Category: World

On Thursday, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) reported that its officers shot and killed a man who opened fire on them while they were attempting to apprehend him in connection with suspected bomb attack plans in the Kaluga region. The FSB stated that the individual, a 49-year-old whose name was not disclosed, fired at the […]

A Moscow court recently sentenced a former employee of the Foreign Ministry, who had previously served at one of Russia’s consulates in the United States, to 12 years in prison for transmitting information to U.S. intelligence. The Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia announced that Arseniy Konovalov was detained in March 2024 on allegations of […]

Discussing the possibility of Russia’s war extending beyond Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin mentioned this month that his country is prepared for a direct military confrontation with Europe if necessary. “We do not intend to engage in war with Europe, but should Europe choose to initiate it, we are ready immediately,” he stated. At the same […]

Fifteen assistants in Russia’s State Duma were dismissed following an internal investigation which revealed their involvement in the unauthorized sale of participation in parliamentary roundtable discussions, according to a report by the RBC news agency on Monday, citing two insiders. Vyacheslav Volodin, the Speaker of the State Duma and member of the ruling United Russia […]

Ukrainian drone attacks ignited blazes at a coastal fuel storage facility and an oil refinery in southern Russia, according to local authorities on Thursday. Concurrently, several regions across the country reported interceptions of numerous unmanned aerial vehicles. Officials in the Krasnodar region reported that two fuel storage tanks were ablaze in the port city of […]

Russian authorities have stripped investigative journalist Roman Anin of his citizenship, referencing his 2025 conviction for allegedly disseminating “fake” news regarding the Russian military, according to state media reports from the Yaroslavl regional branch of the Interior Ministry on Tuesday. This action represents the first documented instance of a Russian journalist losing their citizenship due […]

On Monday, Russia voiced its “full support” for Venezuela as the South American nation deals with a blockade involving sanctioned oil tankers by U.S. forces stationed in the Caribbean, according to statements from both governments. During a phone conversation, the foreign ministers of Russia and Venezuela condemned the actions of the U.S., which have included […]

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev did not attend an informal Commonwealth of Independent States summit in St. Petersburg on Monday, citing his “busy work schedule,” according to state media in Azerbaijan. The Commonwealth of Independent States, a regional organization established following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, consists of nine member nations. At the Hermitage Museum, […]

Russian officials have brought criminal charges against at least 34 individuals for failing to comply with state defense contracts since the beginning of the large-scale invasion of Ukraine, as reported by Reuters on Tuesday, referencing documents available on the website of Moscow’s general jurisdiction courts. Among those charged, Reuters identified at least 11 as heads […]

When prison authorities announced that Nika Novak was unavailable for visitation, her loved ones feared the worst. They speculated that the journalist had somehow vanished from her penal facility situated in the remote Siberian expanse. For over a week, from late November into early December, Novak, 33, was officially a missing person—until suddenly she was […]