Category: World

Last month, a Moscow court handed down a nearly two-year sentence in a penal colony to a 16-year-old boy from Chechnya, eliciting widespread discontent among Chechens of various political affiliations. Muslim Murdiev faced charges of criminal hooliganism stemming from a street altercation in 2023, and his situation attracted support from a diverse group, including Chechen […]

On Tuesday, U.S. Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna announced that she had received a report from the Soviet era regarding the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy from the Russian ambassador in Washington. “I have obtained a hard copy of the report concerning JFK’s assassination from the Russian Ambassador,” Luna shared on X, noting that […]

Russian law enforcement has apprehended four individuals accused of swindling military personnel out of their salaries and bonuses intended for deployment in Ukraine, according to a statement from the Interior Ministry on Friday. Authorities have reported knowledge of three instances of fraud amounting to 2.5 million rubles (approximately $30,800). Investigators suspect that over 40 individuals […]

On Tuesday, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) announced the filing of criminal charges against several notable exiled anti-war activists, including former oil magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky. They are accused of establishing a “terrorist” organization and conspiring to topple the Russian government. The charges are directed at members of the Russian Anti-War Committee, a group that was […]

Media figure Ksenia Sobchak announced on Wednesday that she removed a recent interview from her well-known YouTube channel after receiving a warning from Russia’s state media authority, which indicated that the content may have included elements of “LGBT propaganda.” The interview, released in early September, featured openly gay Russian-born artist and blogger Sergei Grigoryev-Apollonov, who […]

Mikhail Kriger, a jailed Russian opposition activist, has initiated a dry hunger strike in response to his recurrent isolation in solitary confinement, as reported by his supporters. The 65-year-old is currently serving a seven-year sentence at Correctional Colony No. 5 in the Oryol region. He began his hunger strike on September 25 and escalated to […]

On Tuesday, the governor of the Samara region in southern Russia unexpectedly dismissed the head of a local district during a televised inspection, a moment that rapidly gained attention for the governor’s profane tirade. The video depicted Vyacheslav Fedorishchev, the 36-year-old governor, confronting Yury Zhidkov, the leader of Samara’s Kinelsky district, regarding a damaged monument […]

Next week, a bronze cast of the death mask of the renowned Soviet singer-songwriter and actor Vladimir Vysotsky will be auctioned in Monaco, as reported by the international auction house, Hermitage Fine Art. This item is part of an extensive collection that includes over 200 pieces of Russian and Eastern European art from the 19th […]

Russian drones and missiles relentlessly struck Ukraine’s beleaguered energy system early Friday, leaving thousands without power and resulting in the death of a seven-year-old boy. The aerial assault, which included hundreds of drones and nearly thirty missiles, disrupted electricity supplies across nine regions of Ukraine, plunging large areas of Kyiv into darkness. Journalists from AFP […]

Russian officials are set to conduct extensive inspections of regional airlines in response to a rise in aviation accidents and fatalities over recent years, as reported by the pro-Kremlin publication Izvestia on Thursday. According to authorities, the number of commercial aviation incidents surged from eight in 2023 to 17 in 2024, while fatalities more than […]