Russia is doubling down in its efforts to block Ukrainian grain exports and maximize damage to Kyiv’s profits one week after it pulled out of a landmark grain deal securing Ukrainian grain exports. In addition to its systematic attacks on three Ukrainian ports on the Black Sea near Odesa in recent days, Moscow for the…
The Kremlin will be seeking to clinch new economic agreements and partnerships across the African continent as it hosts delegations from dozens of African states this week — but may come away with less than it hopes for. The second Russia-Africa Summit, due to commence in St. Petersburg on Thursday, comes as Moscow increasingly turns…
ROSATOM will act as the general partner of the 2nd Russia-Africa Summit, Economic and Humanitarian Forum to be held on July, 27-28 at EXPOFORUM Congress and Exhibition Center in St. Petersburg. Discussion of the joint nuclear solutions, particularly in the area of nuclear power engineering, nuclear medicine, food security assurance, is planned within the framework…
President Vladimir Putin is planning to visit China in October, the Kremlin said Tuesday, as Russia aims to shore up ties with one of its closest allies. “It is known that we have received an invitation and that we intend to go to China when the Belt and Road Forum is held in October,” Yuri Ushakov, an…
Russia said Tuesday that its forces had progressed by up to two kilometers (1.2 miles) along a section of the front in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region. “The total advance of our units amounted to up two kilometers in depth along up to four kilometers of the front” in the direction of Lyman, the Defense Ministry said…
Russian President Vladimir Putin “was paralyzed and unable to act decisively” during the first hours of the mutiny launched by Wagner mercenary group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin last month, The Washington Post reported Tuesday, citing Ukrainian and European security officials. Putin did not issue orders for most of the day of Prigozhin’s June 24 rebellion, The…
Specialists of Kursk Branch Office of Trest RosSEM LLC (subsidiary construction organization of ROSATOM Engineering Division) completed the installation of ventilation stack of the auxiliary reactor building of Kursk NPP-2 Unit 2. The installation of the complex metal structure was carried out in three main stages. After the stack elements had been manufactured in the…
MOSCOW — With its blue-and-yellow branding and stuffed sharks adorning the entrance, it’s easy to recognize what this small store in a shopping mall located in southwest Moscow is aiming for. Гуд Лакк (“Good Luck” in Cyrillic letters), which opened earlier this month, is in many ways a carbon copy of IKEA, the Swedish furniture…
Russian authorities on Tuesday designated the exiled independent news channel Dozdh as an “undesirable” organization. The designation bans Dozhd’s work in Russia, puts staff members at risk of jail time and criminalizes engagement with the broadcaster, including sharing its content online. Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office said in a statement that Dozhd “systematically” violated the country’s…
Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said Tuesday that pro-war nationalist Igor Girkin, who was arrested last week on extremism charges, should be recognized as a political prisoner. Girkin, a Russian army veteran and ex-FSB officer also known as Igor Strelkov, was arrested last Friday on charges of “public incitement of extremist activity.” The move was…
Russian lawmakers on Tuesday passed a bill raising the upper age limit for military conscription and banning draftees from leaving the country, as Moscow continues its efforts to widen the pool of potential recruits for its war in Ukraine. Under current Russian law, all men aged 18-27 are required to complete a one-year term of…
Russia said Tuesday that one of its military patrol boats had repelled an attack overnight in the Black Sea, where tensions have been building after Moscow backed out of a deal protecting Ukrainian grain shipments. “Ukraine’s armed forces carried out an unsuccessful attack with two naval drones against the Sergei Kotov patrol ship overnight,” the…
Russia will receive “super priority” rights in acquiring the assets of strategic foreign companies that leave the country, Interfax reported Monday, citing an unpublished draft presidential decree. “Russia’s preferential right to acquire shares is realized regardless of the preferential rights of other persons,” the text reportedly reads. The list of strategic companies includes around 200…