Volunteers are grappling with environmental havoc across more than 35 miles of coastline, after at least 3,700 tons of heavy oil spilled into the Kerch Strait.
Russia's economy will be under major strain in 2025, economists told BI. One said stagnation was similar to the USSR at the start of the 1980s.
Two African states are frustrating Moscow's efforts to establish a stronger military presence in the continent following the fall of Assad.
Volunteers helping to clean up a major oil spill along Russia's Black Sea coast appealed in a video released on Monday for President Vladimir Putin to urgently send federal aid, saying that they and local authorities were overwhelmed.
"President Putin said that he wants to meet with me as soon as possible," Trump said during his remarks at Turning Point's AmericaFest convention.
President Joe Biden is weighing major new sanctions against Russia’s energy sector in his final weeks in office.
Russia's natural-gas transit deal with Ukraine is set to expire soon, which would cut billions in revenue.
“While other countries of the world are celebrating Christmas, Ukrainians are continuing to suffer from endless Russian attacks,” Ukraine’s human rights ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets wrote on Telegram.
The flight from Azerbajian's capital Baku to the Russian city of Grozny crashed with 67 passengers and five crew members on board near Aktau, western Kazakhstan, this morning.
The wrecked tail section of the plane can be seen at the crash site, as emergency services worked to extinguish a fire.