Edward Snowden has received a Russian passport after swearing an oath of allegiance to the country.

Blinken has accused Putin of committing “aggression” in Ukraine and demanded he be held to account for it, while Lavrov said the US and its allies are victims of "Russophobia."

Putin says a Russian delegation of 80 large companies is set to visit Iran next week, as the Islamic Republic signed documents pertaining to its full membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

According to the US Labor Department, the annual inflation rate rose to 8.6% in May, shattering any of relief from the skyrocketing inflation.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country support the initiative to extend an interim free trade agreement between the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and Iran despite the “confrontation” by the “collective West.”