The Latest Breaking News from Kazan

Washington encouraging Ukraine to sabotage last remaining pipeline carrying Russian gas into the EU, claims Moscow.

Comments come after Vladimir Putin threatens ‘more destruction’ in response to Kazan drone attack

Kyiv on Saturday staged a major drone attack on the Russian city of Kazan, 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) from the frontier, as Moscow's troops captured a new frontline village in eastern Ukraine.

Residential buildings have been hit in the Russian city of Kazan, causing no casualties.

Russian authorities said the attacks damaged residential buildings in the city of Kazan

West’s dominance is being challenged, with Brics summit showing emerging markets are unwilling to bow to pressure

The last two summits of Brics countries have raised questions about the coalition’s identity and purpose. This began to come into focus at the summit hosted by South Africa in 2023, and more acutely at the recent 2024 summit in Kazan, Russia.

The recent Brics summit in the Russian city of Kazan was less notable for what happened at the meeting than for what happened before, on the margins, or not at all. Among the notable things that did not happen was another expansion of the organisation.

There’s a degree of irony that countries attending the 2024 Brics summit this week voted to adopt the Kazan declaration (named for the capital city of the autonomous republic of Tatarstan in Russia, where the summit is being held). The declaration’s first clause emphasises that “all states should act consistently…