Category: World

On Monday, Russia’s Supreme Court classified the Congress of People’s Deputies—a political group based in Poland and led by exiled former State Duma member Ilya Ponomaryov—as a terrorist organization. In its decision, the court asserted that the Congress of People’s Deputies engages in actions that “propagate, justify, and support terrorism.” It highlighted that Ponomaryov, who […]

India is contemplating the expansion of collaborative defense projects with Russia as it revisits its arms acquisition strategy, as reported by Reuters on Tuesday, citing three sources knowledgeable about the situation. A delegation of officials from the Indian defense sector traveled to Moscow on October 29-30, marking the first such visit since Russia’s military actions […]

On Tuesday, Russia’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, passed a bill that grants the financial regulatory authority, Rosfinmonitoring, direct access to comprehensive information regarding Russians’ financial transactions. This legislation aims to enhance Russia’s capacity to swiftly monitor suspicious financial activities, thereby facilitating the identification of potential money laundering or terrorism financing efforts. However, […]

The Russian ambassador to North Korea has died at the age of 70, as announced by the Foreign Ministry on Monday, although the cause of his death has not been revealed. Ambassador Alexander Matsegora was last seen publicly just a week ago, interacting with Russian university students studying Korean in Moscow. Photos shared by the […]

Russia has observed its largest decline in annual inflation this year, according to data released by the state statistics agency on Wednesday, as elevated interest rates impact the wartime economy. Increased military expenditures had provided a boost to the Russian economy for two years following the deployment of troops to Ukraine. However, this surge in […]

A judge in the Krasnodar region of southern Russia has determined that the Russian Defense Ministry is responsible for damages resulting from a military jet crash in October 2022 that resulted in the deaths of 16 individuals, as reported by the Kommersant business newspaper on Wednesday. The lawsuit was initiated by the relatives of an […]

The last private hospital providing abortion services in Siberia’s Altai Republic is required to relinquish its license by the end of 2025, as stated by regional leader Andrei Turchak on Tuesday. This move is part of state initiatives aimed at tackling a significant drop in birth rates throughout Russia. Turchak mentioned on Telegram that “eight […]

The Kremlin stated on Wednesday that it has not yet engaged in discussions with Washington regarding Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s recent agreement to conduct presidential elections under renewed pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump. Zelensky informed reporters on Tuesday evening that he was willing to organize new elections within three months if security assurances were […]

Children in Russia have inundated the Kremlin with grievances regarding the ban on the Roblox gaming platform, as reported by President Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson on Tuesday. On December 3, the Russian media regulator Roskomnadzor announced that it had blocked access to the U.S.-owned Roblox, alleging that the platform disseminates extremist content and endorses “LGBT propaganda.” […]

On Thursday, the U.K. imposed sanctions on Russia’s intelligence agency and called in the Russian ambassador after an investigation determined that President Vladimir Putin held “moral responsibility” for the death of a British woman due to a nerve agent attack in 2018. Dawn Sturgess, a 44-year-old mother of three, passed away after accidentally spraying herself […]