Armenia's parliamentary elections Sunday will be a vote on its geopolitical future as incumbent Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan seeks closer relations with the European Union and the United States despite longstanding ties with Russia that have been championed by his critics.

Ukrainian authorities said Russian attacks killed at least seven people across several regions, according to the Daily Sun. Officials also reported damage to a Kyiv-region food plant that produces dairy goods for children.

It brings home the fact Ukraine has the capacity to strike at very significant scale at or around the Russian capital,” taking the war home to Russians in a way that would be “most unwelcome” to the Kremlin,

The president’s ‘bravado’ is doing little to ease the disquiet inside Russia

Moscow’s repeated warnings of a major strike, combined with the delay before it happened, seemed intended to inflict a psychological toll on the Ukrainian capital.

Security was tight in Moscow as Putin and several foreign leaders attended the parade, even as a U.S.-brokered three-day ceasefire eased concerns about possible Ukrainian attempts to disrupt the festivities.

By Julia Payne BRUSSELS, June 1 (Reuters) - The European Commission may propose leaving the G7 price cap on Russian crude unchanged at its July review, in an effort to curb Moscow's windfall from the Iran war and the ensuing oil price shock,

Members of a Russia-led economic alliance on Friday warned member Armenia that it could face suspension over its aspirations to join the European Union as tensions continued to simmer between the Kremlin and the Armenian leadership.

Philip Ross, a former producer of the People's Artist of Russia Oleg Gazmanov, has been charged with illegally transferring musical works and images of the artist to third parties without his knowledge.