Category: World

Georgia will not restore diplomatic relations with Russia unless Moscow retracts its recognition of the separatist regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, stated Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Wednesday. Relations between Tbilisi and Moscow were cut after the 2008 war, during which Russia declared the two regions as independent states, a claim that has only […]

In the Irkutsk region, a judge has sentenced Igor Mokeev, a former warden of a detention center, to five years in prison for mistreating inmates, according to a statement from the regional court’s press office released on Monday. Mokeev, who was in charge of Detention Center No. 1, along with his deputy Anton Samara, was […]

Negotiators from the European Union reached a consensus early Wednesday to gradually eliminate all imports of Russian gas by the autumn of 2027. This action is designed to cut off a significant source of revenue for Moscow, nearly four years into its conflict with Ukraine. The agreement, finalized between representatives of the European Parliament and […]

Russia’s state communications regulator has escalated its efforts against foreign messaging services, blocking Snapchat on Thursday, just hours after limiting access to video and voice calls on Apple’s FaceTime. According to a statement reported by state media, Roskomnadzor claimed that Snapchat was being utilized “to coordinate and execute terrorist activities within the country” as well […]

Russian law enforcement has filed charges against rapper Face for breaching the country’s “foreign agent” legislation, as reported by the exiled news outlet Mediazona on Monday. In 2022, the Justice Ministry classified Face, whose real name is Ivan Dremin, as a “foreign agent” and has since imposed several fines on him for not complying with […]

Russia has invested vast resources in its attempt to capture Pokrovsk, a crucial logistical center in eastern Ukraine that Moscow claimed to have taken control of on Monday, according to military analysts. The conflict over Pokrovsk, a city with a pre-war population of 60,000 located strategically in the Donetsk region, has been ongoing since August […]

Nearly 500 endangered Caspian seals have been found dead along the coast of the Caspian Sea in Russia, leading officials in the Dagestan republic to initiate a multi-agency investigation, as reported by local authorities on Wednesday. The ministry responsible for natural resources in Dagestan stated that teams began inspecting approximately 300 kilometers (86 miles) of […]

A suspected drone strike from Ukraine caused damage to a high-rise building in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, early Friday morning, marking one of the nearest attacks to the residence of regional leader Ramzan Kadyrov, according to various media sources. Footage shared on Telegram channels displayed broken windows and scorched areas on multiple floors of […]

On Thursday, the U.S. Treasury Department broadened the permission for Lukoil-branded gas stations operating outside of Russia to remain in business, temporarily lifting some sanctions imposed on the Russian energy company. This action effectively enables Lukoil-branded gas stations, including those in places like the United States, to keep serving their customers while ensuring that revenue […]

On Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump expressed his belief that Russia’s leader, Vladimir Putin, intends to bring an end to the conflict in Ukraine. This statement comes as Putin has intensified threats to expand Russian control over Ukrainian territory, and peace discussions held in Moscow earlier this week did not achieve any significant progress. Trump’s […]