Topic: Dmitry Peskov

As Russia made progress in revising its nuclear policy amid its war with Ukraine, North Korea vowed to never give up its own nuclear weapons despite demands from the West.

Russia said Friday Vladimir Putin isn't worried about getting arrested for war crimes during a planned visit next week to Mongolia. The International Criminal Court said Mongolia has an obligation to arrest him.

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi started a two-day Kremlin visit on Monday, marking his first trip to Moscow since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine.

The Russian trial of U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich on spying charges opened Wednesday in Yekaterinburg, 1,000 miles east of Moscow, 14 months after he was arrested while on assignment for the Wall Street Journal.

Russian officials said on Monday that a new hearing will be held for Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich next week as he continues to await his trial on espionage charges.

U.S. President Joe Biden has for the first time authorized Ukraine's military to use American-supplied weapons for limited strikes against military targets on Russian territory that oppose an imminent threat.

Norway's government said Thursday starting May 29 nearly all Russians will be barred from entering the country. Norway took the action because of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine.

Russia announced that it would conduct tactical nuclear drills on Monday in response to what it claimed were "provocative statements and threats" from Western officials concerning the Ukrainian war.

Ukraine can use British weapons inside Russian territory, former British Prime Minister David Cameron said Friday.

U.S. troops and the Russian military have been nearly operating side-by-side in the African country of Niger for several weeks as tensions over fighting Islamic extremists heat up in the region, officials said.