Alexei Soldatov, a pioneering figure of the Russian internet and former deputy minister, is “dying in prison” while serving a two-year sentence for “abuse of power,” his son, investigative journalist Andrei Soldatov, said in a social media post on Thursday. Known as the father of the Russian internet, Alexei Soldatov led the Relcom computer network…
On September 26, 2024, on the sidelines of the international forum Russian Energy Week, ROSATOM Director General Alexey Likhachev met with Nenad Popović, Minister in charge of International Economic Cooperation in the Serbian Government. Alexey Likhachev and Nenad Popović discussed the prospects for cooperation with Serbia in non-power nuclear applications, as well as national personnel…
On September 26, 2024, on the sidelines of the Russian Energy Week, ROSATOM Director General Alexey Likhachev held negotiations with Alexey Kushnarenko, Minister of Energy of the Republic of Belarus. Alexey Likhachev has emphasized that ROSATOM attaches great importance to developing cooperation with the Republic of Belarus. The dialogue partners discussed existing and promising bilateral…
An American rejected his U.S. citizenship in a Moscow court on Thursday, saying he was the victim of political persecution in the United States, Russian state news agencies reported. Joseph Tater was in court after being accused of assaulting a police officer after abusing staff at a hotel in the Russian capital last month. In…
On September 26, on the sidelines of the international forum Russian Energy Week 2024, ROSATOM Director General Alexey Likhachev met with Nyan Tun, Union Minister for Electric Power, Republic of the Union of Myanmar. The parties commended the progress made in implementing the project for building a small nuclear power plant (SNPP) in the Republic…
Google has restricted the creation of new accounts inside Russia, state media reported Thursday, citing Russia’s Digital Communications Ministry. Authorities said that Telecom operators reported a “significant decrease in the number of SMS messages sent by” Google to users in Russia, referring to messages the tech company uses to verify new account creation. While two-factor authentication…
The Kremlin said Thursday that an updated nuclear doctrine allowing Moscow to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear states should be seen as a warning to the West. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday announced plans to broaden Russia’s rules on the use of its nuclear stockpiles, allowing it to unleash a nuclear response in the…
Russia’s army said Thursday it had captured the Ukrainian town of Ukrainsk in the eastern Donetsk region, the latest in a series of territorial gains for Moscow’s advancing forces. In a daily briefing posted on Telegram, the Russian Defense Ministry said its troops “liberated” Ukrainsk, a town that once had more than 10,000 residents before…
School buses in southwestern Russia’s Belgorod region will soon be outfitted with “electronic warfare systems” designed to counter drone attacks, the region’s governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said Thursday. These electronic warfare systems work by disrupting radio frequencies, effectively jamming communication, targeting systems and radars used by drones. The Belgorod region received 55 of the systems, according…
Beer sales in Russia have seen significant growth since the start of the year, outpacing other fast-moving consumer goods, the Kommersant business daily reported Thursday, citing market data. According to NielsenIQ, a global marketing research firm, beer sales in Russia rose 8.7% year-on-year between January and July, a stark contrast to the modest 1.6% growth…
Authorities in Moscow returned nine Ukrainian children with the help of Qatari mediators, Russia’s presidential commissioner for children’s rights, Maria Lvova-Belova, announced Thursday. Lvova-Belova posted photos on Telegram showing her alongside Qatari Ambassador Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, speaking to the children at the Qatari Embassy in Moscow. “There are eight boys, ages 12 to…
Russia has convicted 785 foreign nationals for fighting on the side of Ukraine since hostilities between the two countries first broke out in 2014, Russia’s Investigative Committee said Thursday. Investigators disclosed the figure while announcing criminal charges against Georgian citizen Giorgi Goglidze, accusing him of fighting for Kyiv “for monetary compensation.” In November 2023, Russia’s…