Category: World

Police investigators interrogated individuals associated with a notable far-right nationalist organization following a fatal fire that erupted during their raid on a St. Petersburg apartment over the weekend, as reported by the local news outlet Fontanka on Tuesday, citing anonymous sources familiar with the situation. The group, known as Russkaya Obshchina (“Russian Community”), asserted that […]

Mobile internet services in Moscow experienced significant interruptions on Monday, as authorities cautioned residents about potential outages throughout the week due to increased security measures ahead of the Victory Day festivities. The emergency alert system in Russia issued warnings regarding mobile internet limitations from May 5 to May 9, stating this was necessary “to ensure […]

A Moscow court has upheld a five-and-a-half-year prison sentence for a pediatrician found guilty of disseminating “false information” regarding the military, as reported by Russian media on Monday. Nadezhda Buyanova, 69, was sentenced in November after the spouse of a soldier who lost his life in Ukraine accused her of speaking out against the war […]

Wholesale potato prices in Russia have soared to unprecedented levels this spring, following a significant drop in the previous year’s harvest, according to a report from the Kommersant business newspaper citing industry experts. By late April, potatoes harvested in 2024 were selling at an average of 46.3 rubles ($0.57) per kilogram in the wholesale market, […]

Russian officials are contemplating mandatory reductions in federal expenditures as declining oil prices erode the reserves necessary for financing the conflict in Ukraine, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing a source with knowledge of the initial talks. The government is said to be reviewing its budgetary guidelines, which govern the allocation of funds from the National […]

Russian film critic Yekaterina Barabash announced on Monday that she had escaped to France with assistance from the media advocacy group Reporters Without Borders (RSF), which facilitated her exit from the country. “It was extremely challenging,” stated Barabash, a 64-year-old journalist of Ukrainian descent, during a press conference at RSF’s headquarters in Paris. She is […]

The governor of the Vologda region in northwestern Russia, Georgy Filimonov, has urged billionaire Alexei Mordashov to “make amends” and collaborate for the greater good of the region, amid ongoing disputes regarding local investment. Filimonov, who was appointed by President Vladimir Putin in 2023 and is considered a political outsider, has been in conflict with […]

Public dissatisfaction is simmering in Bashkortostan, a republic in Russia, regarding a government-endorsed initiative to exploit copper mining resources in the Kryktytau mountain range. These renewed tensions arise in the wake of last year’s unprecedented protests and extensive repressions in wartime Russia, which were notable in Bashkortostan. While government officials and supportive bloggers promote the […]

On Wednesday, Russia announced that 288 civilians had lost their lives during Ukraine’s prolonged military operations in the Kursk region, which Moscow asserted it had completely secured from Ukrainian forces over the past weekend. In August 2024, Kyiv deployed its military across the border in response to Russia’s comprehensive invasion of Ukraine. In recent days, […]

Ukrainian drone attacks on a market in the occupied town of Oleshky, located in the Kherson region of southern Ukraine, resulted in the deaths of seven individuals on Thursday, according to an official installed by Moscow. “The Ukrainian Armed Forces executed a significant strike using FPV drones targeting civilians,” stated Vladimir Saldo, the Kremlin-appointed leader […]