Vyacheslav Volodin

In a stern warning to French President Emmanuel Macron, allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin cautioned against any potential deployment of foreign troops into Ukraine, drawing parallels to Napoleon Bonaparte's ill-fated invasion of Russia in 1812.

In a move signaling heightened tensions between Russia and the West, Reuters reports that Russia has officially withdrawn from a 1956 fishing agreement with Britain. The agreement, originally brokered by Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, allowed British vessels access to lucrative fishing grounds in the Barents Sea and along the coast of the Kola Peninsula and Kolguev Island.

"Washington is ready to do everything to maintain its power over the world, sacrificing the welfare of citizens and the economy of European countries," Duma President, Vyacheslav Volodin, said.

President of the Russian State Duma, Vyacheslav Volodin, warned that if the mayor of the Finnish border town of Lappeenranta (a Finnish city about 30 kilometers away from the Russian border) hosted a NATO military base, it would be targeted by the Russian army.
Kimmo Jarva, the mayor of Lappeenranta, indicated that his city would like to host a military base.

In daily announcements and speeches, Volodin condemned public figures who oppose the war as "traitors", demanded that Russia be paid for natural gas and other goods in rubles, and described the U.S. President as "sick and miserable". All these statements had one purpose - to please the president, reports the independent Russian portal Meduza.

Vladimir Zhirinovsky died. The far-right politician passed away at the age of 75 after a long illness. He had been in a coma in recent weeks.

Constitutional changes allowing Vladimir Putin to run for president again in 2024 sailed through Russia's lower house of parliament on Wednesday, opening the way for him to potentially stay in power until 2036, Reuters reported.

Russia can depend on Greece as a reliable partner, conservative opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Thursday, adding that a New Democracy government would work toward strengthening bilateral ties between Athens and Moscow.

Main opposition New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who is paying a two-day visit to Russia with a party delegation, met on Thursday with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

BELGRADE - Belgrade is proud of Serbia's relations with Russia, which are better than they have ever been in modern history, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said at a meeting with the Chairman of the Russian State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin Monday.

Vucic and Volodin discussed the relations between the two countries and the Serbian parliament and the Duma.