Russia accuses Western countries of trying to provoke an artificial default with economic sanctions that freeze their assets abroad, a situation that is reviving the humiliating memory of 1998, when I ...

Russia on Tuesday announced the suspension of the 1998 agreement with Japan on fishing near the Kuril Islands. In a statement on its official website, the ministry said that the step was taken because ...

Japan on Wednesday “regretted” that Russia suspended an agreement on fishing near the disputed Kuril Islands, calling it a “unilateral” decision. “We regret that Russia unilaterally announced the ...

Russia has reportedly defaulted on its debt for the first time in more than 20 years after missing a key payment deadline due to international sanctions imposed over its war in Ukraine. The country ...