Russia said Saturday it swapped 103 Ukrainian soldiers held captive for an equal number of Russian POWs in an exchange deal brokered by the United Arab Emirates. The Russian troops freed in Saturday’s swap were captured during Ukraine’s incursion into the Kursk region, which began on 6 August, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. There…
During the reign of Catherine the Great, German immigrants came to Russia and settled in a place called Sarepta on the Volga River. Sarepta became the vibrant center of German life. Today even the local recipes have remained unchanged for 300 years. The locals still make strudel — but you wouldn’t recognize it. Volga Germans…
Top U.S. diplomat Antony Blinken on Friday accused Russian media outlet RT of being a “de facto arm of Russia’s intelligence apparatus” being used against countries around the world. “We know that RT possesses cyber capabilities and engaged in covert information influence operations and military procurement,” the secretary of state told reporters. “Russian weaponization of…