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 ...

Russia, the world's largest wheat exporter, cut the wheat export tax to zero, effective from July 9, the Interfax news agency ...

Russia has become the first nation to recognize the Taliban government of Afghanistan since it took power in 2021, announcing ...

Russia has become the first country to formally recognise Taliban rule, with Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi ...

Late on July 3 and into the early hours of July 4, Russia battered Ukraine with more than 500 drones and missiles in the most ...

A network of Kremlin-backed influencers seeks to portray Russia as a bastion of traditional values in an attempt to attract ...

A former senior Taliban official told CBS News that while the move was welcome, "Russia and China can't financially support ...

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

Russia recently has intensified its airstrikes on civilian areas after more than three years of war. In the past week, Russia ...

Formerly part of the Soviet Union, Georgia was seen as moving towards democracy, but that is quickly being eroded.

Russia is the first country to formally recognize the Taliban government in Afghanistan since the group seized power in 2021, ...