MOSCOW, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Russia expelled a German diplomat on Thursday in response to what it said was Berlin's groundless expulsion of a Russian diplomat last month and accused Germany of being in the grip of "spy mania".

A Russian official said Moscow is ready to respond with military measures if the United States deploys its missile defense program to Greenland.

The delegations from Moscow and Kyiv were joined in the United Arab Emirates by U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has discussed the burgeoning economic cooperation between Moscow and Beijing and their relations with the United States in a video call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

The Russian Red Cross (RRC) has long denied allegations of operating in occupied Ukraine, despite mounting evidence to the contrary. In a 2024 investigation, Meduza and its partners in the Kremlin Leaks project revealed how the RRC had been working beyond Russia’s borders,

A Russian stand-up comedian was convicted of inciting hatred and jailed for nearly six years on Wednesday over a joke he made about a legless war veteran, ​which triggered outrage among nationalists and military bloggers.

Moscow's latest overnight barrage came amid temperatures as low as -14 F.

Donald Trump has claimed to have stopped multiple wars during his second term as U.S. president and has also boasted about progress in peace talks between Russia and Ukraine. Addressing reporters in the Oval Office on Monday,