In 2022, Russian filmmkers were virtually shut out from Western markets. They were not invited to the world’s main film festivals and their films were boycotted. The alternative? Go East. The logical first step was to try to forge closer ties with India, which has the largest film industry in the world and a long…
Russia’s Interior Ministry placed Christo Grozev, the lead Russia journalist with the open-source investigative journalism group Bellingcat, on its wanted list on Monday. In keeping with previous wanted lists, the ministry did not specify which criminal offense Grozev was suspected of. The Interior Ministry only provided the Bulgarian national’s birthplace, date of birth, gender, and…
Russia’s FSB domestic security agency announced on Monday that it had killed a group of saboteurs from Ukraine attempting to cross into a Russian border region. “As a result of a clash on December 25, 2022, four saboteurs, who attempted to enter the territory of the Bryansk region from Ukraine, were killed,” the FSB said…
Ukraine called for Russia to be removed as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council on Monday. “Ukraine calls on the member states of the UN … to deprive the Russian Federation of its status as a permanent member of the UN Security Council and to exclude it from the UN as a…
Russian air defense troops downed a Ukrainian drone as it approached an air base in southern Russia and three people died after being struck by debris, Russian news agencies said Monday. It was the second attack on the Engels base this month. Engels, in the southern Saratov region, lies over 600 kilometers from Ukraine. “On…