The agreement is focused more on trade than military issues, but it will bring two countries with a shared desire to challenge the West closer together.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has arrived in the aggressor country of russia for talks with dictator vladimir putin, Anadolu Agency reported on Friday,

The presidents of Russia and Iran have held talks in the Kremlin on Friday before the signing of a broad cooperation pact between the two countries

Moscow — Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart, Masoud Pezeshkian, signed a broad cooperation pact Friday as their countries deepened their partnership in the face of stinging Western sanctions.

Russia and Ukraine have exchanged 25 prisoners of war after negotiations mediated by the United Arab Emirates, Russia's defence ministry said in a statement. The Russian POWs were currently in Belarus receiving medical and psychological support before being transported back to Russia for further care,

Russia's army on Wednesday announced a small exchange of captured soldiers with Kyiv in a deal mediated by the United Arab Emirates. "As a result of the negotiation process, 25 Russian servicemen were returned from territory controlled by the Kyiv regime.

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Russia's army on Wednesday announced a small exchange of captured soldiers with Kyiv in a deal mediated by the United Arab Emirates. "As a result of the negotiation process, 25 Russian servicemen were returned from territory controlled by