Tasty name but no Big Mac: Russia opens rebranded McDonald’s restaurants
It might look and smell like McDonald’s but now it’s Vkusno & tochka. The golden arches are gone, the Filet-O-Fish is simply a fish burger. The Big Mac ...
Britain orders review of fuel market as pump prices surge
Britain‘s competition watchdog has been asked by the government to review the retail fuel market to see whether a cut in duty has been passed onto consumers as prices ...
Russia says it destroyed depot with Western weapons in Ukraine (Update 3)
Russian forces fired cruise missiles to destroy a large depot containing U.S. and European weapons in western Ukraine’s Ternopil region, Interfax reported on Sunday, as street fighting raged ...
No pardon for Britons sentenced to death, pro-Russian separatist leader says
The leader of the Russian-backed separatist Donetsk region of Ukraine said on Sunday there was no reason to pardon two British nationals who were sentenced to death last week after ...
Nato chief Stoltenberg says Turkey’s security concerns are legitimate (Updated)
Security concerns raised by Turkey in its opposition to Finland’s and Sweden’s NATO membership applications are legitimate, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Sunday during a visit ...
Ukraine grain exports via Poland, Romania face bottlenecks – deputy foreign minister
Ukraine has established two routes through Poland and Romania to export grain and avert a global food crisis although bottlenecks have slowed the supply chain, Kyiv’s deputy foreign minister ...
Ukraine, U.S.-China relations dominate Asian security meeting
The war in Ukraine and China’s increasingly tense relationship with the United States featured in nearly every session of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, which ended on Sunday after ...
Sri Lanka is open to buying Russian oil, PM tells AP
Sri Lanka may be compelled to buy more oil from Russia as the nation faces shortages amid an unprecedented economic crisis, its prime minister told the Associated Press.
Prime Minister ...
McDonald’s in Russia reopens under new ownership (Updated)
McDonald’s MCD.N restaurants flung open their doors in Moscow once again on Sunday under new Russian ownership and a new name: Vkusno & tochka, which translates as “Tasty ...
Russian rouble approaches multi-year highs after rate cut
The rouble soared on Friday to its strongest level against the dollar since late May, close to multi-year peaks, after Russia’s central bank cut its key interest rate by 150 ...
Scholz to travel to Kyiv with Macron and Draghi before G7
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will travel to Kyiv with his counterparts from France and Italy before the Group of Seven summit at the end of June, the German newspaper Bild ...
Ukraine ‘will prevail’ over Russia as battle grinds on
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that Ukraine would prevail in its war with Russia, now focussed on a artillery slugging match over an eastern Ukrainian city.
Russian forces have ...
Hailing Peter the Great, Putin draws parallel with mission to ‘return’ Russian lands
Russian President Vladimir Putin paid tribute on Thursday to Tsar Peter the Great on the 350th anniversary of his birth, drawing a parallel between what he portrayed as their twin ...
EU unity must not be compromised for Ukraine candidate status, French official says
A decision to give Ukraine candidate status to the European Union has to be done without weakening the bloc and to ensure Kyiv is not left in limbo for years, ...
Estonia summons Russian envoy to protest Putin remarks
Estonia on Friday summoned the Russian ambassador to condemn President Vladimir Putin’s “completely unacceptable” praise for an 18th century Russian ruler who captured a city that is now Estonian.
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Ukraine say Russia looks for weak points in Ukrainian defences near key river
Russia is looking for weak points in Ukrainian defences near the Siverskyi Donets River in eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian Defence Ministry spokesperson Oleksandr Motuzyanyk said on Friday.
He told national television ...
Russia adds $9.5 bln to emergency reserve fund
The Russian government added 551.4 billion roubles ($9.5 billion) to its emergency reserve fund on Thursday as the Kremlin steps up its stimulus package in a bid to protect the economy from ...
Moscow-backed Luhansk region in Ukraine to send ‘liberated’ grain to Russia -Tass
One of two breakaway eastern Ukrainian regions backed by Moscow on Thursday said it would soon start rail shipments to Russia of grain that its troops had “liberated”, Tass news ...
Russia says West risks ‘direct military clash’ over cyber attacks
Russia warned the West on Thursday that cyber attacks against its infrastructure risked leading to direct military confrontation, and that attempts to challenge Moscow in the cyber sphere would be ...
Putin says no Iron Curtain will close off Russia’s economy
President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that no Iron Curtain would fall over the Russian economy despite the sanctions imposed by the West because Moscow would not close itself off ...
Two Brits, one Moroccan sentenced to death by court of Russian proxy (Update)
Two Britons and a Moroccan who were captured while fighting for Ukraine were sentenced to death on Thursday by a court in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), one ...
Street battles rage in eastern Ukraine’s Sievierodonetsk
Ukrainian forces were holding their positions in intense street fighting in the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk, where Russians were “dying like flies”, the region’s governor said on Thursday, but ...
Golden Arches make way for hamburger and fries after McDonald’s Russian exit
A hamburger and two potato fries will feature on the new logo at former McDonald’s restaurants in Russia, the local company said, as it unveiled an advertising campaign ahead ...
Russia’s Navalny scolds Google and Meta for helping Putin
Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny scolded Google and Meta Platforms on Thursday for shutting down advertising, a step he said had undermined the opposition and thus was a gift ...