Europe is committing energy suicide through imposing sanctions on Russia, says the head of Russian oil giant Rosneft.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday reaffirmed his country's support for Russia’s "sovereignty and security" amid tensions between Moscow and the West over the war in Ukraine.

Inflation in the US has resumed its rapid rise by hitting a new 40 year high in May.

Moscow’s “response, as always, will be proportionate and appropriate,” a foreign ministry official said.

Russia’s ambassador to Washington says the US authorities persuaded him to denounce his motherland and condemn the Kremlin's military operation in Ukraine.

The gasoline prices have hit another all-time high in the United States, as President Joe Biden continues his war on American energy, amid the conflict in Ukraine.  

The Kremlin says if “the work of the Russian media ... is not normalized in the US, the most stringent measures will inevitably follow.”

“The number of people facing severe food insecurity has grown dramatically in the last six years.”

Russia slams the US for sending more advanced rocket systems to Ukraine amid heightened tensions, saying Washington is "adding fuel to the fire" and that it does not trust Kiev not to fire them into Russia.

Russian forces have taken partial control over a key industrial city in eastern Ukraine, as they continue an unrelenting push deeper into the Donbass region.