Category: World

A court in St. Petersburg has dismissed an “LGBT propaganda” case against a well-known bookstore that was previously fined for selling works by authors such as Susan Sontag and Olivia Laing. In April, law enforcement officials conducted a raid on the century-old bookstore Podpisniye Izdaniya, instructing staff to take down numerous titles related to LGBTQ+ […]

Russia has commenced the construction of fortified structures at several key military airbases, likely aimed at protecting its aircraft from increasingly advanced Ukrainian drone assaults, as indicated by satellite images analyzed by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) based in the U.S. Images captured on July 7 and 9 show a notable increase […]

A military court in Moscow sentenced exiled writer Boris Akunin to 14 years behind bars on Monday, convicting him of justifying terrorism, aiding terrorist activities, and breaching the country’s “foreign agent” regulations. Akunin, a well-known author and critic of the Kremlin, was tried in absentia since he has been living outside Russia since 2014. In […]

The eldest son of Vladimir Artyakov, who is the vice president of the state defense conglomerate Rostec and a former governor of the Samara region, was apprehended by Spanish law enforcement on Saturday on allegations of money laundering, as reported by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) citing judicial sources. Authorities claim that […]

Russia has decided to shut down Poland’s consulate in the western city of Kaliningrad as a response to what it deems the “unjust and hostile” closure of its own consulate in Krakow, Poland. On Friday, the Foreign Ministry reported that it had summoned Poland’s chargé d’affaires to inform him that Moscow would withdraw its authorization […]

Russia is set to commence direct flights from Moscow to Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, later this month, as announced by the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) on Wednesday. The Russian civil aviation authority, Rosaviatsia, has granted a license to the charter airline Nordwind to operate biweekly flights between Moscow and Pyongyang. […]

Russian air defense forces successfully intercepted 155 Ukrainian drones during a nighttime attack, as reported by the Defense Ministry on Friday. Regional officials confirmed that at least three individuals lost their lives due to these assaults. From Thursday night at 11 PM until Friday morning at 7 AM, “active air defense units detected and eliminated […]

Kyiv officials reported on Wednesday that the Russian armed forces conducted their most extensive missile and drone assault since the escalation of hostilities began in February 2022, primarily focusing on the western regions of Ukraine. According to Ukraine’s air force, the overnight attack involved 728 drones and 13 missiles, with air defense systems reportedly intercepting […]

Since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, there has been an increasing number of mysterious or violent deaths among Russian officials, business leaders, and public figures. Many of these individuals reportedly fell from windows or balconies. While some of these fatalities have been officially classified as accidents or suicides, the […]

Several high-ranking officials from the Kremlin attended a memorial service on Thursday for former Transportation Minister Roman Starovoit, while President Vladimir Putin sent a floral tribute but did not participate in person. Starovoit was discovered deceased from a gunshot wound near a parking area outside Moscow on Monday, occurring merely hours after Putin had dismissed […]