French President Emmanuel Macron reportedly sent his top diplomatic adviser to meet with Kremlin officials on Tuesday after he previously called on European leaders not to allow themselves be sidelined as the U.

The New START treaty terminated Thursday, leaving no caps on the two largest atomic arsenals for the first time in more than a half-century and fueling fears of an unconstrained nuclear arms race.

Russian Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseev has been shot multiple times in Moscow by an unknown assailant, the Kremlin said on Feb 6. "There was an attempt on the life of Lieutenant General Vladimir Alexeeev in Moscow.

Meeting with Kremlin official follows renewed French efforts to keep channels open with Moscow - Anadolu Ajansı

The Kremlin said Russian and US negotiators agreed on the urgent need to launch new nuclear arms talks after New START expired, as Washington pushed to include China in any future treaty.

In a video-link call broadcast on Russian state television, Putin said the Moscow-Beijing relationship was an important stabilizing factor at a time of growing global turbulence.

Spokesman says Elysee Palace neither confirmed nor denied the development, so Russia will do the same ‘out of a sense of solidarity’ - Anadolu Ajansı

Peskov described the process of resolving Russia's war against Ukraine as "complex and multi-vector," noting progress on some issues but not others. He confirmed that a second round of trilateral talks — involving Russia,