Russia and Iran are deepening their political, military, and energy ties, strengthening their partnership amid rising tensions.

Trump wants Russia and Ukraine to freeze the war on the current battlelines, with Moscow holding a huge swathe of eastern Ukraine. Zelenskyy seems unwilling.

Russia said its foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, tasked with preparing a summit between presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, held a "constructive" conversation on Monday.

Below, you’ll find a digest of news reports from October 20, 2025, in Russian and English. The sections below, titled in song lyrics, are (1) police and legal matters in Russia, (2) demographic-themed developments inside Russia,

KYIV, Ukraine -- KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian drones struck a major gas processing plant in southern Russia, sparking a fire and forcing it to suspend its intake of gas from Kazakhstan, Russian and Kazakh authorities said Sunday.

A book by German political analyst Carlo Masala, "If Russia Wins," outlines how Moscow might make a grab for Estonia in 2028.

Russia has attacked Ukraine’s power grid as part of an ongoing campaign to damage energy infrastructure before winter

A 70-mile "Putin-Trump" rail tunnel, proposed by Moscow, would be constructed by Elon Musk to connect Russia and the United States. According to a Kremlin ambassador, the tunnel, which would pass beneath the Bering Strait, would "symbolize unity" and enable cooperative research of natural resources.

Nor is Russia able to reroute its electrons from the export market to domestic consumption. Electricity exports to China have all but collapsed (down over 70% from 2024 levels). The system operator now openly floats importing power from China to keep the lights on in the east while new plants and lines are built.

As Moscow steps up its hybrid onslaught against the Baltic states, local Russian-speaking populations present a potential weak spot to exploit. Russian is the mother tongue of roughly one-quarter and one-third of the populations of Estonia and Latvia,

The killing spree allegedly happened in the Naro-Fominsk discrict in the Moscow region at an Aerospace Forces unit. It has not been possible for the editorial to independently verify the reports. According the the reports, one of the wounded soldiers managed to call his mother and tell her about the rampage.

Russia's Reponses Are Necessary In Nature...', Moscow's Clear Message To NATO Ahead Of Trump Meet Watch what Russian envoy said at UN with regards to NATO's growing arms presence near the country!