budget to increase military spending Ukraine is running out of money to finance its conflict with Russia and may need to amend this year’s budget to increase military spending, the chair of the country’s budget committee has warned. Kiev spends about…

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The Ukrainian government is refusing to do the work necessary to resolve the conflict with Russia, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Kiev shows no genuine desire to do the hard work required to negotiate peace with Russia, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told RBC Radio on Wednesday. He argued that Ukraine’s…

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Zelensky’s sponsors seek to distort the narrative about the Ukraine conflict to prevent peace, Russia’s deputy UN ambassador has said Ukraine’s European backers are living in “a parallel reality” by insisting that Kiev is performing well on the battlefield, Russia’s deputy ambassador to the UN, Dmitry Polyansky, has said. According to the…

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The country is usually described as a “bear” rather than other animals, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has joked Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has rejected US President Donald Trump’s description of Russia as “a paper tiger,” joking that the country is more commonly compared to a bear. On Tuesday, following his…

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