Before the war, it was called “Moscow Avenue.” But now this wide boulevard which runs through Ukraine’s second city has been renamed “Heroes of Kharkiv” in honour of those fighting against invading Russian forces. “Here in Kharkiv, there is no place for an avenue named after the capital of the occupier that is killing our…
Major General Kanamat Botashev has become the highest-ranking Russian pilot to be killed in the skies over Ukraine, the BBC’s Russian service reported Tuesday. The 63-year-old retired general had been flying a Su-25 fighter jet over the Luhansk region on Sunday when the aircraft was targeted by a Stinger shoulder-fired missile system, the BBC reported,…
Top allies of President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Moscow was ready for a prolonged conflict in Ukraine in order to achieve the Kremlin’s goals in the pro-Western country. The hostilities, which entered their fourth month Tuesday, have killed thousands of people, displaced more than eight million, and forced more than six million refugees to…
Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday announced that it was imposing an entry ban on 154 members of the U.K. parliament’s House of Lords in retaliation for sanctions against Russian senators over Ukraine. Those listed included William Hague, a former foreign minister and leader of the Conservative Party in opposition. The blacklist does not include Russian-born…
A Danish Jehovah’s Witness has been released from Russian prison five years after he became the first member of the religious group to be jailed on extremism charges in Russia, the organization said Tuesday. Dennis Christensen, 49, was arrested at a prayer meeting in the city of Oryol south of Moscow in May 2017, a month…
Russian forces on Tuesday stepped up their offensive on the last pocket of resistance around Lugansk in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region, as the conflict entered its fourth month. Since Moscow’s invasion in late February, Western support has helped Ukraine hold off its neighbor’s advances in many areas, including the capital Kyiv. Russia is now focused…
He said his arrest was “part of the massive pressure on journalists and analysts who objectively describe the course of the current war.” “The goal of the Kremlin and (President Vladimir) Putin personally is to silence everyone,” he said. He said he would continue with his reports. “There’s nothing more important right now,” he said. Nacke…
St. Petersburg will establish a sister city relationship with the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol and help in its restoration, Governor Alexander Beglov said Tuesday. Russian forces claimed full control of Mariupol after the city’s last Ukrainian defenders surrendered at the Azovstal steel plant last week, ending a devastating, nearly three-month siege that has flattened the…
The Russian partner of Deloitte, one of the world’s leading consulting and accounting firms, has resumed its operations under a new brand name, the Kommersant business daily reported Tuesday. The British consultancy giant suspended operations in Russia and Belarus in early March in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and vowed to separate local practices…
Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on Tuesday lost his legal appeal against a nine-year prison sentence that he and his allies condemn as politically motivated. His sentencing came as Moscow pushes on with its military offensive in neighboring Ukraine and Russian authorities seek to silence remaining government critics. A Moscow court ruled to “leave the…
Russia said it would loosen capital controls late Monday as the surging ruble threatened to reduce export revenues. The Finance Ministry said in a statement that it would cut the share of foreign currency earnings exporters were required to convert to rubles from 80% to 50%. But the move did little to halt the Russian…
The Moscow-appointed leaders of southern Ukraine’s Kherson region will “ask” for a Russian military base, state media reported Tuesday in the latest example of Russia’s creeping grip on captured Ukrainian territories. Russian forces have installed pro-Moscow “military-civilian administrations” and introduced Russian currency, media and internet services in an effort to cement their presence in occupied areas…