Category: World

The Russian Defense Ministry announced early Thursday that its air defense systems successfully intercepted 85 Ukrainian drones overnight into the morning. Initially, the military reported the destruction of 81 drones between Wednesday evening and 6:40 a.m. Moscow time, later revising this number to include four additional drones that were intercepted over the regions of Rostov […]

A woman residing near the Ukrainian border in the Kursk region of southwestern Russia passed away in the hospital a day after sustaining injuries from a Ukrainian drone strike, regional officials reported on Tuesday. Acting Governor Alexander Khinshtein disclosed late Monday that the 48-year-old woman was milking a cow in the village of Goncharovka when […]

Russian consumers are increasingly replacing basic food staples with vegetables that were once considered affordable, as soaring food prices and dwindling household budgets take their toll. Potatoes, a dietary staple in Russia for many years, exemplify this trend, with their average retail price soaring by 173% year-on-year by the end of May—representing the most significant […]

The CEO of Sberbank, German Gref, remarked on Friday that the interplay of elevated interest rates and an overvalued ruble is creating a “perfect storm” that could hinder investment and negatively impact Russia’s economic growth over the coming years. “We are confronted with a significant array of challenges that we can describe as a perfect […]

President Vladimir Putin highlighted the increasing economic clout of the BRICS nations and Russia’s shift towards non-Western markets during a plenary session at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) on Friday. He described this as a “restructuring” of the Russian economy. “BRICS accounts for 40% of the global economy,” Putin stated in his speech. […]

On Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump seemed to dismiss Vladimir Putin’s proposal to mediate the conflict between Israel and Iran, suggesting that the Russian leader should focus on resolving his own conflict in Ukraine first. “He actually offered to help mediate, and I responded, ‘Do me a favor, mediate your own issues first. Let’s deal […]

Officials reported on Friday that a recent aerial attack by Russia on Ukraine resulted in one fatality and over a dozen injuries, with the southern port city of Odesa being the primary target. Images released by Ukraine’s emergency services showed firefighters assisting a woman in pajamas as she escaped from a window of a burning […]

A criminal inquiry into a Russian prostitution network involving minors has revealed claims that billionaire oligarch Oleg Deripaska was a patron, according to a recent investigative report by the exiled news organizations Vyorstka and IStories. This purported sex trafficking operation reportedly functioned from at least 2018 to 2019, disguising itself as regional teen beauty contests, […]

Emergency services in Kyiv announced on Wednesday that the death toll from a Russian airstrike the day before has increased to 28, with over 130 individuals reported injured. Early on Tuesday, Russia unleashed numerous drones and missiles on Kyiv, which President Volodymyr Zelensky described as “one of the most devastating assaults” on the city since […]

On Tuesday, the United Kingdom implemented new sanctions aimed at what is referred to as Russia’s “shadow fleet,” adding 20 more ships to its blacklist along with 10 individuals and organizations tied to the nation’s energy and shipping industries. Security experts indicate that this aging fleet is utilized by Moscow to bypass international sanctions that […]