Category: World

On Monday, European Union energy ministers reached a consensus to eliminate the last of their gas imports from Russia by the conclusion of 2027, marking a significant step in breaking the bloc’s reliance on Russian energy that has persisted since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The proposed measure, likely to gain the backing of the […]

Russia’s regions are on the brink of a financial crisis as declining tax revenues coupled with rising expenditures have compelled local authorities to deplete nearly all their financial reserves, according to an analysis by the Expert RA rating agency. As of September 1, at least six regions were reported to have only two to three […]

A landmark payment of $50 billion from Russia to the former shareholders of the defunct Yukos oil company remains valid following a ruling by the Dutch Supreme Court that dismissed a Russian appeal on Friday, concluding a protracted legal dispute. This decision brings closure to the prolonged conflict surrounding Yukos, which was dismantled in the […]

Russian police announced on Tuesday the initiation of the first criminal investigation related to a newly implemented law that prohibits the transfer of mobile phone numbers to unauthorized individuals. This regulation, enacted earlier this year, explicitly forbids individuals from transferring SIM cards or phone numbers to anyone other than immediate family members. Officials claim that […]

Here’s a translated and rephrased version of the text while maintaining its original meaning: Andrei Burychin, a 22-year-old Russian soldier, sustained injuries while serving in Ukraine. Last autumn, he entered a psychiatric facility in Yekaterinburg and was later released with what his attorney described as a “serious diagnosis.” In the weeks that followed, Burychin began […]

Moscow’s police are utilizing facial recognition technology to apprehend men contesting their military draft orders, as reported by the Civil Alliance of Russia, a human rights organization. Oleg Filatchev, the head of the Civil Alliance of Russia, stated that a 19-year-old client who is disputing his draft was apprehended at a Moscow metro station on […]

U.S. President Donald Trump announced plans to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Hungary following a “very productive” conversation on Thursday. This remark came just a day before Trump was scheduled to host Ukraine’s leader at the White House, and raised questions about Kyiv’s request for Tomahawk missiles. In his latest shift regarding Russia’s […]

Repairs are underway for the damaged power lines connected to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, following a prolonged outage that occurred after local ceasefire zones were established, the UN’s nuclear regulatory body reported on Saturday. Since Russian forces took control of the facility in March 2022, it lost its power connection to the grid on […]

Exiled Russian pop singer Monetochka has penned a poem in solidarity with three young street musicians from St. Petersburg who were imprisoned after playing a prohibited anti-Kremlin song, according to media reports on Monday. Recently, Monetochka expressed her distress regarding the detention of the trio, known as Stoptime, whose members received sentences of 12 to […]

The body of a missing Chechen woman, who is believed to have escaped domestic abuse in Chechnya and moved to Armenia, has been discovered in a rented apartment in Yerevan, according to Armenian police on Monday. The woman, named Ayshat Baimuradova and aged 23, had been unaccounted for since Friday, raising fears about a potential […]