Category: World

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 […]

Authorities in Kyrgyzstan announced on Saturday that the search for a Russian climber stranded on the country’s tallest mountain has been suspended indefinitely due to extreme weather conditions. Natalia Nagovitsyna sustained a leg injury while attempting to summit Victory Peak, which rises to 7,439 meters, and has been trapped in the high-altitude region for eleven […]

Russian authorities announced on Thursday that they have charged a 17-year-old from the Kursk region with “rehabilitation of Nazism” after he reportedly submitted a photograph of an adult film actor for a World War II memorial project. The “Faces of Victory” memorial, situated near a government building in Zheleznogorsk in preparation for Victory Day in […]

A court in Moscow has determined that Russians who pay for Instagram verification might face criminal charges for “financing extremism,” a ruling that could lead to prison terms of up to eight years. On July 14, the Kuntsevo District Court delivered this decision after considering a prosecutor’s assertion that acquiring a blue verification badge is […]

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused Western nations on Sunday of attempting to “halt” peace negotiations aimed at resolving the conflict in Ukraine, following a rapid series of diplomatic efforts that now seem to be at an impasse. Former U.S. President Donald Trump has advocated for a direct meeting between the leaders of Ukraine and […]

Shipments of Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia through the Druzhba pipeline were resumed on Tuesday evening, according to officials from both nations, following a brief interruption due to a Ukrainian drone strike on a pumping facility in Russia’s Tambov region the day before. “The oil supply to Slovakia has returned to normal levels,” Slovak […]

Russia has handed over the remains of 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers, including five who perished while being held by Russian forces, announced officials from Kyiv and Moscow on Tuesday. According to Ukraine’s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, this transfer was part of agreements made during Russian-Ukrainian peace discussions that took place in […]

Russia is set to increase taxes and reduce non-military expenditures to finance its escalating war costs in the next few years, as reported by Reuters on Wednesday, citing a government insider. The updated budget for 2025, expected in September, reportedly allocates 17 trillion rubles ($211 billion) — accounting for 8% of the GDP and 41% […]

AI-generated imagery and videos featuring global leaders have transformed the recent efforts for peace in Ukraine into a source of memes, including a fabricated clip of former U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin dancing with a polar bear, alongside a falsified image of European leaders looking dejected outside the Oval Office. These […]

President Vladimir Putin conducted phone conversations over the last two days with leaders from India, Brazil, South Africa, Belarus, and four Central Asian nations to discuss details about his recent meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Alaska. On Monday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed gratitude to his “friend” Putin for “providing insights” from […]