Day: May 2, 2023
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‘Explosive Device’ Derails Second Russian Freight Train Near Ukraine
The station lies about two kilometers outside the regional hub of Bryansk, while the explosion that caused a train to derail and catch fire on Monday occurred near Unecha, closer to the Ukraine border. Russian Railways put out a statement saying the train had derailed due to “the intervention of unauthorized persons in the work…
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Kremlin Guidelines for Media Coverage of Ukrainian Counteroffensive Leaked
The Kremlin has issued a list of guidelines for Russia’s state media outlets on how to cover Ukraine’s impending counteroffensive, the independent news outlet Meduza revealed on Tuesday. The guidelines, which recommended emphasizing the fact that Ukraine is being armed by NATO while discouraging any suggestion that Kyiv is underprepared, appear aimed at giving Moscow…
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Russian Billionaire Seeking Sanctions Relief Insures Moscow’s Battle Equipment – Investigation
Companies linked to Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman have supplied uniforms and equipment to the Russian military and insured equipment used by Russia’s National Guard to fight in Ukraine, according to a joint investigation by U.S.-funded media outlets Current Time and Radio Svoboda Ukraine. The report comes as Fridman continues to appeal to the European Union…
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Russia Summons Polish Envoy Over Embassy School Closure
Russia on Tuesday summoned the Polish embassy’s charge d’affaires after Poland closed a school run by the Russian Embassy in Warsaw, domestic news agencies reported. Poland and Russia have historically had tense relations, which have plummeted even further since the Ukraine offensive. Russia’s RIA Novosti news agency published a video of diplomat Jacek Sladewski entering…
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ROSATOM took part in the international MDEP conference
ROSATOM has taken part in the 5th international MDEP conference (The Multinational Design Evaluation Programme) that was held in Turkey. The event was organized by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency. The conference was attended by over 100 representatives of regulatory authorities and large companies from 19 countries. Russia was represented by Rostechnadzor, Rosenergoatom JSC, Rusatom Energy…
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European Court Fines Russia for Abuse of ‘Outcast’ Prisoners
The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday said Russia must compensate several prisoners belonging to an informal caste of “outcasts” who are subject to abuse and ostracisation behind bars. The 11 plaintiffs, who have served or are serving time, said they had been placed in the category by their fellow inmates. So-called “outcasts” are…
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Russia Says ‘No Alternative’ to Its Karabakh Mediation After U.S. Initiative
Russia on Tuesday responded to U.S.-hosted peace talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan this week saying there was “no alternative” to a deal that Moscow signed with the two warring countries in 2020. “For the moment, there is no other legal basis that would help a resolution. There is no alternative to these trilateral documents,” Kremlin…
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The Torture of Isolation: Inside the Russian Prison Housing U.S. Journalist Evan Gershkovich
Since his arrest on charges of espionage just over a month ago, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has been held in Russia’s most notorious prison, Lefortovo, located in a leafy residential district of Moscow. Its impenetrable walls once muffled the cries of Soviet-era political prisoners tortured and executed by security officers during Stalin’s purges. …
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Russian Fashion Designer Valentin Yudashkin Dies at 59
Fashion designer Valentin Yudashkin, whose elegant dresses gave Russian fashion a star in the constellation of international haute couture, died Tuesday in Moscow at the age of 59. The cause of death was oncology, which he had been battling since 2016. Yudashkin was born in a small town outside Moscow. He graduated from the Moscow Industrial…
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Tinder to Exit Russia More Than 1 Year Into Ukraine War
The popular dating app Tinder will leave Russia on June 30, more than a year into a mass foreign business exodus set off by the invasion of Ukraine, Reuters reported Tuesday. Explaining the decision in an annual impact report published Monday, Tinder’s owner Match Group said it was “committed to protecting human rights.” Tinder and other…
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Russian Anti-War Activist’s Son Held in ‘Prison Conditions’ in Juvenile Detention
A jailed Russian anti-war activist’s teenage son is being kept in “prison conditions” in juvenile detention away from the rest of his family, media reported Tuesday. Natalia Filonova, 61, is awaiting trial in the Far East republic of Buryatia on charges of assaulting police with a ballpoint pen. Filonova’s preliminary hearing was scheduled to be held…
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Russia Deports German Citizen on ‘LGBT Propaganda’ Charges
A German national convicted of “LGBT propaganda” has been deported from Russia’s Far East, state media reported Tuesday, citing regional prison authorities. Media in the Kamchatka region identified the man as Alexander Daniel Roth, 40, according to the state-run RIA Novosti news agency. Roth reportedly coordinated the German language program for the education ministry of the…
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Russia Evacuates 200 Diplomats, Civilians From Sudan as Fighting Intensifies
Russia has evacuated more than 200 of its diplomats and other Russian nationals from Sudan as fighting between the country’s army chief and paramilitaries entered its third week, state media reported Tuesday. The first two Russian Defense Ministry transport aircraft landed outside Moscow in the morning, according to footage published by the military’s Zvezda broadcaster.…