Day: October 29, 2022

  • Russia Suspends Participation in Ukraine Grain Deal

    Russia Suspends Participation in Ukraine Grain Deal

    Russia on Saturday suspended its participation in a landmark agreement that allowed vital grain exports from Ukraine, blaming drone attacks on Russian ships in Crimea. Russia made the announcement after its army accused Kyiv earlier Saturday of a “massive” drone attack on its Black Sea fleet, which Ukraine labeled a “false pretext” and the UN…

  • Russia Says Repelled Ukraine Drone Attack on Crimea Fleet

    Russia Says Repelled Ukraine Drone Attack on Crimea Fleet

    The Russian army accused Ukraine Saturday of a “massive” drone attack on its Black Sea Fleet in Crimea, while Britain bluntly rejected Moscow’s claims its specialists were involved. Sevastopol in Moscow-annexed Crimea, which has been targeted several times in recent months, serves as the headquarters for the fleet and a logistical hub for operations in…

  • Russia Accuses U.K. of Being Involved in Nord Stream Explosions

    Russia Accuses U.K. of Being Involved in Nord Stream Explosions

    Russia’s army on Saturday accused the U.K. of being “involved” in explosions on the Nord Stream gas pipelines, alleging the same British military specialists helped Ukraine plan a drone attack on Moscow’s Black Sea Fleet.  Russia did not provide any evidence, but considers the U.S. one of the countries most unfriendly to Moscow, with relations…

  • War, Sanctions and Economic Turmoil: The Struggle for Russian Charities to Survive

    War, Sanctions and Economic Turmoil: The Struggle for Russian Charities to Survive

    Stem cells for bone marrow transplants have just 48 hours to reach the patient in need. Any longer than this, and they’ll die. In peacetime, 48 hours was more than enough time to ship stem cells from the Stefan Morsch Stiftung in Germany’s Black Forest to Moscow — the delivery would take just one flight…

  • Russian State Media Journalist Killed in Crimea Shooting Range Accident

    Russian State Media Journalist Killed in Crimea Shooting Range Accident

    A veteran Russian state media journalist has been killed in an accident on a shooting range in Moscow-annexed Crimea, Russia’s main Rossiya Segodnya state media group has said.  Svetlana Babayeva, the head of the Kremlin-backed media’s Crimea bureau, “died due to an accident” while practicing shooting on Friday, Russian agencies quoted the media outlet as…

  • Who Doesn’t Love Cabbage Rolls?

    Who Doesn’t Love Cabbage Rolls?

    A joke in Russian goes like this: some people eat meat, some people eat cabbage, but on average people eat cabbage rolls. Today everyone in Russia knows what cabbage rolls are. But 200 years ago this was a culinary novelty for Russians. The traditional territory of cabbage rolls is Eastern Europe and Scandinavia — although…