Nikolai Patrushev said to have claimed Kyiv is running the recruitment via an operation at its embassy in Dushanbe.
Up to now voluntary Western support for Ukraine has been co-ordinated through the Ramstein group headed by the US.
According to officials speaking to the American outlet, the US highlighted the venue as a possible target, two weeks before terrorists from Islamic State – Khorasan Province (ISIS-K) killed 144 people and injured hundreds more.
Washington could reportedly impose penalties on the bank for violating sanctions if deal goes ahead.
Far-right politicians across the EU have been promoted on the Voice of Europe media platform ahead of the European Parliament elections.
Svetofor faces challenges in its supply chain due to war and sanctions, but is going ahead with plans to expand in Eastern Europe.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed his annual spring conscription decree, calling up a new swathe of young Russians for compulsory military service.
Russian investigators have officially accused Ukraine of being behind the deadly terrorist attack that killed at least 144 people in Moscow on March 22.
Trade dispute has sparked farmer protests in Poland and strained bilateral relations.
The EU has opted against transferring €5bn to Ukraine from the proceeds derived from frozen assets of the Russian Federation, a decision likely to stoke controversy amidst heightened tensions between the EU and Russia.
The sanctioned sister of Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov has voluntarily and irrevocably waived her right to receive benefits from two family trusts set up years ago by the Uzbek-born tycoon in a bid to have sanctions on her lifted.
As sanctions on Russian diamonds kick in, traders are fleeing their long time European base of Antwerp and setting up in Dubai to avoid what they say are “impossible” rules.
Central Asians in Russia, meanwhile, endure beatings, vandalism and racism in backlash.
In Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko’s latest bombastic rant, he contradicted Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying the four terrorists fleeing the killing spree in the Crocus City Hall mall were headed towards Belarus not Ukraine.
Kyrgyzstan warning citizens to stay away from Russia and Turkmenistan trying to bring students home.
FSB officers may have been in the concert hall during the terrorist attack in Moscow, according to speculation posted on the Nexta Telegram channel.
Since the terrorist attack on Crocus City concert hall near Moscow, blameless Tajik migrants across Russia have experienced threats, verbal abuse and increased law enforcement harassment.
Ankara confirms two of accused entered Turkey, but denies they were radicalised while there.
The introduction on high tariffs on the import of Russian grain to the EU will have virtually no impact, as the volume of Russian grain arriving in the EU is so small and is not worth a lot of money.
Terrorist group’s Afghanistan-based ISIS-K branch has built to size and sophistication that give “ability to project a threat into the region and beyond”, Security Council was told.