Category: World

Russia and Ukraine have conducted an exchange of the remains of 1,029 soldiers who died in warfare, as reported by Kremlin advisor and chief negotiator Vladimir Medinsky on Friday. Under an agreement established during peace discussions in Istanbul in June, Russia returned the remains of 1,003 Ukrainian soldiers and received 26 Russian soldiers’ bodies in […]

Russians are planning to reduce their expenditures on New Year’s festivities in 2025 due to economic challenges, as reported by the Kommersant business newspaper citing consumer surveys and expert insights. According to a survey conducted by the online marketplace Avito, households anticipate spending an average of 14,000 rubles (approximately $175) on holiday preparations. This amount […]

On Thursday, Sergei Naryshkin, the head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service, and Culture Minister Olga Lyubimova inaugurated a monument in Moscow dedicated to the creators of the legendary Soviet television series “Seventeen Moments of Spring”. The statue features the show’s writer, Yulian Semyonov, sitting near its director, Tatiana Lioznova, and actor Vyacheslav Tikhonov, who played […]

A military tribunal in Yekaterinburg has imposed lengthy prison sentences on five individuals who identify as Marxists from the adjacent republic of Bashkortostan on charges of terrorism and conspiracy to commit a coup, according to an article from the exiled news outlet Mediazona published on Tuesday. The accused, all men of middle and older age […]

A judge in Yekaterinburg has ordered human rights advocate Alexei Sokolov to be detained ahead of trial following his arrest on charges of treason, according to the exiled news outlet Mediazona, which reported on Thursday. Sokolov, who has long been an outspoken critic of prisoner treatment, claimed prior to the court decision that authorities accused […]

The automaker AvtoVAZ is initiating a recall for over 33,000 Lada Granta vehicles due to a potential issue with the driveshaft, as reported by the company’s press service to state media on Wednesday. This recall affects cars sold from June 6 to December 12, 2025, as stated in a recall announcement by Russia’s consumer standards […]

A Russian airstrike struck a Turkish-operated vessel in a port located in Ukraine’s Black Sea region near Odesa, as confirmed by both Kyiv and the vessel’s operator on Friday. This assault has reignited appeals from Ankara to cease attacks on port facilities, just hours after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had directly addressed the matter […]

Uniformed armed personnel have been identified on ships associated with Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet,” according to Sweden’s navy, as Moscow intensifies its military presence along crucial shipping corridors in the Baltic Sea. Commodore Marko Petkovic, who oversees operations for Sweden’s navy, informed Swedish broadcaster SVT that these individuals are likely associated with private security firms. […]

Finnish officials have taken possession of a coastal villa owned by sanctioned Russian billionaire Boris Rotenberg in Hanko due to his failure to pay property taxes totaling several thousand euros, according to a report by public broadcaster Yle on Wednesday, referencing records from the enforcement registry. Yle noted that Rotenberg, a close ally of President […]

The Foreign Ministry of Tajikistan summoned the Russian ambassador in Dushanbe on Wednesday to demand an unbiased investigation into the fatal stabbing of a 10-year-old student at a school near Moscow. The victim, Kobiljon Aliyev, a fourth-grade student, was killed on Tuesday morning at Uspenskaya Secondary School located in the affluent suburban area of Gorki-2. […]