Category: World

A Russian soldier shot and killed a fellow serviceman before taking his own life with a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the Moscow region during the night, as reported by military authorities on Friday. According to state news agencies, the Defense Ministry’s Moscow Military District indicated that the serviceman breached weapon safety protocols, resulting in the […]

On Wednesday, President Vladimir Putin enacted a law that simplifies the process for authorities to initiate criminal proceedings against persons and entities labeled as “foreign agents,” further tightening restrictions on dissent in Russia. According to the new regulations, a single instance of violating “foreign agent” rules is now sufficient for authorities to pursue criminal charges. […]

Ongoing drone strikes from Ukraine targeting Russia’s energy infrastructure have significantly cut the nation’s fuel exports to their lowest point since the start of the Ukraine invasion, as reported by Bloomberg on Wednesday. According to data from the analytics firm Vortexa, compiled by Bloomberg, average daily fuel exports fell to 1.88 million barrels in the […]

Hello and welcome to Regions Calling, your source for news about developments outside Moscow, brought to you by The Moscow Times. Since the onset of the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the regions and ethnic republics of Russia have disproportionately contributed manpower to the front lines. Military recruitment figures have become a crucial metric […]

Police in St. Petersburg have detained and charged an 18-year-old street performer for allegedly organizing an unauthorized public gathering after footage of her leading a crowd in singing an anti-Putin rock song went viral, according to local media reports on Thursday. As reported by the Bumaga news outlet, the performer, identified as Diana Loginova, is […]

BRUSSELS — According to the head of public communications at NATO Maritime Command, the alliance has not recorded any instances of “malicious damage” to vital infrastructure in the Baltic Sea since the initiation of its Baltic Sentry operation in January, as reported by The Moscow Times. Commander Arlo Abrahamson stated, “[Baltic Sentry] is certainly a […]

Russian officials now have the authority to seize vehicles from drivers who have been convicted of multiple instances of drunk driving, according to reports from state media on Thursday, which referenced a recent ruling from a regional court. The Krasnodar cassation court determined that a vehicle can be confiscated if its owner is caught driving […]

On Thursday, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) accused the United Kingdom of assisting Ukraine in orchestrating a significant drone attack on Russian military airfields during the summer. FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov asserted that British intelligence provided direct oversight that enabled Kyiv to execute Operation Spider Web, a synchronized drone offensive in June aimed at five […]

On Friday, Russia announced that it had taken control of three villages in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv regions, including areas that Kyiv had reclaimed during a surprise counteroffensive three years prior. According to Moscow’s military leadership, the captured villages are Pishchane and Tykhe in Kharkiv, as well as Pryvillia in Dnipropetrovsk. The Russian military continues […]

The United States is calling on Japan to cease its purchases of Russian oil and gas as President Donald J. Trump intensifies efforts to pressure countries that continue to support Moscow’s income during the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated in a post on X that he met with Japan’s Finance […]