Russia's federal budget received 132 billion rubles from property sales.

Rosstat, Russia's statistics agency, has not released data on deaths this year, according to an independent Russian outlet.

Russia, the world's largest wheat exporter, cut the wheat export tax to zero, effective from July 9, the Interfax news agency reported on Friday, citing the Russian agriculture ministry.

Trump ‘disappointed and frustrated’ by Moscow’s ‘lack of flexibility’ to end war, says Rubio - Rubio’s meeting with Lavrov follows intensified aerial strikes on Ukraine

July 4 (UPI) -- Russia has become the first country to formally recognize the Taliban government in Afghanistan.

Russia said on Thursday it had accepted the credentials of a new ambassador of Afghanistan, making it the first nation to recognise the Taliban government of the country.

Dylan Earl said he needed a “fresh start” in life. Unsatisfied by his prospects in his dreary English town, he decided to orchestrate a terrorist attack in London on behalf of a Russian mercenary group.

Russia has become the first country to formally recognize the Taliban’s government in Afghanistan since it seized power in 2021, after Moscow removed the group from its list of outlawed organizations.

Russia has become the first country to formally recognise the Taliban government in Afghanistan, sparking outrage from opposition figures. The decision marks a major milestone for the Taliban almost four years after they swept into Kabul and took power.

A declassified CIA memo released Wednesday challenges the work intelligence agencies did to conclude that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election because it wanted Republican Donald Trump to win.

Trump met again with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House to discuss Gaza ceasefire efforts.