Category: World

On Saturday, Russia announced that its military forces in eastern Ukraine had seized control of two villages in the Donetsk region, increasing the military pressure on the ground as global leaders struggle to negotiate a resolution to the ongoing conflict. Russian troops are gradually progressing in the conflict-ridden eastern area, inching closer to Kyiv’s critical […]

Russia has appointed a new leader for its “North” military grouping, as confirmed by the Defense Ministry on Thursday. This change in command was previously reported, with the unit responsible for safeguarding border areas against incursions from Ukraine. The announcement occurred during a visit by Defense Minister Andrei Belousov to the military grouping, where the […]

Law enforcement officials announced on Monday that they have detained the acting deputy governor of Russia’s Kursk region, whom media sources claim is under suspicion for misappropriating funds allocated for border fortifications in the Belgorod region. Alexander Khinshtein, the acting governor of Kursk, confirmed the arrest of his deputy, Vladimir Bazarov, in a post on […]

Heavy rainfall has caused significant flooding in Russia’s Far East, leading to evacuations and prompting officials to declare a state of emergency in the Magadan region and the adjacent republic of Sakha (Yakutia). Earlier this week, Magadan region’s Governor Sergei Nosov reported that multiple stretches of both federal and regional roads had been closed and […]

A court in the southern Krasnodar region has frozen the bank accounts of two companies associated with last year’s significant oil spill in the Black Sea as part of an ongoing legal case concerning environmental damages. On Friday, the Krasnodar region Arbitration Court granted a request from the state environmental regulatory agency, Rosprirodnadzor, to freeze […]

Russia, with the assistance of Qatari mediators, has facilitated the return of three Ukrainian children and one young man with a disability to their families, commented Maria Lvova-Belova, the commissioner for children’s rights in the Kremlin, on Thursday. According to Lvova-Belova, the returnees include two boys aged 8 and 15, as well as a 6-year-old […]

On Monday, the Prosecutor General’s Office of Russia labeled the Geneva-based International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) as “undesirable.” The office accused IBO of promoting Western values and disseminating anti-Russian propaganda. In an official statement, the prosecutor’s office asserted, “The purpose of this NGO is to mold Russian youth according to Western ideals. Its educational approach involves […]

Officials in parts of the Kuril Islands in Russia’s Far East announced on Monday that they have run out of gasoline. This shortage is being attributed by some to Ukrainian drone attacks on oil refineries as well as increased demand over the summer. Konstantin Istomin, the head of the Kurilsk District, stated, “The sale of […]

A fire erupted on Sunday at a Russian nuclear power facility after the military shot down a Ukrainian drone, according to a statement from the plant following the extinguishing of the flames. The drone “exploded” upon hitting the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant located in western Russia, igniting a fire that was reportedly controlled by firefighting […]

American R&B artist B. Howard is set to represent the United States in Russia’s counterpart to Eurovision, with the competition kicking off in Moscow next month, as announced by the organizers on Thursday. The event, known as Intervision, revives a Soviet-era alternative to Eurovision that was briefly held during the 1960s and 1970s. Russia was […]