Russia’s major infrastructure and trade ambitions with Iran, including the vital North-South Transport Corridor and Caspian ...

Turkmenistan and Russia’s Astrakhan region are strengthening direct trade links. These developments align with Turkmenistan’s strategy to diversify foreign trade and deepen cooperation with ...

Ten killed after Putin’s forces launch hundreds of missiles and drones at Kyiv - Rescue workers and firefighters search for people trapped under rubble of partially collapsed building ...

Despite such efforts, the harvest in the Black Earth Region ended up being the worst in over a decade. The summer 2024 heat wave slashed vegetable and cereal harvests in Russia’s southern regions.

A drone attack on a car in Russia’s southern region of Rostov killed one person, acting Governor Yury Slyusar said on Telegram.

Russia's defence ministry said in a separate statement that it downed 13 attack drones within the borders of the Astrakhan region on 17 March.

Russia had already seized the southern peninsula of Crimea in February 2014 before annexing it soon afterwards. It comes as US President Donald Trump is set to speak with Vladimir Putin on Tuesday.

(Reuters) – An overnight Ukrainian drone attack targeted energy facilities and other objects in Russia’s Astrakhan region, injuring one person and sparking a fire, regional governor said on Monday.

Again, the Ukrainian forces launched a drone attack on southern Russia on Monday, March 17, sparking a blaze at an oil refinery as Moscow launched a barrage of nearly 200 drones against Ukraine. New ...

(Reuters) - An overnight Ukrainian drone attack targeted energy facilities and other objects in Russia's Astrakhan region, injuring one person and sparking a fire, regional governor said on Monday.

The Ukrainian attack on the oil refinery in Russia's southern Astrakhan region was the latest in a series of aerial strikes by both sides targeting energy facilities.

Ukraine has intensified drone strikes on Russian energy facilities, hitting multiple refineries and a key oil pipeline, forcing shutdowns and disrupting crude shipments. The attacks aim to weaken ...