Category: World

An American man who asserts he has helped Russian soldiers in Ukraine for two years has been awarded a Russian passport, according to reports from state media. Officials in the Moscow-backed Donetsk region have identified him as Daniel Richard Martindale, stating that he was instrumental in aiding Russian forces during their takeover of the village […]

Georgian police temporarily detained a 24-year-old Chechen woman who had escaped domestic violence in Chechnya, according to human rights activists. Laura Avtorkhanova had taken refuge in a shelter in Tbilisi after fleeing what activists described as an abusive and oppressive environment. The rights organization Marem, which advocates for women in the North Caucasus, reported that […]

Russian government officials and state media largely responded to Donald Trump’s warning of significant economic sanctions against Russia—contingent on its cessation of hostilities in Ukraine within 50 days—with skepticism. Meanwhile, President Vladimir Putin has not yet addressed Trump’s comments publicly. At a press conference in the Oval Office on Monday with NATO Secretary General Mark […]

Police officers in the Rostov region of southern Russia are being compensated for the amounts they are offered in bribes, according to a new anti-corruption initiative announced by the region’s police chief on Tuesday. Alexander Rechitsky, who leads the Rostov branch of the Interior Ministry, informed reporters that officers who decline bribes will receive full […]

One of the leading universities in Russia has introduced a new master’s degree program aimed at managing and lessening the effects of international sanctions. This initiative reflects an increase in institutional efforts to adapt to the Kremlin’s increasingly isolated stance in the international arena. The two-year course at the Higher School of Economics (HSE) in […]

Trade between Russia and China experienced a 9.1% decline in the first half of 2025 compared to the same period last year, reaching a total of $106.48 billion, as reported by China’s General Administration of Customs on Monday. During the January to June timeframe, Chinese exports to Russia fell by 8.4%, totaling $47.16 billion. At […]

Russia is in the process of implementing nationwide regulations aimed at consolidating the authority to suspend mobile internet services, as outages linked to Ukrainian drone strikes have become increasingly common throughout the country, as reported by the pro-Kremlin newspaper Izvestia on Tuesday, referencing sources from the government and telecommunications sector. The Ministry of Digital Development […]

A Ukrainian drone strike in the southern city of Voronezh early on Tuesday left at least 22 individuals injured, according to local authorities. Meanwhile, Russia’s Defense Ministry announced that it had successfully intercepted numerous drones across several regions overnight. Voronezh region Governor Alexander Gusev reported that one of the injured was a teenager, and a […]

On Sunday, Russia announced that it had seized another town in the western part of Ukraine’s Donetsk region, as its military pushes towards the adjacent Dnipropetrovsk region. The extensive invasion of Ukraine by Moscow has been ongoing for over three years, with military actions ramping up this summer, while negotiations led by the U.S. have […]

On Sunday, the Russian Foreign Ministry labeled as “defamation” reports suggesting that President Vladimir Putin had urged Iran to agree to a “zero enrichment” deal regarding its nuclear program. According to a Saturday report by the U.S. news outlet Axios, which referenced three unnamed sources familiar with the discussions, Putin had “encouraged” Iran to reach […]