Moscow said Thursday it will seek retribution for Latvia’s confiscation of a building it owns in Riga. Latvia’s parliament, the Saeima, voted earlier Thursday to seize the Moscow House, which has been funded by the Moscow Mayor’s Office since its opening in 2004 as a cultural and activities center for Russian nationals living in Latvia. In…
Aslan Mohammed Ocherkhadzhiev has just sat down at a safe house near Chasiv Yar, one of the last Ukrainian strongholds near the city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine. On the table before him sit stacks of paper coffee cups and cans labeled in Arabic. Lost in thought, he calmly sips a cup of coffee. With…
Animal rights activists in the Far East Russian republic of Buryatia have been evacuating stray dogs to other regions of the country after the republic legalized the euthanization of homeless animals in certain conditions. At least 600 dogs have already been evacuated to safe locations, but hundreds more are still awaiting evacuation, local animal rights…
Finland will extend the closure of its eastern border with Russia until Feb. 11 due to the continued threat of illegal migration that Helsinki blames on Moscow, the Nordic country’s Interior Ministry announced Thursday. The ministry said it has information that migrants from third countries remain on the Russian side of the border, waiting to…
Actor Yury Solomin died at home in Moscow on Thursday at the age of 88. Solomin was a stage and screen actor, the artistic director of the Maly Theater from 1988 until his death, as well as a director and teacher. In his career he played more than 50 roles at the Maly Theater and…
Nearly 10,000 companies with foreign involvement have exited Russia in the two years since it invaded Ukraine, the Vedomosti business daily reported Thursday, citing corporate data. The number of legal entities with foreign affiliation declined by 6,200 in 2022 and 3,400 in January-October 2023, totaling 9,600, according to the publication. Overall, Vedomosti said 23,500 companies with…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Thursday that any “pauses” in Ukraine’s defense against Russia’s invasion would only help Moscow to re-arm and allow it to “run us over.” Zelensky spoke in Estonia on the second leg of a Baltic tour aimed at boosting flagging support for his country’s almost two-year-long fight against Russia. “Give the…
President Vladimir Putin’s oldest daughter Maria Vorontsova has given a rare interview in which she described Russia as a “human-centric” state, the investigative news website Agentstvo reported Thursday. Putin has never publicly acknowledged Vorontsova and her younger sister Katerina Tikhonova as his daughters, while the Kremlin has kept details of their lives a closely guarded…
Hundreds of civilians including children departed the Russian city of Belgorod, near the border with Ukraine, amid weeks of cross-border shelling that have left over two dozen dead. “The Belgorod region is going through hard times,” Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said Thursday. Here’s a look into the evacuation efforts:
A heating system breakdown has flooded the streets of Russia’s third-largest city of Novosibirsk, authorities said Thursday, with over 100 apartment buildings left without heat. Video published by local news outlets showed steaming-hot water engulfing streets and entire blocks of residential neighborhoods. “Residential buildings and public facilities in the Leninsky district were disconnected from heating and hot…
Russian left-wing activist Sergei Udaltsov has been charged with justifying terrorism on social media, the state-run news agency RIA Novosti reported Thursday, citing an anonymous law enforcement source. Udaltsov, who heads the socialist group Left Front, has been a vocal participant in anti-Kremlin demonstrations dating back to mass rallies held in 2012. In 2014, he was sentenced…
Updated with court order. A Moscow court on Friday jailed left-wing activist Sergei Udaltsov until Feb. 15 after he was detained and charged with justifying terrorism in social media posts, state media reported. Udaltsov, who heads the socialist group Left Front, has been a vocal participant in anti-Kremlin demonstrations dating back to mass rallies held in 2012. In…
Two Russian missiles struck a hotel in Ukraine’s second city Kharkiv, injuring 13 people including foreign journalists, local authorities said Thursday. The strikes on Wednesday evening came as both Moscow and Kyiv accuse each other of inflicting dozens of civilian casualties in a sharp escalation of attacks. “Thirteen people were injured,” including a Turkish citizen…
This is in excess of the plan by more than 250 th. tons. The cargo traffic rate via the Northern Sea Route (NSR) in 2023 was clarified, it amounted to 36.254 mln. tons. Thus, the target value was exceeded by more than 250 th. tons. “It became possible to achieve record-breaking cargo traffic parameters due…
ATOMEXPO-2024 International Forum, one of the key congress and exhibition events in the global nuclear industry, will take place on March, 25-26, in Sochi (in Sirius Science and Art Park, Sirius Federal Territory). The Forum will unite managers of government agencies, the major vendors and companies of the global nuclear industry, public organizations and international…