Rosneft Volunteers Planted Cedars on The Shore of Lake Baikal
Volunteers of Angarsk Petrochemical Company (an enterprise of Rosneft Oil Company’s refining complex) planted about 150 cedar seedlings on the coastal territory of Lake Baikal
Georgia’s EU Accession Frozen, Says Brussels’ Envoy to Tbilisi
The European Union has halted Georgia’s accession talks amid strained ties over Tbilisi’s controversial “foreign influence” law, the bloc’s top diplomat in the South Caucasus country said Tuesday. “Regrettably, Georgia’s EU accession process is stopped for now — this has been decided by EU leaders during the last European Council,” said EU Ambassador to Tbilisi Pawel…
Kremlin Says Will Follow NATO Summit Closely
A Kremlin spokesman on Tuesday said that Russia will follow closely a NATO summit about to open in Washington, attended by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other world leaders. Dmitry Peskov, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, told journalists that Moscow would follow “with the greatest attention… the rhetoric at the talks and the decisions that…
Russian Tycoons Earn $11.3Bln in Dividends Amid Wartime Economic Boom – Bloomberg
At least a dozen Russian oligarchs received more than 1 trillion rubles ($11.3 billion) in dividends in 2023 as the country saw a sharp wartime economic rebound, Bloomberg reported Monday, citing data compiled from publicly disclosed information. The earnings underscore how the Russian economy has adapted to the punishing Western sanctions imposed in response to the…
Rosneft at Russia Expo: Over 1 Million Visitors and Nearly 2,000 Events
The Rosneft Pavilion completed its work at the International Russia Expo
Russia Defense Ministry Says Destroyed 38 Ukrainian Drones
Russian forces destroyed 38 Ukrainian drones overnight in regions near the border, Moscow’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday. “Air defense systems on duty destroyed and intercepted three UAVs over Belgorod region, seven UAVs over Kursk region, two UAVs over Voronezh region, 21 UAVs over Rostov region and five UAVs over Astrakhan region,” the ministry said in…
‘Unthinkable’: Desperate Rescue Efforts in Kyiv After Russian Missile Strikes Children’s Hospital
KYIV, Ukraine — “It’s not safe, it’s not safe. We need to go now,” a woman yelled at people running to shelter on Maidan Nezalezhnosti in the heart of the Ukrainian capital as the sounds of air defenses thundered overhead. As the first sirens blared throughout Kyiv at 9:52 a.m., many residents moved to shelters,…
Modi, Putin Hold Talks Amid Outrage Over Ukraine Strikes
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was set to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, a day after the Indian leader arrived in Moscow amid global outcry over Russian strikes in Ukraine. Modi, visiting Moscow for the first time since Russia launched its campaign in Ukraine in February 2022, will seek to nurture New Delhi’s…
Russia Sentences Director, Writer to 6 Years for ‘Justifying Terrorism’ With Play
A Russian military court on Monday sentenced theater director Yevgenia Berkovich and playwright Svetlana Petriychuk to six years each on charges of “justifying terrorism” in a high-profile case that has drawn criticism from rights advocates. Prosecutors had asked for Berkovich, 39, and Petriychuk, 44, to each be sentenced to six years in a penal colony…
In Photos: Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital After Russian Strike
Volunteers and medics are searching for survivors in the rubble of the largest children’s hospital in Ukraine, which was hit by a Russian missile during a daytime barrage on several Ukrainian cities on Monday. It was not immediately clear how many had been killed in Kyiv’s Okhmatdyt hospital. At least 31 people were confirmed dead…
Women Relatives of Mobilized Soldiers Stage Sit-In at Russian Defense Ministry
Wives and mothers of mobilized Russian soldiers seeking their return from the war in Ukraine have staged a sit-in protest outside the Defense Ministry in central Moscow, according to videos shared by participants Monday. “We’ve brought sleeping bags and everything we need to wait for when we’ll finally be heard,” one woman could be heard telling…
West Condemns Russian Strike on Kyiv Children’s Hospital
Western leaders and diplomats expressed outrage after Russian missiles destroyed a children’s hospital in Kyiv, amid a rare daytime attack on Ukrainian cities which killed at least 20 on Monday. Russia fired dozens of missiles at cities across Ukraine in a massive barrage that killed at least 31 people and smashed into Okhmatdyt children’s hospital…
WhatsApp Disrupted in Dagestan to Stop Spread of Extremism – TASS
Authorities in Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Dagestan are slowing access to WhatsApp over the platform’s refusal to curb the spread of “calls to participate in extremist actions,” the state news agency TASS reported Monday, citing an unidentified source. Users in Dagestan began experiencing disruptions with access to WhatsApp on Sunday, with additional reports saying…
Kremlin Not Expecting Better Ties with France After Election
Moscow does not “have any particular hope” for improved ties with Paris following France’s snap parliamentary election, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday. “So far, we have not seen such a clearly expressed political will [to restore bilateral relations] from anyone,” Peskov said. After leading the election’s first round in June, the far-right National…
Black-Market Database of Leaked Info Lists Russian Wartime Emigres – Agentstvo
A provider of stolen personal data sold on the black market has compiled a list of Russians who left the country following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the independent investigative news outlet Agentstvo reported Sunday. The database lists individuals who left for more than two months between 2022 and 2024, Agentstvo said, without indicating how many names…
Russian Missiles Kill 31 in Ukraine, Gut Kyiv Children’s Hospital
Russia struck cities across Ukraine on Monday with a missile barrage that killed 31 people and heavily damaged a Kyiv children’s hospital in an assault condemned as a ruthless attack on civilians. Dozens of volunteers, doctors and rescue workers were digging through debris of a part of Okhmatdyt children’s hospital in a desperate search for…
ROSATOM presented promising areas of cooperation at the NPPES-2024 Nuclear Forum in Türkiye
The State Corporation spoke about its opportunities for cooperation with Turkish companies in a wide range of areas. ROSATOM became a partner of the VI. International Exhibition and the X Summit of Nuclear Power Plants NPPES-2024, which ended in Istanbul (Türkiye) on July 3, 2024. Anton Dedusenko, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of…
India’s Modi Headed to Russia for First Visit Since Ukraine Offensive
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was due to arrive in Russia on Monday, as the Indian leader trod a fine line between maintaining a longstanding relationship with Moscow and courting closer Western security ties. The visit is Modi’s first since Russia launched its campaign in Ukraine and since he was returned to power last month as…
FSB Claims to Foil Ukrainian, NATO Attempt to Hijack Strategic Bomber
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said Monday it had prevented an attempt by Ukraine to hijack a missile-carrying strategic bomber. In the process, the FSB claimed it gained intelligence to help Russia’s military strike Ukrainian territory. “The FSB has stopped another Ukrainian special services attempt to carry out an operation to hijack the Tu-22M3 long-range strategic…
Cooperation Agreement between the ROSATOM and the Government of the Rostov Region signed on INNOPROM-2024
The State Corporation plans to build a wind power plant in the region. On July 8, in Yekaterinburg, as part of the International Industrial Exhibition Innoprom-2024, a ceremony was held to sign a Cooperation Agreement between the Rosatom State Corporation and the Government of the Rostov Region on the construction of a wind power plant…
Russian Munitions Depot Ablaze From Ukraine Drone Strike
An overnight Ukrainian drone attack set a Russian munitions depot ablaze the Voronezh region, near the two countries’ shared border, Russian and Ukrainian officials said Sunday. “Several drones were detected and destroyed overnight by air defense systems above the Voronezh region,” regional governor Alexander Gusev wrote on Telegram. “Their falling debris set off a fire…
Sacred Slavic Sausage Through the Ages
For Russians, kolbasa — the word for any kind of ground meat product, from cold cuts to breakfast sausage to the kind of sausage you throw on the grill — is an iconic and even sacred dish. It’s no longer a secret that a half-century ago it defined everything for Russians: social status, leisure activities…
Russian Wrestlers Reject Olympics Invitation
Russian wrestlers who were given permission to participate in this summer’s Olympic Games have rejected the invitation, the Russian Wrestling Federation said Saturday. After initially barring Russian athletes from the Games over Moscow’s war on Ukraine, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has moved to allow a handful of Russian athletes to take part under a neutral…
Russia Says Captured Village in East Ukraine
Russia on Saturday said its forces had captured a village in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, as Moscow continues to advance slowly across the battlefield. Russia’s Defence Ministry said its troops “liberated the village of Sokil,” around 30 kilometers (18 miles) northwest of Donetsk city, the capital of the region by the same name that Moscow…
Putin Congratulates Iran’s New President, Hopes for Closer Ties
Russian leader Vladimir Putin congratulated Iran’s reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian on his victory in a presidential runoff, the Kremlin said on Saturday. “I hope that your tenure as president will contribute to a reinforcement of constructive bilateral cooperation between our friendly peoples,” Putin said in a message to Pezeshkian. The two countries, the target of…
Kremlin Says ‘Not Optimistic’ on U.K.-Russia Ties After Labour Win
The Kremlin on Friday said it was “not optimistic at all” about any change in difficult relations between Britain and Russia following Labour’s victory in the U.K. general election. “As far as we can see from their previous statements, they are not inclined to any flexibility or creativity in normalizing bilateral Russian-British relations,” Kremlin spokesman…
Russian Strikes Kill 7, Wound Dozens in East Ukraine
Multiple Russian attacks killed at least seven and wounded more than two dozen others in the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine on Friday, officials said. Moscow has centered its firepower on the industrial region, which it claims to have annexed and has been partially controlled by Kremlin-backed forces since 2014. Russian-installed officials also said Ukrainian…
Russian Strikes Kill 4, Wound 23 in East Ukraine
Russian attacks killed four and wounded nearly two dozen others in the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine on Friday, regional officials said. Moscow has centered its firepower on the industrial region, which it claims to have annexed and has been partially controlled by Kremlin-backed forces since 2014. Regional Governor Vadym Filashkin said a 32-year-old woman…
Jailed Kremlin Critic Kara-Murza Transferred to Prison Hospital, Lawyers Denied Access
Jailed Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza has been transferred to a prison hospital and his lawyers were denied access to their client, his wife said Friday. Kara-Murza, 42, suffers from health problems that his wife Evgenia and lawyers say are directly related to alleged attempts to poison him. Russian authorities have refused to investigate the incidents in 2015…
Russian Playwright, Director Face 6-year Jail Terms for ‘Justifying Terrorism’
A Russian prosecutor has sought six-year jail terms for a playwright and a director on trial for “justifying terrorism” in a 2021 play about women marrying jihadists in Syria, lawyers said Friday. Director Yevgeniya Berkovich and writer Svetlana Petriychuk are standing trial at a military court over their play about Russian women lured to marry…
‘Youngest’ Person Added to Russian Terror List – Reports
Russian authorities have added a 14-year-old teen to its list of “terrorists and extremists,” independent media reported Friday. Gleb Sinitsyn is the youngest defendant to appear on the state financial watchdog Rosfinmonitoring’s list, according to the news website Sota. Sinitsyn is listed as a native of the central Russian city of Ivanovo and was born…
Report Estimates 120,000 Russian Soldiers Killed in Ukraine
Around 120,000 Russian soldiers have been killed since the Ukraine war began in 2022, according to a joint investigation by independent media outlets Mediazona and Meduza published on Friday. This updated figure is an estimate based on Russia’s registry of inheritance cases. The report says the true toll likely lies between 106,000 and 140,000 deaths. …
Kyiv, Allies Slam Orban for Ukraine Talks With Putin
Kyiv and its Western allies hit out at Hungarian leader Viktor Orban on Friday after Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted him in Moscow for talks on the Ukraine war. Putin told Orban, Russia’s closest EU ally, that Ukraine must withdraw its troops from regions that Moscow has annexed if it wants peace. But Kyiv was…
Hungary’s Orban Holds Ukraine Talks With Putin on Trip Slammed by EU
Russian President Vladimir Putin told Viktor Orban on Friday that Ukraine must effectively capitulate if it wants peace, in a visit to Moscow by the Hungarian leader that triggered anger across the EU and in Kyiv. Putin was hosting Orban — the friendliest leader in the EU to Moscow — for talks at the Kremlin, described by…
Russian University Launches ‘Social Rating’ Platform
Russia’s State Social University (RSSU) has launched a “social rating” platform that claims to build a person’s “social portrait” with possible applications in future government policies. Named “We,” the platform promises to determine a user’s comparative “social status” based on a survey that includes questions about income, family status, benefits, creditworthiness, criminal record, lifestyle and…
YouTube Bans Pro-War Russian Artists
Video-sharing website YouTube blocked the channels of several Russian singers and artists who support the country’s war in Ukraine on Thursday, following an appeal from the Lithuanian Radio and Television Commission (LRTK). The accounts of singers Yaroslav Dronov (who goes by Shaman) and Polina Gagarina were among those suspended. “My YouTube channel was blocked because…
Artist and Writer Linor Goralik: ‘Less Talk, More Work’
For prominent writer and artist Linor Goralik, Putin’s full-scale invasion of her native Ukraine has changed life “forever” — but it has not broken her. Since the start of the war, Goralik, who writes in Russian and Hebrew, has launched a digital art magazine and a news channel for teenagers, written two novels, produced a…
Five Injured, Child Killed in Drone Attack in Russia – Governor
Five people were injured and a child was killed in a drone attack on the southwestern Russian region of Krasnodar, the local governor said Friday. “A six-year-old girl died of injuries in the hospital following a drone attack in Primorsko-Akhtarsk,” a city in the Krasnodar region, Venyamin Kondratyev said on Telegram. He said that five…
Moscow Scraps Paper Ballots in Favor of Online Voting
Election officials in Moscow have scrapped paper ballots in favor of online voting at an upcoming vote for the Russian capital’s legislative assembly, state news agencies reported Thursday. Watchdogs and researchers say Russia’s opaque online voting system enables electoral fraud by making independent monitoring impossible. Moscow’s election commission voted 12-1 to make electronic voting the default way…
Russia’s Central Bank Chief Signals Interest Rate Hike
Russia’s central bank chief said Thursday that inflation was running ahead of expectations and hinted the bank was likely to hike interest rates later this month. Prices have risen fast in Russia since it launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Since then, the Kremlin has massively ramped up spending on its army…
Moscow Region Officials Warn of Invasive Species Due to Hot Weather
The unusually hot summer weather in the Moscow region this year may trigger an increase in populations of invertebrate species, the regional Environmental Ministry said this week. Praying mantises, burgundy snails and wasp spiders, which were uncommon a decade ago, have already established populations in the region due to winter thaws, warm springs and hot…
Russia Forces Apple to Remove VPNs From App Store
At least two VPN services said Thursday that Russian authorities have successfully forced Apple to delete their applications from its App Store in Russia. Identically worded messages from Apple’s app review team to Red Shield VPN and Le VPN state that their applications will be removed “per demand from Roskomnadzor.” Roskomnadzor is Russia’s state media…
India’s Modi To Visit Russia Next Week
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Russia on July 8 and 9, the Kremlin said Thursday. This will be his first trip to the country since Moscow launched its military offensive in Ukraine. The war has tested relations between Moscow and New Delhi, even though India has ramped up its purchases of Russian oil…
Moscow Court Rules To Keep French Researcher Laurent Vinatier in Jail
A Moscow court ruled Thursday to keep French researcher Laurent Vinatier in pre-trial detention. Vinatier was arrested last month and accused of gathering military information. The 47-year-old works for a Swiss conflict mediation NGO and in early June became the latest Westerner to be arrested in Russia having been charged with breaching Moscow’s “foreign agents”…
Russia Moves to Ban Lawmakers From Unauthorized Foreign Travel
A bill introduced to Russia’s lower-house State Duma Thursday outlining a formal ban against unauthorized foreign travel for Russian senators and deputies has been passed. The Kremlin said in April that Russian officials face various restrictions on their ability to travel abroad. Reuters reported at the time that Russian officials across state bodies faced “chaotic” travel rules…
Ukraine Confirms ‘Retreat’ from District in Strategic Chasiv Yar
Ukraine said Thursday its forces have withdrawn from a district in the town of Chasiv Yar in eastern Ukraine, where Russian forces have recently claimed several advances. Losing the small hilltop town is a worrying prospect for Ukraine because it would likely accelerate Russia’s advance toward large civilian hubs in the Donetsk region. “It became…
Kremlin Officials Wishing for a Trump Victory — While Claiming Otherwise
Russia’s leadership is following the U.S. presidential campaign in private with excitement and interest — and are rooting for their favorite candidate, Donald Trump, to win, three government and presidential administration officials, three Foreign Ministry officials, former officials and two sources from Russia’s business elite told The Moscow Times. Officials in the Kremlin, the government…
Ukraine, ‘Russian Legion’ Claim April Arson Attack on Kaliningrad Warship
Ukraine’s military intelligence and a pro-Kyiv paramilitary unit composed of Russian nationals claimed responsibility for damaging a Russian warship in the Baltic Sea region of Kaliningrad. In April, Ukraine’s military intelligence published a video of the Serpukhov guided missile corvette, stationed in the Kaliningrad region city of Baltiysk, catching fire from the inside. At the time it…
Russia Says It Destroyed Ukrainian Fighter Jet, Vehicles
Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Thursday that its troops destroyed a Mig-29 fighter jet during a strike on an airbase in central Ukraine. The jet and other equipment and vehicles were destroyed in the base at Dolgintsevo, which was hit by an Iskandar ballistic missile, it said. The ministry published images of the attack on…
Rosneft Held a Round of the Scientific and Technical Conference for Young Specialists
More than 1,300 young specialists of the Company — winners and prize-winners of regional scientific and technical conferences from 95 subsidiaries — took part in the XVII Cluster Scientific and Technical Conference. More than 1,000 projects were presented in 66 specialised sections
Putin, Xi Vie for Influence at Central Asian Summit
The leaders of Russia and China on Wednesday hailed their efforts to harden their anti-Western alliance at a summit in Kazakhstan, seeking to press their influence in the strategic Central Asian region. Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping were in Astana for a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) — a Beijing-led regional bloc that…
ROSATOM delegation visits the Republic of Mali
A meeting was held with the President of the transition period of the Republic of Mali, Assimi Goïta. A delegation from ROSATOM led by the Deputy Director General for International Relations, Nikolay Spassky, visited the Republic of Mali on July 2-3, 2024. The delegation included the Director General of JSC NovaWind, a subsidiary company (wind…
Summer Heatwave Sweeps Russia, Breaking Dozens of Temperature Records
Around 40 daily temperature records were broken across Russia and annexed Crimea on Tuesday as hot summer weather gripped the country, the Phobos weather center said Wednesday. The unprecedented temperatures have engulfed Russia from its central regions to the Far East, reaching a maximum of 38.7 degrees Celsius in the village of Mamakan in southeastern…
Russian Priest’s Sons Jailed Up to 17.5 Years for Trying to Join Ukraine Army
Russia has sentenced three sons of a Russian priest to up to 17.5 years in prison for attempting to join the Ukrainian army, the independent news website Mediazona reported Wednesday. Ioann Ashcheulov, 24, Alexei Ashcheulov, 20 and Timofey Ashcheulov, 19, were detained in July 2023 while attempting to cross the Russian-Ukrainian border. The brothers, whose father…
Russia Votes to Suspend OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Participation
Russian lawmakers on Wednesday voted to suspend Moscow’s participation in the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s (OSCE) parliamentary assembly, branding it anti-Russian and discriminatory. Both chambers of Russia’s rubber-stamp parliament — the State Duma and Federation Council — voted unanimously to cease participation in the body during sessions on Wednesday. The Federation Council,…
China Developing Attack Drone Modeled on Iran’s Shahed for Russia – Bloomberg
Chinese and Russian companies are developing and testing an attack drone modeled on the Iranian-made Shahed for shipment to Russia, Bloomberg reported Tuesday, citing anonymous European officials familiar with the matter. Although the name of the unmanned aircraft under development has not been revealed, Bloomberg says reports by Chinese defense websites and media outlets suggest…
Russia’s FSB Says Arrested French Citizen Was Collecting Military Information
Russia’s FSB security service said Wednesday that a French citizen arrested in Moscow last month was collecting military information that could be used by foreign intelligence agencies to harm Russia. Laurent Vinatier, a researcher with a Swiss conflict mediation NGO, was arrested on charges of breaching Russia’s “foreign agents” law in June, the latest case…
Russia Destroys Ukrainian Naval Drones Near Black Sea Port
Russia said Wednesday it had destroyed two Ukrainian naval drones that were advancing on its Black Sea port of Novorossiysk overnight. Ukrainian naval drones have sunk several Russian ships in the Black Sea, but strikes as far east as Novorossiysk are rare. “Two unmanned boats traveling in the direction of Novorossiysk were destroyed in the…
Anti-Kremlin Protester Jailed for ‘Russian Warship, Go F**k Yourself’ Tattoo
A Russian anti-government protester has been jailed and fined for violating wartime censorship laws with his tattoo of the viral phrase “Russian warship, go f**k yourself,” media reported Tuesday. Authorities detained Stepan Zimin after pro-war bloggers published a video of him with the tattoo, which bears the phrase that became a rallying cry for Ukrainian resistance against…
Russia Advances in East, Kills 5 in Dnipro Strikes
Russia’s capture of the district was also reported by the DeepState military blog, which has links to the Ukrainian army. It said the area had been flattened by Russian bombardments, and that withdrawing was “a logical, albeit difficult decision.” There was no immediate reaction from officials in Kyiv. ‘Protect lives’ The Russian attack on Dnipro…