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Russia is demanding payment in rubles for its natural gas exports to Europe

Fears of a showdown with Putin have led the economic minister to form a crisis team and encourage consumers to reduce consumption

The Kremlin indicated on Wednesday that all of Russia's energy and commodity exports could be priced in roubles, toughening President Vladimir Putin's attempt to make the West feel the pain of the sanctions it imposed for the invasion of Ukraine.

Positive signals in Ukraine peace talks not reflected by bombs on the ground, says Zelensky

Russia’s claims of withdrawal must be taken with deep scepticism. Yesterday, Alexander Fomin, Moscow’s deputy minister of defence, said his forces would “fundamentally cut back” operations near the Ukrainian cities of Kyiv and Chernihiv “to increase trust” in talks between the two countries. Of course, the last time Moscow said…

From his home in Seattle, Andrey Nokhrin sent his mother in Moscow a clip of a television editor interrupting a live Russian state-run news bulletin to hold up a sign and shout slogans protesting the Ukraine invasion.

The Kremlin on Wednesday welcomed the fact that Kyiv has set out its demands for an end to the conflict in Ukraine in written form, but said there was no sign of a breakthrough yet.

Mayor of northern Ukrainian city says there is no evidence of any withdrawal of Russian forces

Currently Russia supplies about 40 per cent of Europe’s gas needs.

Our own crisis of truth is responsible for some of the world’s biggest problems, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Chelsea owner was reportedly poisoned at recent peace talks as the war between his native Russia and Ukraine wages on - with experts now claiming what warfare agents were likely used