Category: World

Russia has officially taken the Taliban off its list of designated terrorist organizations, a legal step following years of pragmatic relations with the Afghan militant group. Although the Taliban has been classified as a terrorist entity in Russia since 2003, experts note that the Supreme Court’s ruling on Thursday does not signify a formal acknowledgment […]

Former governor of the Kursk region, Alexei Smirnov, along with his first deputy, Alexei Dedov, were detained and accused of extensive fraud on Wednesday. The Meshchansky Court in Moscow ordered that Smirnov be held in pre-trial detention for a period of two months. Images and videos were released by the court showing the ex-governor being […]

On Thursday, Russia stated that it would consider Ukrainian attacks on transportation infrastructure utilizing German-made Taurus long-range missiles as a form of “direct involvement” in the conflict by Germany. This statement followed remarks from Friedrich Merz, the chancellor-in-waiting of Germany, who expressed a willingness to provide the missiles to Ukraine. Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the […]

Moscow’s initiative to route Russian gas through Kazakhstan as an alternative to the halted Power of Siberia 2 pipeline has not gained support in Beijing. This proposal, revealed by Moscow in the autumn of 2024, aimed to transport up to 45 billion cubic meters (bcm) of Russian natural gas to China annually via Kazakhstan. However, […]

A military court in Moscow sentenced former Deputy Chief of Russia’s General Staff, Vadim Shamarin, to seven years in a high-security prison on corruption charges on Thursday. Lieutenant-General Shamarin, who previously led the communications department of the General Staff, was apprehended in May 2024 for allegedly taking bribes amounting to 36 million rubles (approximately $437,600) […]

A 30-day pause on Russian attacks targeting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure has come to an end, as announced by the Kremlin on Friday. This brief cessation was introduced following a conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump. “A month has indeed passed,” said Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov during a press briefing. “At […]

President Donald Trump indicated on Friday that the United States might “pass” on negotiations aimed at resolving the conflict in Ukraine if there is no evident willingness from Moscow and Kyiv to make progress in the near future. “If either side becomes too obstructive for any reason, we will simply say: ‘You’re making a mistake. […]

The United States has presented a draft ceasefire plan for Ukraine to its European allies, which includes the possibility of sanctions relief for Russia, as reported by Bloomberg on Friday, citing unnamed European officials familiar with the situation. This proposal was discussed during a meeting in Paris on Thursday attended by representatives from Britain, Germany, […]

On Saturday, Russia’s Defense Ministry announced that its military had regained control of the second to last village in the Kursk region still occupied by Ukrainian forces. This development follows a recent unexpected counteroffensive by Moscow in the strategically important border town of Sudzha. “In the course of offensive operations, units from the Northern Group […]

On Friday, a judge in St. Petersburg sentenced 19-year-old anti-war activist Daria Kozyreva to nearly three years in prison for persistently “discrediting” the Russian military. Judge Dmitry Ovrakh of the Petrogradsky District Court imposed a sentence of two years and eight months at a medium-security penal facility and prohibited Kozyreva from posting anything online for […]