Category: World

On Thursday, Russia’s Foreign Ministry announced the closure of Poland’s last diplomatic office outside Moscow, specifically the Polish consulate located in Irkutsk, as a response to Poland’s recent closure of one of its consulates. Last week, Polish officials accused Russian security agents of executing two sabotage attacks on Poland’s railway infrastructure and subsequently ordered the […]

President Vladimir Putin’s commitment to permit visa-free travel for Chinese citizens, coupled with recent strains in relations between Beijing and Tokyo, has led to a remarkable spike in searches and reservations from China. Some analyses indicate increases as high as 400%, according to market research. “Within 48 hours of President Putin’s announcement regarding visa-free entry […]

Oleg Gumenyuk, the former mayor of Vladivostok, had his 12-year prison sentence for bribery annulled after being honored with a state award during his service in the Russian military, the Primorye regional court announced on Wednesday. Gumenyuk, who held the mayoral position in the Far Eastern port city from 2018 to 2021, was found guilty […]

Pro-Kremlin media provided limited coverage on Wednesday regarding the renewed U.S. efforts to resolve the conflict in Ukraine. The Kremlin acknowledged that it had reviewed the White House’s new peace proposal but offered scant commentary on its interpretations. U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he was dispatching officials to meet with their Russian and Ukrainian […]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asserted on Friday that he would not “betray” his nation while he publicly opposed a U.S. proposal aimed at concluding the war on terms perceived to heavily favor Russia, even at the potential cost of straining relations with Washington. In his speech, Zelensky committed to offering “arguments” and “alternatives” to the […]

A court in Yekaterinburg has sentenced a former police officer to a four-year suspended prison term for admitting to selling confidential criminal reports to his journalist nephew, as reported by the court’s press service on Tuesday. Andrei Karpov was detained in June on accusations of bribery and misuse of power. Investigators claimed that he provided […]

Russian oil giant Lukoil urged Bulgarian authorities on Wednesday not to obstruct its attempts to divest its assets in Bulgaria, following the government’s decision to take control of them in response to U.S. sanctions against the company. Last week, Sofia appointed a government representative to oversee a major refinery that Lukoil is looking to sell, […]

On Tuesday, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) announced the detention of a 17-year-old in the western Kaliningrad region for allegedly plotting to attack a Russian Orthodox church. The FSB stated that the unnamed teenager was recruited through Telegram by a “terrorist organization” that they claimed is “coordinated” by Ukrainian intelligence agencies. According to the law […]

In the past two weeks, the British Royal Navy intercepted two Russian naval vessels navigating the English Channel, according to a report from British media citing the U.K. Defense Ministry. The vessels in question, the corvette RFN Stoikiy and the tanker Yelnya, both belonging to Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, were heading west through the Dover […]

Authorities in St. Petersburg have released street performers Diana Loginova and Alexander Orlov after a month in detention, according to a report from local media outlet Fontanka on Sunday, which cited two sources. The duo was apprehended by St. Petersburg police on three occasions, starting from October 15. Their arrests were initiated after their band […]