Category: World

President Vladimir Putin arrived in Tajikistan on Wednesday evening for a three-day visit aimed at reinforcing Russia’s influence in Central Asia, a region where Moscow’s historical supremacy is increasingly under threat from both China and Western nations. Upon his arrival in the capital city of Dushanbe, Putin was greeted by Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon. On […]

The Russian Ministry of Finance has released a proposed federal budget for 2026 that includes plans for new tax increases aimed at maintaining consistent wartime expenditures. This budget proposal, which still awaits approval from the State Duma, reflects the Kremlin’s commitment to continue its military operations in Ukraine, even if it results in heightened expenses […]

On Wednesday, Russian law enforcement officials initiated criminal proceedings against culinary historian Pavel Syutkin for allegedly disseminating “false information” regarding the Russian military. The 60-year-old Syutkin is accused of sharing what authorities classify as “fakes” about the conflict in Ukraine through his Telegram channel “Russian Cuisine: A History,” which has more than 3,400 followers, according […]

Once a prominent investor in Russia, British financier Bill Browder, who was born in the U.S., has become a vehement critic of the Kremlin following the death of his lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, in a Russian prison in 2009. Browder is widely recognized for advocating the Magnitsky Act, legislation that allows for sanctions against Russian officials […]

Russia’s strategy to increase its value-added tax (VAT) aims to support escalating defense and security expenditures, and is anticipated to push consumer prices up by approximately 1% next year, according to Finance Minister Anton Siluanov on Monday. “Changes in VAT could impact the financial performance of businesses. We estimate its effect on inflation to be […]

On Tuesday, the Kremlin supported former German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s recent assertion that Poland and the Baltic nations hindered attempts to organize EU-Russia discussions prior to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov remarked to reporters, “In numerous foreign policy matters, it is clear that the EU and Brussels are being […]

The police in Nizhny Novgorod detained the daughter of the late journalist Irina Slavina when she attempted to place flowers outside the regional police headquarters in her mother’s memory, as reported by the human rights organization OVD-Info on Thursday. Irina Slavina, the editor-in-chief of the independent news platform Koza Press, passed away on October 2, […]

A court in Helsinki dismissed a case against three crew members of a vessel from Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet,” who were suspected of damaging undersea cables in the Baltic Sea, citing a lack of jurisdiction. The captain and two senior officers of the Cook Islands-registered oil tanker Eagle S were alleged to have dragged their […]

In September, Russia escalated its long-range missile and drone assaults on Ukraine, according to an analysis by AFP based on data from Kyiv’s Air Force. These attacks coincided with a series of reported Russian violations of European airspace and a standstill in peace negotiations. Throughout the month, NATO enhanced its defenses along its eastern frontiers, […]

U.S. President Donald Trump has authorized American intelligence agencies to provide Ukraine with intelligence data for targeting Russian energy infrastructure, including oil refineries, pipelines, and power generation facilities, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal citing unnamed U.S. officials. This directive, which instructs the Pentagon and intelligence agencies to share this information, was […]