Category: World

A recent drone attack by Ukraine overnight targeted the western Oryol region, causing fires at multiple fuel and energy facilities, according to local officials. Unverified reports also indicated that a building belonging to the Federal Security Service (FSB) in Chechnya sustained damage during these assaults. Governor of the Oryol region, Andrei Klychkov, confirmed the strikes […]

A judge from the Moscow region has sentenced physicist Artyom Khoroshilov to 21 years in a high-security prison for treason, as reported by Russian media on Thursday. Khoroshilov was apprehended in December 2023, with allegations of conducting distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on vital infrastructure for Ukraine, financing the Ukrainian military, and collecting classified information about […]

Russia has instructed port authorities to conduct underwater inspections of foreign vessels for explosives and other potentially dangerous items, as reported by the Kommersant business daily on Tuesday, referencing a government decree dated November 25. This action is in response to a presidential mandate that requires foreign ships to secure approval from the Federal Security […]

Dmitry Kozak, who previously served as deputy chief of staff to President Vladimir Putin, submitted a letter to the president earlier this year in which he criticized Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. This information was revealed by the investigative outlet Agentstvo, citing sources familiar with the situation. According to one insider, Kozak, a long-time […]

A judge in Moscow has imposed an additional 23-year prison sentence on Sergei Furgal, the former governor of the Khabarovsk region, on top of the 22 years he is already serving for double murder charges, as reported by his supporter group on Wednesday. Furgal gained national attention in 2018 when he won the gubernatorial election […]

Motorists were trapped for several hours in a traffic jam on the snow-covered Baikal Highway in southern Siberia, regional authorities reported on Monday. The congestion was a result of three days of harsh weather, featuring temperatures around minus 30 degrees Celsius (minus 22 degrees Fahrenheit), heavy snowfall, and strong winds, according to the federal road […]

Turkish tanker management firm Besiktas Shipping announced on Wednesday that it would suspend all operations related to Russia, following an incident where one of its vessels was affected by multiple explosions near the coast of Senegal. The company stated, “We have made the decision to stop all shipping activities linked to Russian interests. Effective immediately, […]

On Tuesday, members of the State Duma, Russia’s lower house, passed a resolution revoking the parliamentary mandate of a fellow legislator amid an ongoing criminal investigation related to bribery allegations. Anatoly Voronovsky, a representative of the ruling United Russia party in the State Duma, stands accused of accepting bribes totaling 25 million rubles (approximately $323,000) […]

Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever has reiterated his objections to a European Union initiative aimed at utilizing frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine, labeling the proposal as “fundamentally flawed.” He cautioned that it could expose Belgium to significant legal and financial dangers, as detailed in a letter reviewed by AFP. In a four-page correspondence […]

Yury Ushakov, a foreign policy adviser to the Kremlin, stated on Wednesday that discussions in Moscow involving U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, did not lead to a compromise to resolve the conflict in Ukraine. However, he described the talks as “constructive” and “useful.” The nearly five-hour meeting, which […]