The team of late Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny on Thursday accused a Russian-Israeli billionaire of ordering the violent March attack on Navalny ally Leonid Volkov, citing evidence it obtained. Volkov, Navalny’s ex-chief of staff and former chairman of his Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), was attacked with tear gas and a hammer outside his home in Lithuania on March…
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Thursday that letting Ukraine use longer-range weapons to strike targets inside his country would put NATO “at war” with Russia. The stark warning came as U.S. and U.K. officials discussed Kyiv’s demand for them to ease rules on firing Western weapons into Russia, more than two and…
Ukrainian drones have targeted northern Russia’s Murmansk region at least twice over the past month. Taking place some 2,000 kilometers (1,243 miles) from Russia’s border with Ukraine, the drone attacks mark the deepest strikes inside Russian territory since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of its neighbor two and a half years ago. The first reported strike…
A Russian strike on Red Cross vehicles in eastern Ukraine killed three people, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday. “Today, the occupier attacked the vehicles of the International Committee of the Red Cross humanitarian mission in Donetsk region,” Zelensky said. The International Committee of the Red Cross confirmed that three of its staffers had been killed…
Russia’s military has discharged 45 Indian nationals who were misled into fighting in the war against Ukraine, India’s Foreign Ministry said Thursday, saying that efforts were underway to release 50 more Indian soldiers. The Indian nationals were able to return home after Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised their plight with Russian President Vladimir Putin during his…
Large and easily accessible mineral deposits in Russia are nearly depleted, the head of Russia’s Natural Resources Ministry said Wednesday. “Geologists are forced to move further and further into the Arctic and difficult-to-reach regions of the Far East and Siberia,” Natural Resources Minister Alexander Kozlov said during a meeting with President Vladimir Putin. “Only 35%…
On the final day of the Venice Film Festival, Armenian director Zara Jian screened her documentary “I Will Revenge This World With Love” in the Venice Classics section. The film, which pays homage to the Soviet filmmaker Sergei Parajanov, draws upon themes of freedom, resilience and art in the face of oppression. Jian’s work is…
Russian law enforcement authorities said Thursday that they arrested the head of a cleaning supplies company on suspicion of defrauding the Russian Defense Ministry through government contracts. Federal investigators accused Lenbytkhim CEO Denis Mikhailov of misappropriating over 20 million rubles ($218,600) from a contract with Voentorg, the military’s clothing and food supplier, which was valued…
Russia’s Defense Ministry said Thursday that its forces were on the offensive in the Kursk region, recapturing nearly one dozen towns in the embroiled border region that were seized after Ukrainian forces launched their surprise incursion last month. “Units of the ‘North’ grouping of forces liberated 10 settlements within two days,” the Russian Defense Ministry…
Russian journalist Nikolai Svanidze, a veteran television and radio host, died in Moscow at age 69 on Wednesday following a prolonged illness. Svanidze passed away at his northeast Moscow apartment in the evening, according to the tabloid Moskovsky Komsomolets tabloid, which did not cite specific sources. Baza, a Telegram news channel with ties to Russian…
Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the BRICS summit in Russia next month, China’s foreign minister announced on Thursday. The summit of emerging economies will be held from Oct. 22 to 24 in the Tatarstan capital of Kazan, with the Kremlin hoping the meeting will provide a chance to expand its influence and forge closer…
A Russian court on Thursday put three lawyers who used to represent the late opposition activist Alexei Navalny on trial over “extremism” charges. Navalny died in unclear circumstances at an Arctic prison colony in February, where he was serving a 19-year sentence for leading an “extremist” organization. Since his death, authorities in Russia have arrested…
Ivan from St. Petersburg enrolled in a military medical academy to fulfill his lifelong dream of becoming a doctor. He graduated this year, when the full-scale invasion of Ukraine had already been ongoing for two and a half years. Faced with mandatory military service but wanting no part in the war, he fled the country…
Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) accused the United States of weaponizing European election observers to discredit next month’s elections in Georgia and spark pro-Western street demonstrations. “The U.S. State Department intends to use a new tool to interfere in Georgia’s parliamentary elections on Oct. 26 in order to prevent the victory of Georgian Dream,” the…