Category: World

China will permit Russian citizens to enter the country without a visa for stays of up to 30 days during a one-year trial period set to begin later this month, a spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday. Guo Jiakun informed reporters that “from September 15, 2025, until September 14, 2026, a pilot […]

DONETSK REGION, Ukraine — On the salty banks of Sloviansk, Sasha, a 22-year-old soldier from Kherson, enjoys a beer while smoking a cigarette. The salt lakes behind him sparkle, creating an illusion where sky and land blend seamlessly. In the distance, a plume of smoke signifies something ablaze. Along the water’s edge, civilians and returning […]

Residents of a town in the Krasnodar region of southern Russia are expressing their distress over having to inhale toxic air from a landfill fire that has been burning for over a week, despite assurances from officials that it would be extinguished, according to local media reports on Monday. The fire at the Simonovka landfill, […]

Russian authorities have barred 39 Polish bikers from entering the country, accusing them of holding an unauthorized rally at a Polish military cemetery located in the Tver region. The Mednoye Memorial Complex marks the site of the second-largest massacre of Polish officers and prisoners by the Soviet secret police in 1940, and a Polish War […]

Shares of Gazprom, the Russian energy behemoth, fell sharply on Tuesday following the announcement of a “legally binding” memorandum with China to move forward with the long-stalled Power of Siberia 2 pipeline project. On the Moscow Exchange, Gazprom’s stock closed down 3.1% at 130.7 rubles, resulting in a loss of over 100 billion rubles (approximately […]

Emergency responders were working vigorously to contain a forest fire in southern Krasnodar region on Thursday, following the crash of a Ukrainian drone in a forested area close to the Black Sea resort of Gelendzhik. Local authorities in Krasnodar reported that debris from a drone intercepted by air defense systems ignited fires in three separate […]

Approximately one-third of Russia’s largest corporations reported losses during the first half of 2025, marking the highest percentage since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. This trend highlights the significant impact of the ongoing conflict and sanctions on the nation’s economy, as reported by the pro-Kremlin publication Izvestia. Data from Rosstat, the state statistics agency, […]

Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych made a rare appearance on Russian state media on Monday, where he criticized the European Union for its “arrogance” during negotiations with Kyiv prior to his 2014 ousting. Yanukovych, a supporter of the Kremlin who fled to Russia after the violence of pro-EU protests in Kyiv resulted in numerous deaths, […]

Russian forces are advancing steadily in eastern Ukraine, making small but closely monitored gains in the Donetsk region while the Trump administration works to facilitate a peace agreement between Moscow and Kyiv. The most notable advance took place earlier this month near Dobropillya, in northern Donetsk, where Russian troops moved forward in two directions that […]

The Russian economy has been on the verge of recession for several months, as financial authorities implement measures aimed at curbing growth to prevent runaway inflation. In the first quarter of this year, Russia experienced its first quarterly contraction in GDP since 2022. While official GDP data for the second quarter is still pending, analysts […]