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  • Russia Tightens Controls Over Abortion Pill Sales

    Russia Tightens Controls Over Abortion Pill Sales

    Russia’s Health Ministry will limit the distribution of abortion-inducing pills in pharmacies, in the country’s latest move to clamp down on abortion access. Misoprostol and mifepristone have been added to the ministry’s list of medications subject to subject-quantitative registration (PKU), according to its decree published Tuesday. The ministry’s order will come into effect on Sept. […]

  • Russian-Born Quantum Dot Pioneer Ekimov Wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

    Russian-Born Quantum Dot Pioneer Ekimov Wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

    Russian-born physicist Alexei Ekimov on Wednesday won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry alongside French-born Moungi Bawendi and American scientist Louis Brus for their research on tiny particles known as quantum dots. The trio succeeded in producing these tiny fluorescent semiconductors that “now spread their light from televisions and LED lamps, and can also guide surgeons […]

  • Russia Confirms Secret Talks With U.S., EU on Eve of Nagorno-Karabakh War

    Russia Confirms Secret Talks With U.S., EU on Eve of Nagorno-Karabakh War

    Senior Russian, United States and European Union diplomats met in secret on the eve of Azerbaijan’s lightning campaign to retake the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, the Kremlin confirmed Wednesday. Politico Europe reported Wednesday that U.S.-EU-Russia talks on pressuring Baku to end its nine-month blockade of Karabakh took place on Sept. 17 in Istanbul.  Two days later, Azerbaijan’s […]

  • RT’s Simonyan Faces Backlash Over Call to Detonate Nuke Over Siberia

    RT’s Simonyan Faces Backlash Over Call to Detonate Nuke Over Siberia

    Siberian political figures have slammed the chief editor of the state-run RT news outlet for her calls to drop a nuclear bomb over Siberia as a way of sending a message to the West.  RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan proposed detonating a thermonuclear device “on our own territory, somewhere over Siberia,” claiming that there would be no […]

  • Putin’s Kyrgyzstan Visit to Be First Abroad Since ICC Warrant

    Putin’s Kyrgyzstan Visit to Be First Abroad Since ICC Warrant

    Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Kyrgyzstan next week, authorities in the Central Asian country said Wednesday, his first trip abroad since the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for him. Putin has not left Russia since the Hague-based court issued the warrant in March over the illegal deportation of Ukrainian children to […]

  • Sacked Russian General Says Still ‘Serves Fatherland’ – Report

    Sacked Russian General Says Still ‘Serves Fatherland’ – Report

    General Sergei Surovikin said he continues to serve Russia amid reports of his dismissal from the Defense Ministry after Yevegny Prigozhin’s failed mutiny in late June, the Noviye Izvestia news outlet reported Tuesday. Surovikin, long considered the main intermediary between the Wagner mercenary outfit and the Russian Defense Ministry, disappeared from public view after Wagner chief Yevgeny […]

  • Kadyrov’s Son Will Not Be Prosecuted for Beating Detained Teen – Reports

    Kadyrov’s Son Will Not Be Prosecuted for Beating Detained Teen – Reports

    Police in the republic of Chechnya’s capital have refused to open a criminal case against regional leader Ramzan Kadyrov’s son over his assault of a Russian teenager on video, the Baza Telegram channel reported Wednesday, citing internal police documents. Adam Kadyrov, 15, was shown last month kicking and punching Nikita Zhuravel, 19, who was arrested in the southern […]

  • Ukraine Says Hit Air Defense System in Russia

    Ukraine Says Hit Air Defense System in Russia

    Ukraine said Wednesday it struck a Russian anti-aircraft system in the border region of Belgorod overnight, as Kyiv’s attacks on Russian-controlled territory intensify. Since Kyiv launched its counteroffensive in June, Russian regions bordering Ukraine have accused the Ukrainian army of almost daily drone strikes and shelling. An unnamed source in the Ukrainian Security Service source […]

  • Russia Jails State TV Protester 8.5 Years in Absentia

    Russia Jails State TV Protester 8.5 Years in Absentia

    A Russian court sentenced Marina Ovsyannikova, the former state journalist who on live television protested the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine, to eight-and-a-half years in prison in absentia, media reported Wednesday. Moscow’s Basmanny District Court convicted Ovsyannikova, who is currently living outside of Russia, of spreading “false information” about the Russian army over her anti-war picket […]

  • Public Records Reveal Russia’s Secret Military, Intelligence Sites – Dossier Center

    Public Records Reveal Russia’s Secret Military, Intelligence Sites – Dossier Center

    Publicly available records have revealed the hidden locations of Russia’s military and intelligence agencies across the country, the independent investigative outlet Dossier Center reported. According to Russian law, it is illegal to share any information about military, intelligence and other areas where public disclosure could harm national security. But Dossier said it had found properties […]

  • Toxic Landfill in Southern Russia Catches Fire

    Toxic Landfill in Southern Russia Catches Fire

    A landfill in southern Russia’s Krasnodar region caught fire on Tuesday, sending potentially hazardous smoke over surrounding residential areas, activists and media reported. In a video posted online by a local activist group, large clouds of brownish-gray smoke could be seen billowing over fields and houses near the landfill, which is located outside the village of Poltavskaya. […]

  • Transparency International Russia Relaunches From Abroad

    Transparency International Russia Relaunches From Abroad

    Russia’s branch of the global anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International said Tuesday it has relaunched operations from abroad after being labeled “undesirable” by the authorities. Transparency Russia was forced to dissolve itself earlier this year after being added to the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office’s list of “undesirable” organizations. “The experience and knowledge in the field of anti-corruption […]

  • Ex-Wagner Fighter Charged in Killing of Two Women in Siberia

    Ex-Wagner Fighter Charged in Killing of Two Women in Siberia

    Russia’s Investigative Committee on Tuesday opened a criminal case against a former Wagner fighter and convict over the killing of two women in a Siberian village. Denis Stepanov is accused of setting fire to a home in the village Yermakovkoye, located in Siberia’s Krasnoyarsk region, resulting in the deaths of a 68-year-old homeowner and a 35-year-old woman, according to […]

  • Kremlin Readying Putin’s 2024 Campaign Reveal at Economic Expo – Reports

    Kremlin Readying Putin’s 2024 Campaign Reveal at Economic Expo – Reports

    The Kremlin plans to announce President Vladimir Putin’s campaign for a fifth presidential term at an economic exposition next month, according to reports citing Russian officials and Kremlin insiders. Putin may use his upcoming visit to the “Russia” expo — which will see regions and cities showcase their economic successes amid international sanctions — to […]

  • Ruble Slumps Past 100 vs. Dollar Again as Russia’s Economic Woes Mount

    Ruble Slumps Past 100 vs. Dollar Again as Russia’s Economic Woes Mount

    Russia’s currency briefly fell past 100 against the dollar on Tuesday, continuing to weaken on signs that the country’s economy is facing slower growth and higher inflation amid the war in Ukraine. The psychological threshold of 100 against the dollar raises the prospect of weaker spending power for Russians, who are forced to pay more […]

  • Russia Places Ukraine’s Ex-Presidential Aide Arestovych on Wanted List

    Russia Places Ukraine’s Ex-Presidential Aide Arestovych on Wanted List

    Russian authorities on Tuesday placed Oleksiy Arestovych, the former adviser to Ukraine’s president, on their wanted list in connection with unspecified criminal charges. Arestovych resigned from his position as presidential aide in January over controversial comments he made about a deadly Russian airstrike in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro. Russia’s Interior Ministry database lists […]

  • Russian Space Agency Says Moon Lander Crash Likely Caused by Propulsion Error

    Russian Space Agency Says Moon Lander Crash Likely Caused by Propulsion Error

    Russia’s space agency Roscosmos said Tuesday that the dramatic crash of its Luna-25 Moon lander last month was likely caused by an error in the craft’s propulsion system. The lunar mission, Russia’s first in nearly 50 years, was meant to mark the country’s return to independent Moon exploration. But despite the lander’s successful entry into […]

  • Armenian Lawmakers Vote to Join ICC Despite Moscow’s Protests

    Armenian Lawmakers Vote to Join ICC Despite Moscow’s Protests

    Updated to add the Kremlin’s reaction. Armenian lawmakers voted Tuesday for their country to join the International Criminal Court (ICC), a move that is likely to provoke outrage from Moscow, the South Caucasus nation’s longtime ally. The Kremlin criticized the decision by Armenia’s parliament to move towards joining the Hague-based court, which has issued an arrest […]

  • Warsaw, Kyiv Make Breakthrough on Transit of Ukrainian Grain

    Warsaw, Kyiv Make Breakthrough on Transit of Ukrainian Grain

    Warsaw and Kyiv announced on Tuesday they had agreed to speed up the transit of Ukrainian cereal exports through Poland to third countries, a first step in resolving their “grain war.” The three-nation agreement between Poland, Ukraine and Lithuania means that Ukrainian grain exports — destined for markets in Africa and the Middle East in […]

  • Russia Charges Top Ukrainian Military Officials With ‘Terrorism’

    Russia Charges Top Ukrainian Military Officials With ‘Terrorism’

    Russia’s Investigative Committee said Tuesday it would press charges against four senior Ukrainian military officials over drone strikes on Russian territory. Moscow leveled the terrorism charges against Kyiv’s intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov, air force commander Mykola Oleshchuk, navy commander Oleksiy Neizhpapa and Serhiy Burdenyuk, commander of the 383rd unmanned aviation brigade. “It has also been established […]

  • Kyiv Criticizes Musk for Making Fun of Zelensky

    Kyiv Criticizes Musk for Making Fun of Zelensky

    Ukraine on Monday reacted angrily to a social media post by billionaire Elon Musk that made fun of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s repeated calls for Western military and financial aid to fight Russian forces. Musk has provided Ukraine with Starlink satellite services that have been vital to the Ukrainian army, but some have criticized his statements […]

  • Moscow Records Hottest September Since 1847

    Moscow Records Hottest September Since 1847

    Moscow last month experienced its hottest September in 176 years, scientists from the Meteorological Observatory at Moscow State University (MGU) have said, marking the third-warmest September since records began. The average temperature in the Russian capital this September reached 15.5 degrees Celsius, surpassing the historic average of 12.2 C by over three degrees. Temperatures climbed higher only in […]

  • Japan Cuts Off $2Bln Used-Car Exports to Russia – Reuters

    Japan Cuts Off $2Bln Used-Car Exports to Russia – Reuters

    Japan has cut off a lucrative $2-billion backchannel for used-car exports to Russia, Reuters reported Monday, citing trade data and market participants. Japan, the world’s leading used-car exporter, initially banned the export of luxury vehicles and heavy trucks to Russia after Moscow invaded Ukraine last year. In August, Tokyo expanded the ban to include new […]

  • Kremlin Says Ukraine Fatigue ‘Will Grow’ After U.S. Congress Drops Aid From Spending Package

    Kremlin Says Ukraine Fatigue ‘Will Grow’ After U.S. Congress Drops Aid From Spending Package

    Moscow said Monday that Western fatigue over the war in Ukraine “will grow,” as the future of Washington’s support for Kyiv hangs in the balance following a decision by the U.S. Congress to drop additional aid to the war-torn country. A compromise struck between American lawmakers over the weekend left out fresh funding for Ukraine […]

  • Ukrainian Soldier Calls Russian Tank Manufacturer for Tech Support

    Ukrainian Soldier Calls Russian Tank Manufacturer for Tech Support

    A Ukrainian soldier who captured a Russian T-72 tank with mechanical problems filmed himself calling the tank’s manufacturer in Russia for technical support. The soldier, who goes by the callsign “Kochevnik,” called two people said to be senior figures at the Uralvagonzavod tank manufactory in Nizhny Tagil, as shown in a video published by the Telegram channel Ukrainian Militant. “[The […]

  • In Historic First, Russian Activists Appeal to European Rights Court for Climate Justice

    In Historic First, Russian Activists Appeal to European Rights Court for Climate Justice

    Russia’s first-ever climate litigation case is currently moving through the European Court of Human Rights as activists make a last-ditch attempt to challenge the president and the government for failing to meet global climate goals. The case, brought by Russia’s oldest independent human rights organization the Moscow Helsinki Group, along with the environmental group Ecodefense […]

  • Stalin Bust Appears at Memorial to Victims of Soviet Repression

    Stalin Bust Appears at Memorial to Victims of Soviet Repression

    A bust of Josef Stalin has appeared at a memorial site dedicated to victims of Soviet political repression, the regional media outlet 7×7 reported. Stalin’s bust could be seen alongside new statues of his predecessor Vladimir Lenin, the founder of the Soviet secret police, Felix Dzerzhinsky, and Politburo member Mikhail Kalinin, who in 1940 signed orders to […]

  • EU Pledges Lasting Support at ‘Historic’ Kyiv Meeting

    EU Pledges Lasting Support at ‘Historic’ Kyiv Meeting

    The European Union signaled its long-term support for Ukraine on Monday as its foreign ministers convened in Kyiv for a historic first gathering outside the bloc’s borders. The meeting came as disagreements grow among EU members over support for Ukraine and as Kyiv’s forces make limited gains in a high-stakes counteroffensive against Russian troops. “We […]

  • Russians Pay Final Tribute to Prigozhin 40 Days After Mercenary Chief’s Death

    Russians Pay Final Tribute to Prigozhin 40 Days After Mercenary Chief’s Death

    ST. PETERSBURG — Dozens of people gathered at Yevgeny Prigozhin’s grave site on Sunday to pay tribute to the late Russian mercenary chief on the 40th day since his death in a mysterious plane crash. According to Orthodox Christian tradition, the souls of the deceased remain on Earth for 40 days before finding their eternal […]

  • Russian Regions Hit by Ukrainian Drones and Shelling

    Russian Regions Hit by Ukrainian Drones and Shelling

    Russia was targeted by another wave of Ukrainian drones and shelling on Sunday, wounding three people and forcing an airport to divert flights, officials said. Since Ukraine launched its counteroffensive in early June, Russian regions have accused Kyiv’s armed forces of almost daily drone strikes and shelling on civilian targets. “On Sunday morning, the armed […]

  • Nagorno-Karabakh Empties as Armenia Says 100,000 Have Fled

    Nagorno-Karabakh Empties as Armenia Says 100,000 Have Fled

    The flood of refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh dwindled to a trickle Saturday as Armenia said nearly the entire population of the breakaway territory had already fled since Azerbaijan seized back control. An AFP journalist at the Kornidzor crossing into Armenia saw only several ambulances arrive as border guards said they were waiting for a final few […]

  • As Putin’s Re-Election Looms, Kremlin Pushes to Indoctrinate a New Generation of Voters

    As Putin’s Re-Election Looms, Kremlin Pushes to Indoctrinate a New Generation of Voters

    The Kremlin has launched a sweeping propaganda campaign to convince young Russians that their country has built the world’s most free and fair elections since President Vladimir Putin came to power, officials have told The Moscow Times. In an unprecedented move, Russian authorities on Monday held a nationwide school lesson marking the 30th anniversary of […]

  • Putin Says Convicts Killed in Ukraine Paid Debt to Society

    Putin Says Convicts Killed in Ukraine Paid Debt to Society

    President Vladimir Putin on Friday said that Russian prisoners who died in Ukraine had redeemed themselves in the eyes of society. To boost regular troops fighting in Ukraine, the army and mercenary group Wagner have extensively recruited from Russian penal colonies. “They are dead,” Putin said during a televised meeting, referring to prisoners who died […]

  • Russia to Draft 130K Young Men in Fall Military Call-Up

    Russia to Draft 130K Young Men in Fall Military Call-Up

    Russia’s military will enlist 130,000 young men for compulsory service this fall, according to a decree signed by President Vladimir Putin on Friday. Combined with the 147,000 men drafted during the spring draft, Russia’s Defense Ministry will field 277,000 conscripts in 2023. From Oct. 1 and Dec. 31, Russia’s military will be allowed to call up men […]

  • Russian Paralympians to Compete Under Neutral Flag at Paris Games

    Russian Paralympians to Compete Under Neutral Flag at Paris Games

    Russian athletes will be allowed to compete under a neutral flag at the Paris Paralympics in 2024 after officials on Friday voted against an outright ban. A majority of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) voted to allow Russian athletes to compete “in an individual and neutral capacity” without national flags, colors or emblems. The decision […]

  • Russian Paralympians to Compete at Paris 2024 Under Neutral Flag

    Russian Paralympians to Compete at Paris 2024 Under Neutral Flag

    Russian athletes will be allowed to compete at the Paris Paralympics in 2024 under a neutral flag after officials voted against an outright ban. A majority of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) on Friday allowed Russian athletes to compete “in an individual and neutral capacity” without national flags, colors or emblems. Russia has been suspended […]

  • Russian State TV Shows Polish City in Report on Kaliningrad

    Russian State TV Shows Polish City in Report on Kaliningrad

    Russian state television showed footage of northern Poland during a report on the Russian city of Kaliningrad, local media said Friday. A Rossiya 1 news program that aired Thursday reported on President Vladimir Putin’s meeting on the development of the Kaliningrad region, a western exclave that borders Lithuania and Poland. “The region remains competitive in the face […]

  • An African Student’s Murder Sheds Light on Russia’s Race Problem

    An African Student’s Murder Sheds Light on Russia’s Race Problem

    Diana Akue has been on her guard lately. The Gabonese doctoral economics student in the city of Yekaterinburg avoids going out at night and exercises greater caution around strangers than she used to.  As a black woman living in Russia for the past nine years, Akue has faced her share of discrimination — from being […]

  • U.K. Sanctions Russian Officials Over ‘Sham’ Votes in Ukraine

    U.K. Sanctions Russian Officials Over ‘Sham’ Votes in Ukraine

    The U.K. on Friday announced new sanctions against almost a dozen senior Russian officials and the country’s election commission over “sham” elections held in occupied Ukrainian territory this month and last year. The move takes the number of individuals and entities sanctioned by Britain in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine nearly 20 months ago to more […]

  • Russia Hosts Taliban Talks as It Seeks Regional Influence

    Russia Hosts Taliban Talks as It Seeks Regional Influence

    Russia hosted Taliban leaders for talks on regional security Friday as it seeks to forge ties with Afghanistan’s new rulers and assert itself as a major power in the region. Since U.S. forces pulled out of Kabul in August 2021, Russia and China have taken advantage of the vacuum, holding talks with the Taliban despite […]

  • Putin Approves Sale of Italian Bank Intesa’s Russian Subsidiary

    Putin Approves Sale of Italian Bank Intesa’s Russian Subsidiary

    President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree allowing for the sale of Italian banking group Intesa Sanpaolo’s Russian operations.  Intesa, Italy’s largest bank, stopped new financing to corporate Russian clients and fresh investments in Russian assets after Moscow invaded Ukraine last year. In a “special decision” dated Thursday, Putin exempted Intesa from his 2022 ban […]

  • Russian Military Says ‘No Plans’ for New Mobilization

    Russian Military Says ‘No Plans’ for New Mobilization

    The Russian military will not mobilize reserves as it gears up for an annual call-up of young men for compulsory military service, Russia’s Defense Ministry said Friday. “There are no plans for additional mobilization measures,” deputy head of the military’s mobilization department, Rear Admiral Vladimir Tsimlyansky, said in a briefing.   The fall military call-up will […]

  • Ex-Prigozhin Aide to Oversee Volunteer Fighters in Ukraine – Kremlin

    Ex-Prigozhin Aide to Oversee Volunteer Fighters in Ukraine – Kremlin

    Russian President Vladimir Putin has tasked a former aide of late Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin to oversee volunteer fighter units in Ukraine, according to a Kremlin statement on Friday. “At the last meeting, we talked about you overseeing the formation of volunteer units that can carry out various tasks, first and foremost, of course, in […]

  • Poland Says Missile That Killed 2 in 2022 Was Ukrainian

    Poland Says Missile That Killed 2 in 2022 Was Ukrainian

    A missile that killed two people in a Polish village in November, raising fears of a dangerous spike in the Ukraine conflict, belonged to Kyiv’s forces, Warsaw said Thursday. Two workers at a grain drying facility died in the blast in Przewodow, some six kilometers (four miles) from the Ukrainian border, raising fears of an […]

  • Kazakhstan Won’t Help Russia to Bust Sanctions – President

    Kazakhstan Won’t Help Russia to Bust Sanctions – President

    Kazakhstan’s leader said Thursday his country would not help Russia circumvent Western sanctions imposed over the war in Ukraine, amid suspicions that Moscow is still receiving vital goods via Central Asian nations. “Kazakhstan has unambiguously stated that it will follow the sanctions regime,” said President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev following talks in Berlin with German Chancellor Olaf […]

  • Russian Students Rally in Support of Teacher Who Beat Classmate

    Russian Students Rally in Support of Teacher Who Beat Classmate

    School students in Russia’s Far East have come out in support of their gym teacher after he was suspended for beating one of their classmates, media reported Thursday. Valery Baulin was suspended from his position at a school in Vladivostok after a video posted on social media showed him punching and choking a 12-year-old student during class. A […]

  • Finland Orders Russian Asylum Seeker to Return Children to Russia – Media

    Finland Orders Russian Asylum Seeker to Return Children to Russia – Media

    Finland’s Supreme Court has ordered a Russian asylum seeker to return his two children to their mother in Russia despite their fears of being viewed as “traitors,” Finnish media reported Wednesday. According to the Helsingin Sanomat daily, the father applied for asylum on behalf of himself and his children — aged 10 and 12 — after […]

  • Moscow Sees ‘No Reason’ for Armenians to Flee Karabakh

    Moscow Sees ‘No Reason’ for Armenians to Flee Karabakh

    Moscow on Thursday said Armenians fleeing Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijani’s takeover of the region had nothing to fear, an apparent rejection of Armenia’s claims of ethnic cleansing in the disputed territory. “It’s difficult to say who is to blame [for the exodus], there is no direct reason for such actions,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. “People […]

  • Nagorno-Karabakh Crisis Deepens Divides in Armenia Toward Russia

    Nagorno-Karabakh Crisis Deepens Divides in Armenia Toward Russia

    YEREVAN, Armenia – Tigran has been protesting outside the Russian embassy every day since Azerbaijan launched its offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.  On the embassy’s steps, flowers have been laid in memory of the peacekeepers who were killed by Azerbaijani shelling last week.  “Are these bloody flowers for the occupiers?” reads the poster that Tigran, 19, holds […]

  • Swedish Prosecutors Seek Prison Sentence for Russian-Swede Accused of Spying

    Swedish Prosecutors Seek Prison Sentence for Russian-Swede Accused of Spying

    Swedish prosecutors on Thursday called for a Russian-Swede to be sentenced to up to five years in prison for allegedly passing Western technology to Russia’s military. Sergei Skvortsov, who was arrested in a dramatic raid on his suburban Stockholm home in November 2022, has lived in Sweden since the 1990s where he has run import-export […]

  • Putin Meets Chechen Leader Amid Rumors of Ill Health

    Putin Meets Chechen Leader Amid Rumors of Ill Health

    President Vladimir Putin on Thursday met with Ramzan Kadyrov in what may have been an attempt to dispel rumors that the Chechen leader is in poor health. Earlier this month, unverified claims spread on social media that Kadyrov was suffering from serious kidney problems, with some sources even suggesting that he had died.  In response, Kadyrov published […]

  • Armenia Joining ICC Would Be ‘Extremely Hostile’ – Kremlin

    Armenia Joining ICC Would Be ‘Extremely Hostile’ – Kremlin

    The Kremlin said Thursday that a decision by Armenia to join the International Criminal Court (ICC), which has issued an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin, would be “extremely hostile.” Russia has repeatedly warned Armenia against ratifying The Hague-based court’s founding treaty, known as the Rome Statute. Its adherents are expected to make the arrest […]

  • Cyberattack on Russian Air Booking System Sparks Flight Delays

    Cyberattack on Russian Air Booking System Sparks Flight Delays

    A mass cyberattack on Russia’s air booking system Leonardo sparked flight delays among major carriers on Thursday. Russia’s flagship airline Aeroflot said the denial-of-service attack resulted in delays of up to an hour for departures at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport. Aeroflot’s subsidiary Rossiya Airlines reported similar delays at Sheremetyevo, according to Interfax. Less than an […]

  • Russia Unveils Huge Spending Hike to Battle ‘Hybrid War’

    Russia Unveils Huge Spending Hike to Battle ‘Hybrid War’

    Russia said Thursday that it plans to raise defense spending by almost 70% next year, funneling massive resources into its Ukraine offensive to fight what it calls a “hybrid war” unleashed by the West. With Moscow’s “special military operation” now dragging through its 20th month, both sides have been digging deep and procuring weapons from […]

  • Russia Says Repelled Incursion in Border Region

    Russia Says Repelled Incursion in Border Region

    Russian authorities said Thursday that an attempted incursion on the country’s southwestern border with Ukraine had been thwarted. “Border guards, together with other security forces, engaged in a battle on the border,” the Belgorod region’s emergency response center said. It did not provide further details. The statement was issued following rumors that a Ukrainian sabotage […]

  • Russia’s FSB Arrests Draft Dodger for Passing Information to Ukraine

    Russia’s FSB Arrests Draft Dodger for Passing Information to Ukraine

    A Russian man accused of passing information to Ukrainian intelligence services about defense fortifications in annexed Crimea has been arrested, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said Thursday. Video shared by the state-run TASS news agency showed masked agents apprehending the unidentified man, who was then filmed giving a confession. “I understood the information would be used […]

  • Pro-War Russian Journalists Sent Severed Pig’s Heads – Reports

    Pro-War Russian Journalists Sent Severed Pig’s Heads – Reports

    At least three pro-war Russian journalists have received severed pig’s heads from unknown senders over the past week, according to media reports. The journalists — including state media columnist Timofey Sergeitsev, military expert Konstantin Sivkov and TASS news agency photojournalist Mikhail Tereshchenko — reported having previously received death threats. Sergeitsev, who last year authored a […]

  • Putin Urges Action Over Fuel Price Rise

    Putin Urges Action Over Fuel Price Rise

    Russian President Vladimir Putin urged the government to respond “more promptly” to rising fuel prices Wednesday, as the cost of wholesale petrol continued to grow despite an export ban. Russia’s government announced last week it was temporarily limiting exports of petrol and diesel fuel to “stabilize” the domestic market, amid reports of shortages in some […]

  • Kremlin Wavers on Vow to Protect Detained Ex-Karabakh Leader Vardanyan

    Kremlin Wavers on Vow to Protect Detained Ex-Karabakh Leader Vardanyan

    The Kremlin on Wednesday vowed to “protect the rights” of Ruben Vardanyan, the ex-leader of the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh detained by Azerbaijan, only to backtrack on the promise moments later when journalists pointed out that Vardanyan is no longer a Russian citizen. Azerbaijan’s state border service said Wednesday it detained Vardanyan as he attempted to cross the […]

  • Kremlin Says Canada Must Bring Nazi Veteran to Justice

    Kremlin Says Canada Must Bring Nazi Veteran to Justice

    The Kremlin said Wednesday that a Ukrainian Nazi veteran inadvertently honored in the Canadian parliament last week should be brought to justice. The speaker of Canada’s parliament resigned following the incident, which saw lawmakers publicly applaud 98-year-old Ukrainian veteran Yaroslav Hunka, who fought for the Nazis during World War II. “Canadian authorities have a duty […]