Month: September 2022

Russia’s Central Bank Slashes Interest Rates to 7.5% – The Moscow Times Support The Moscow Times! Contribute today My account Signout × Sections Home Ukraine War News Opinion Business Arts and Life Podcasts Galleries Newsletters Multimedia projects Mothers & Daughters Generation P News Ukraine War Business Opinion Arts and Life Podcasts Newsletters RU My account…

Russia-Installed Officials Killed in Occupied Ukraine – The Moscow Times Support The Moscow Times! Contribute today My account Signout × Sections Home Ukraine War News Opinion Business Arts and Life Podcasts Galleries Newsletters Multimedia projects Mothers & Daughters Generation P News Ukraine War Business Opinion Arts and Life Podcasts Newsletters RU My account Signout Support…

Russian Governors Back Kadyrov’s Call to ‘Self-Mobilize’ Residents for Ukraine Deployment – The Moscow Times Support The Moscow Times! Contribute today My account Signout × Sections Home Ukraine War News Opinion Business Arts and Life Podcasts Galleries Newsletters Multimedia projects Mothers & Daughters Generation P News Ukraine War Business Opinion Arts and Life Podcasts Newsletters…

Germany Seizes Russia’s Rosneft Units to Ensure Energy Supplies – The Moscow Times Support The Moscow Times! Contribute today My account Signout × Sections Home Ukraine War News Opinion Business Arts and Life Podcasts Galleries Newsletters Multimedia projects Mothers & Daughters Generation P News Ukraine War Business Opinion Arts and Life Podcasts Newsletters RU My…

Russia Decries ‘Immoral’ Queen Elizabeth II Funeral Snub – The Moscow Times Support The Moscow Times! Contribute today My account Signout × Sections Home Ukraine War News Opinion Business Arts and Life Podcasts Galleries Newsletters Multimedia projects Mothers & Daughters Generation P News Ukraine War Business Opinion Arts and Life Podcasts Newsletters RU My account…

Russia Says Pipeline to China Will Replace Nord Stream 2 – The Moscow Times Support The Moscow Times! Contribute today My account Signout × Sections Home Ukraine War News Opinion Business Arts and Life Podcasts Galleries Newsletters Multimedia projects Mothers & Daughters Generation P News Ukraine War Business Opinion Arts and Life Podcasts Newsletters RU…

In Photos: De-Occupied Izyum Following Ukraine’s Counteroffensive – The Moscow Times Support The Moscow Times! Contribute today My account Signout × Sections Home Ukraine War News Opinion Business Arts and Life Podcasts Galleries Newsletters Multimedia projects Mothers & Daughters Generation P News Ukraine War Business Opinion Arts and Life Podcasts Newsletters RU My account Signout…

Fear Grips Russian Border Towns Amid Ukrainian Offensive – The Moscow Times Support The Moscow Times! Contribute today My account Signout × Sections Home Ukraine War News Opinion Business Arts and Life Podcasts Galleries Newsletters Multimedia projects Mothers & Daughters Generation P News Ukraine War Business Opinion Arts and Life Podcasts Newsletters RU My account…

Putin, Xi Hail ‘Great Power’ Ties at Talks Defying West – The Moscow Times Support The Moscow Times! Contribute today My account Signout × Sections Home Ukraine War News Opinion Business Arts and Life Podcasts Galleries Newsletters Multimedia projects Mothers & Daughters Generation P News Ukraine War Business Opinion Arts and Life Podcasts Newsletters RU…

Video Shows Prigozhin Recruiting Russian Prisoners for Ukraine Fight – The Moscow Times Support The Moscow Times! Contribute today My account Signout × Sections Home Ukraine War News Opinion Business Arts and Life Podcasts Galleries Newsletters Multimedia projects Mothers & Daughters Generation P News Ukraine War Business Opinion Arts and Life Podcasts Newsletters RU My…

Russia Rescinds Independent Novaya Gazeta’s Online Media License – The Moscow Times Support The Moscow Times! Contribute today My account Signout × Sections Home Ukraine War News Opinion Business Arts and Life Podcasts Galleries Newsletters Multimedia projects Mothers & Daughters Generation P News Ukraine War Business Opinion Arts and Life Podcasts Newsletters RU My account…

Death Toll in Armenia-Azerbaijan Border Clashes Rises to Over 170 – The Moscow Times Support The Moscow Times! Contribute today My account Signout × Sections Home Ukraine War News Opinion Business Arts and Life Podcasts Galleries Newsletters Multimedia projects Mothers & Daughters Generation P News Ukraine War Business Opinion Arts and Life Podcasts Newsletters RU…

Japan Boosts Natural Gas Imports From Russia – The Moscow Times Support The Moscow Times! Contribute today My account Signout × Sections Home Ukraine War News Opinion Business Arts and Life Podcasts Galleries Newsletters Multimedia projects Mothers & Daughters Generation P News Ukraine War Business Opinion Arts and Life Podcasts Newsletters RU My account Signout…

Belarus Strongman Chops Wood for Europeans ‘Freezing to Death’ – The Moscow Times Support The Moscow Times! Contribute today My account Signout × Sections Home Ukraine War News Opinion Business Arts and Life Podcasts Galleries Newsletters Multimedia projects Mothers & Daughters Generation P News Ukraine War Business Opinion Arts and Life Podcasts Newsletters RU My…

‘Uneasy Allies’: Putin and Xi Set to Meet for First Time Since Ukraine War – The Moscow Times Support The Moscow Times! Contribute today My account Signout × Sections Home Ukraine War News Opinion Business Arts and Life Podcasts Galleries Newsletters Multimedia projects Mothers & Daughters Generation P News Ukraine War Business Opinion Arts and…

China, Russia Stage Pacific Navy Drills  – The Moscow Times Support The Moscow Times! Contribute today My account Signout × Sections Home Ukraine War News Opinion Business Arts and Life Podcasts Galleries Newsletters Multimedia projects Mothers & Daughters Generation P News Ukraine War Business Opinion Arts and Life Podcasts Newsletters RU My account Signout Support…

As Russian forces retreated from Ukraine’s Kharkiv region in the face of last week’s successful Ukrainian counteroffensive, some of the strongest criticism of the Kremlin has come from the strongest supporters of its invasion.  These so-called “pro-war bloggers” have become an increasingly popular source of information about the fighting in Ukraine, amassing huge online followings…

Six people in Russian-annexed Crimea were arrested or fined for playing a popular Ukrainian patriotic song at a wedding reception, the RBC business daily reported Wednesday. The wedding organizers and guests were accused of “promoting Nazi symbols” and “discrediting” the Russian Armed Forces after they played “Chervona Kalyna” at the reception held earlier this month. …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday promised “victory” on a visit to the strategic city of Izyum that was recently recaptured from Russia by Kyiv’s army in a lightning counteroffensive. The visit comes at a decisive moment in Russia’s six-month invasion, with Ukraine routing Moscow’s forces from swathes of the east and seriously undermining the Kremlin’s ambitions to…

Several post-Soviet republics have dramatically increased exports to Russia after its invasion of Ukraine sparked a global trade and sanctions backlash against Moscow, the RBC news website reported Wednesday. Citing foreign and UN Comtrade data, the outlet reported Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan exported $9.4 billion worth of goods to Russia in March-June 2022 — a…

Russian President Vladimir Putin had rejected a potential deal with Ukraine offered by his key envoy in the early days of the invasion as he “expanded” his goals to include annexing more territory, Reuters reported Wednesday, citing three unnamed sources close to Russia’s leadership. Kremlin deputy chief of staff Dmitry Kozak, Putin’s chief envoy on Ukraine,…

Azerbaijan on Wednesday offered to return the bodies 100 Armenian troops killed in the worst clashes between the historic rivals since their war in 2020. The offer came just a day after fighting erupted between the arch foes, and each accused the other of violating a fragile truce that one analyst described as “neither war,…

A former U.S. ambassador to the UN who has negotiated the release of several American citizens held in other countries traveled to Russia this week as Washington continues to push for the release of two jailed Americans in high-profile cases, CNN reported Tuesday without naming its source. Bill Richardson held meetings with unidentified Russian leaders…

A military alliance of ex-Soviet republics led by Russia has been deployed to Armenia following deadly border clashes with Azerbaijan, the organization said early Wednesday. The shootout between the neighbors locked in a decades-old conflict erupted after midnight Tuesday, killing at least 49 Armenian and 50 Azerbaijani troops. Armenia appealed for Russia’s assistance under a…

Russia has covertly sent at least $300 million to foreign political parties and candidates in more than two dozen countries since 2014 in bids to gain influence, a declassified U.S. intelligence assessment said Tuesday.  U.S. intelligence “assesses that these are minimum figures and that Russia likely has transferred additional funds covertly in cases that have gone undetected,” a…

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to pull out his troops from Ukraine, as a counteroffensive by Kyiv’s forces made swift progress. Scholz in a 90-minute telephone call “urged” Putin to “come to a diplomatic solution as quickly as possible, based on a ceasefire, a complete withdrawal of Russian forces and respect…

YEREVAN, Armenia — Russia said Tuesday it had negotiated a ceasefire between ex-Soviet Armenia and Azerbaijan after clashes between the historic rivals left at least 49 Armenian troops dead.  The Armenian Defense Ministry said the fighting started early Tuesday, with the Armenian cities of Goris, Sotk, and Jermuk coming under fire from Azerbaijani artillery, mortars…

Ukraine’s successful counteroffensive in the northeastern region of Kharkiv has severely reduced Russia’s military capabilities and means Moscow will be unable to achieve its current war aims, analysts said Tuesday.   “The overall situation for Russia is becoming increasingly difficult,” said Konrad Muzyka of Poland-based Rochan Consulting.  “It will be up to Ukraine to decide when,…

Russian climate activists have filed the country’s first-ever lawsuit demanding stronger government action toward the climate crisis, The Guardian reported Tuesday. Russia, the world’s fourth-largest greenhouse gas emitter, is warming twice as fast as the planet as a whole — a trend that is already fueling major environmental disasters like wildfires, floods and permafrost melt.…

Russia is not planning to declare a mass national draft for the war in Ukraine, the Kremlin said Tuesday.  The denial comes amid growing speculation that Russia may be looking to reverse its flagging fortunes in its six-month invasion of Ukraine by declaring mass mobilization and shoring up its apparent military manpower shortage.   “Not at…

Russian security services said Tuesday they had arrested an employee of an aerospace factory on suspicion of high treason for passing classified defense-related information to Ukraine. The Federal Security Service (FSB) said in a statement carried by Russian news agencies that it had detained a Russian national suspected of “high treason for transferring data to…

Moscow will not respond in kind to the European Union’s new hurdles for Russians visiting the bloc’s visa-free travel zone, a senior diplomat said Tuesday. The European Union last week formally suspended a 2007 visa facilitation deal with Moscow that had made it easier and cheaper for Russians to travel to Europe as part of the…

Updated at 12:00 p.m. on Sept. 13 to add Russia’s ceasefire announcement. Russia said Tuesday it had negotiated a ceasefire between ex-Soviet Armenia and Azerbaijan, after fresh border clashes between the historic rivals left dozens dead. Armenia and Azerbaijan traded blame for exchanges of fire around the contested Nagorno-Karabakh region that began at about midnight…

Moscow confirmed Tuesday the arrests of Russian teachers who had been deployed to northeastern Ukraine after Kyiv’s forces recaptured swathes of the region from Russia in a lightning counteroffensive. The confirmation by Russian investigative authorities came one day after Ukraine’s top government official announced the arrests of Russian teachers in the Kharkiv region.  Prime Minister Iryna…

Russian pro-government figures have voiced concern and frustration over Kyiv’s weekend counteroffensive that saw its forces retake swathes of northeastern Ukraine, amid mounting domestic criticism of the Kremlin’s handling of its six-month invasion. Ukraine recaptured almost all of the Kharkiv region from Russian forces in a shock counteroffensive over the weekend, in what observers say…

Dozens of municipal deputies from Moscow and St. Petersburg have called on President Vladimir Putin to resign in an open letter published Monday.  The call for the Russian president to step down comes amid claims of vote rigging in this weekend’s local and regional elections as well as a massive advance by Kyiv’s forces that…

The Russian Defense Ministry said Monday it is carrying out strikes in areas of northeastern Ukraine that Kyiv’s forces recaptured in recent days in a shock counteroffensive.  Ukraine over the weekend retook nearly all of the Kharkiv region, including the strategic cities of Izyum and Kupiansk, ending months of Russian occupation and marking one of…

At least two Russian-installed officials who were said to have been assassinated in occupied Ukraine over the summer are in fact alive, authorities and state media said Monday. Sergei Tomko and Vitally Gura from southern Ukraine’s Kherson region, which Russian forces captured in early March, were reported to be among the 20 Moscow-installed officials killed since…

Pro-Kremlin candidates swept the field in Russia’s local and regional elections over the weekend, the first since the country invaded Ukraine, according to preliminary results published Monday. Already overshadowed by the arrests or disqualification of opposition politicians as well as wartime censorship laws, Russia’s 2022 elections were further marred by claims of fraud over the…

The Kremlin has put on hold referendums to annex territories claimed by Russian forces in Ukraine amid Kyiv’s shock counteroffensive in the northeast, the independent Meduza news website reported Sunday, citing unnamed sources close to the Kremlin. Kremlin-linked political strategists preparing the annexation votes had been reportedly called back to Russia from southern Ukraine’s partially…

Officials in east Ukraine on Sunday blamed Russian attacks on key facilities for widespread blackouts that hit large areas of the country where Kyiv’s forces have been making gains in a counteroffensive. The blackouts, which came after Ukrainian forces said they had recaptured dozens of towns and villages in eastern Ukraine, hit regions with pre-war…

A few days after Russia launched its invasion of neighboring Ukraine, Russian conscript sailor Mark Tarasov wrote to his mother in St. Petersburg from aboard the Black Sea Fleet’s flagship, the Moskva.  “I’m fine. Alive. We are all good. I don’t really know what is happening in the world right now, only in basic terms,”…

Russia said it was pulling back troops from the eastern Kharkiv region of Ukraine as Kyiv announced massive territorial gains in its lightning counteroffensive. A Moscow-backed separatist leader in the east meanwhile said Russian forces were fighting “difficult” battles against Kyiv’s troops in several parts of eastern Donetsk region. A Ukrainian official also said Kyiv’s…

Updates with Pushilin comments and Kupiansk seizure. Kyiv said Saturday its forces were making lightning gains in the east of the country in a shock counteroffensive to recapture territory that fell to Russia shortly after Moscow’s February invasion. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock meanwhile arrived in the Ukrainian capital for a surprise visit, which she…

Russian forces controlling Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant have killed two staff at the facility and detained and abused dozens of others, the head of Ukraine’s nuclear energy agency told AFP on Friday.  The Zaporizhzhia plant — the largest in Europe — was captured by Russian troops in March. An uptick in fighting around it in recent weeks has raised fears of a nuclear disaster with both Moscow and Kyiv blaming the other for the escalation.  “A regime of harassment of personnel was gradually established,” following the Russian takeover, Petro Kotin said.  “Two people were beaten to death. We do not know where about…

Russia said on Friday it was dispatching reinforcements to the Kharkiv region in eastern Ukraine where Kyiv’s forces have announced robust gains as part of a broader counteroffensive. State media broadcast footage of columns of Russian tanks, support vehicles and artillery travelling along paved roads and dirt tracks, emblazoned with the letter “Z,” the symbol of…

Russians began voting Friday in the country’s first elections since the start of the invasion of Ukraine — a vote that is unlikely to yield any political upsets for the Kremlin, but will be seen as an indicator of the public mood following six months of war. More than 31,000 positions are up for grabs…

Queen Elizabeth II died Thursday at age 96, ending the longest reign in the history of the British monarchy and leaving behind a legacy that spans seven decades. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Queen Elizabeth II made a historic visit to Russia in 1994, becoming the first ruling British monarch to set foot…

The U.S. oilfield services corporation Halliburton announced Friday it has fully exited the Russian market in response to the invasion of Ukraine. The corporation, one of the world’s largest energy product and service suppliers, said it sold its Russian operations to a Russia-based management team composed of former Halliburton employees.  “The Russia-based management team now…

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday offered his condolences to King Charles III following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, wishing the new monarch “courage and resilience” after his mother’s passing. “The most important events of the United Kingdom’s recent history are inextricably bound with the name of Her Majesty. For many decades Elizabeth II…

Ukraine on Thursday claimed a military breakthrough in its counter-offensive against Russian invaders as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, on a surprise visit to Kyiv, unveiled another $2.8 billion in military aid. Ukraine said its forces made gains in the north, the south and the east, prying back land seized by Russia which had hoped for…

The South Caucasus nation of Georgia, a popular destination for Russians opposed to the invasion of Ukraine, is increasingly denying entry to Russian citizens, local activists told The Moscow Times. More than a dozen Russians are blocked from Georgia every day, Yegor Kuroptev, director of the Free Russia Foundation in the South Caucasus, said Thursday.…

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny said Thursday he has been barred from confidential communications with his lawyers or family at the penal colony where he’s currently serving a nine-year prison sentence. “It has been established that you continue your criminal activity, you are committing crimes directly from the prison facilities and you communicate with your…

Russian forces appeared to be struggling to contain a Ukrainian counteroffensive around the northeastern city of Kharkiv on Thursday amid claims that Kyiv’s forces had advanced as far as 50 kilometers in a breakthrough involving tanks and artillery.   “During defense operations to recapture lost territory in the Kharkiv direction, since the start of the week,…

Poland and the three Baltic states said Thursday they would temporarily restrict access for Russian citizens holding EU visas by Sept. 19 to address “public policy and security threats.” The prime ministers of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland said in a statement they were concerned “about the substantial and growing influx of Russian citizens” into…