By Darya Korsunskaya and Gleb Bryanski MOSCOW, April 29 (Reuters) - The Russian economy contracted by 0.3% in the first quarter, marking its first quarterly contraction since early 2023, preliminary data showed on Wednesday,

The head of the organization overseeing a treaty banning nuclear testing is warning that if the United States, Russia or any other nation goes ahead with a test, other nations will follow.

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.

Ukrainians still view Europe favourably by comparison with the US. “We have two pillars of Ukrainian resistance,” says Grushetskyi. “One is the perception of the war as existential. About 70 per cent of Ukrainians believe Russia wants to destroy the Ukrainian nation or commit genocide.”

These pilots, and about a thousand other crews like them, are on the frontlines of Ukraine's drive to knock one of Russia's most potent weapons out of the war: the Shahed drone. "Even if you use 50 drones to shoot down one Shahed,

The United States produces almost as much oil as Russia and Saudi Arabia combined when measuring the combination of crude oil and natural gas liquids such as butane, ethane and propane — a common way of calculating energy production comparisons.

Ukraine accused Israel on Tuesday of allowing the import of grain it says Russia stole from occupied territories, prompting a sharp exchange between officials in Kyiv and Jerusalem. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that a vessel carrying grain had arrived at an Israeli port and was preparing to unload,

Iran's foreign minister arrived in Russia on Monday, after a whirlwind weekend of diplomacy, seeking to gain political leverage and foreign backing as peace talks with the U.S. remain on hold.