The following is the April 22, 2026, Congressional Research Service report, Russia’s Nuclear weapons. From the report According to the Pentagon’s 2026 National Defense Strategy, Russia “possesses the world’s largest nuclear arsenal,

The Russian Defense Ministry says the traditional Victory Day parade will take place without military equipment.

Most units are closed in a glitzy shopping mall in a middle-class Moscow suburb – the shuttered storefronts a poignant sign of Russia’s economic malaise.

Russia attacked Ukraine with 163 drones on the night of 1-2 May. Around 100 of the UAVs were Shahed loitering munitions. Details: Air defence forces destroyed or jammed 142 of the drones. Hits by 17 UAVs have been recorded at 12 locations and the fall of downed aerial assets (debris) at two locations.

By Feras Dalatey BANIYAS, Syria, May 1 (Reuters) - Russia has emerged as the main supplier of oil to Syria, Reuters reporting shows, despite the new government's alignment with the West and widespread distrust of Moscow over its military support for fallen leader Bashar al-Assad.

Human rights groups allege Russia recruits tens of thousands of vulnerable migrants from over 130 countries to fight in its ongoing war against Ukraine.

For more than four years, Russia has sought to grind its way across Ukraine by sending waves of men into enemy fire, betting that sheer numbers would overwhelm even the most determined defence.

Russia plans to stay ⁠in ⁠OPEC+ despite a decision ⁠by the United Arab Emirates to leave, the Kremlin ​said on Wednesday, voicing hopes the alliance of oil producers would continue to ‌operate amid turmoil in the ‌global energy market.

At the unveiling of a towering bronze sculpture of North Korean and Russian soldiers in combat, Kim Jong Un praised troops who chose death over capture while fighting in Ukraine. It was a striking and unusually explicit acknowledgment of Pyongyang’s long-suspected battlefield doctrine.

Boxers from Russia and Belarus will be allowed to compete as neutral athletes by the new governing body recently put in charge of Olympic boxing competitions. World Boxing announced its decision Tuesday to treat Russian and Belarussian boxers as neutral athletes,