Tensions between Russia and NATO have escalated further after a stark warning from Belgium’s defence minister, who said any nuclear strike on the alliance would lead to the destruction of Moscow.

Ukraine launched drone attacks on Russian energy infrastructure, disrupting air traffic across the country and sending several drones towards Moscow for the third night in a row, Russian authorities claimed on Wednesday 29 October.

Russia said on Thursday that any dialogue with Japan regarding a peace treaty to formally end World War Two could only begin once Tokyo abandoned what Moscow described as a damaging "anti-Russian" stance.

Sberbank CEO German Gref said Russia is so fixated on fighting inflation that it's forgetting about economic growth.

The Russian Defence Ministry has claimed that its air defence systems intercepted and destroyed 193 "Ukrainian drones" overnight, including 34 that "were heading towards Moscow". Source: Russian Defence Ministry Details: The Russian ministry reported that 47 drones had been destroyed over Bryansk Oblast,

The impact of President Donald Trump’s attempt to financially choke Moscow’s war machine by imposing sanctions on Russian oil firms was instant; not on the battlefield in Ukraine, but in the offices of oil traders in India and China,

Facing Trump’s call for a quick ceasefire and bruising, new U.S. sanctions on Russia’s oil industry, Putin again is reminding the U.S. and other Western allies about Moscow’s nuclear arsenals.

Moscow was unexpectedly attacked by unidentified drones on the evening of October 26. Russian authorities traditionally reassured the public that everything had been shot down. Meanwhile, explosions were heard across the city,