Thousands of Russians across the country and worldwide marched Monday with portraits of relatives and loved ones who took part in World War II in an annual march called the Immortal Regiment. The march, which has taken place in its modern form every year since 2012, follows Russia’s Victory Day commemorations. This year’s march took…
The port city of Odessa reeled on Tuesday from Russian missile strikes as Germany’s top diplomat became the highest-ranking official from Berlin to visit Ukraine since Moscow’s invasion. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock’s surprise visit to Bucha, a town outside Kyiv where Russian troops have been accused of war crimes, came amid mounting criticism of…
From superyachts and mansions to private jets and works of art, mega-rich Russians are being deprived of their expensive playthings, under swingeing sanctions that implicate them in Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine. The seizing and freezing of assets is proving the toughest trial yet for the Kremlin-favored “oligarchs,” many of whom got rich on the…
Russia’s Rutube video platform remained offline for a second day on Tuesday, after a massive cyberattack knocked it out just hours before it was to stream the Victory Day parade in Moscow. “We have, in fact, been hit with the biggest cyberattack in Rutube’s history,” the platform said in a message on Telegram on Tuesday.…