Day: October 19, 2022

State-run Russian television aired footage on Wednesday of long lines of people and their luggage on the banks of the Dnipro River in southern Ukraine’s Kherson region after Moscow announced it was evacuating tens of thousands of local residents.  “People are getting on the ferry and going to the temporary accommodation centers,” one apparent volunteer…

A judge in Norway on Tuesday ordered the son of one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s closest allies to be placed in custody for two weeks following a request from the country’s police. “The man has Russian and British citizenship and is charged with violating the Sanction Act §4 for flying a drone in Norwegian territory at…

For the third time in a week, police in northern Norway have detained Russian citizens for taking photos in areas where photography is banned. While the police declined to give any further information, they did confirm that the arrests took place “at a location in Nordland,” a county in northern Norway that is home to…

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday declared martial law in four Ukrainian regions that Moscow claims to have annexed as the Russian military continues to be plagued by setbacks in its eight-month offensive. “I signed a decree to introduce martial law in these four subjects of the Russian Federation,” Putin said during a televised meeting of…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Wednesday that he had agreed with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to create a “gas hub” in Turkey, the state-run RIA Novosti news agency reported. During an address to the Turkish parliament, Erdogan cited Putin as saying Europe could obtain its gas supply from the hub in Turkey…

Pro-Kremlin officials were pulling out of the key southern Ukraine city of Kherson on Wednesday, as Kyiv’s forces advanced on territory in Russian hands since the war’s earliest days. Kherson was the first major city to fall to Moscow’s troops after the February invasion and retaking it would be a major prize in Ukraine’s ongoing…

Ukraine has removed its ambassador to Kazakhstan in Central Asia, according to a decree published on the presidential website, after remarks he made about Russia spurred condemnation from Moscow. Russia’s Foreign Ministry had urged Kazakhstan to expel Petro Vrublevsky after he gave an interview in which he made comments about “killing” Russians. He later apologized…

A Russian analyst who contributed explosive details to the so-called “Steele dossier” that alleged close ties between Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and Russia has been acquitted on charges of lying to the FBI about the sources of his intelligence, Reuters reported. Igor Danchenko, a Russian-born researcher, was acquitted by a U.S. jury on four charges…

Heightened Tensions 4 Russians Arrested in Norway for Breaking Photography Ban For the third time in a week, police in northern Norway have detained Russian citizens for taking photos in areas where photography is banned. While the…