Category: World

Turkish officials have located the body of a Russian swimmer who disappeared during an open-water race in the Bosphorus last summer. On Thursday, the Russian Consulate General in Istanbul announced that a DNA test confirmed the identity of the body, which was recovered earlier this week near the city’s shoreline, as belonging to Nikolai Svechnikov. […]

On Tuesday, a military court in Moscow sentenced two individuals to prison terms of 24 and 26 years after finding them guilty of attempting to assassinate a former Ukrainian intelligence officer through a bombing. Vasily Prozorov, who previously worked for Ukraine’s SBU security service, sustained injuries in April 2024 when an explosive device concealed under […]

The Higher School of Economics (HSE), one of the foremost universities in Russia, has verified reports suggesting that it is promoting military enlistment among its students, despite legal experts cautioning that this recruitment effort employs misleading methods. Last month, the academic news platform T-Invariant disclosed that students from various Russian universities were promised enlistment bonuses […]

On Thursday, the Foreign Ministry advised Russian nationals to refrain from traveling to Iran, following the deaths of thousands during weeks of nationwide protests in the Islamic Republic, reminiscent of the unrest during the 1979 revolution. “We urge Russians contemplating a trip to Iran to delay their plans until the security situation has stabilized,” stated […]

Kremlin representative Kirill Dmitriev is anticipated to hold discussions with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner during the World Economic Forum in Davos this week, as part of the ongoing efforts to negotiate an end to the conflict in Ukraine, according to reports from Reuters and Axios. As the head of Russia’s Direct […]

The FSB, Russia’s security service, announced on Thursday that they had detained a man who is accused of collecting information for Moldova’s intelligence agency. The individual, referred to only as a Russian national, traveled to Moscow in December to execute a mission that the FSB claims posed a threat to Russia’s national security on behalf […]

On Thursday, Germany summoned the Russian ambassador and announced the expulsion of a Russian diplomat suspected of overseeing a woman who was arrested the day prior on espionage charges. “The German government will not accept espionage within its borders—especially not under the protection of diplomatic immunity,” stated the German Foreign Ministry on social media platform […]

**ST. PETERSBURG** — On a recent train journey from Moscow to St. Petersburg, a significant portion of the carriage was filled with travelers hailing from China. This diverse group, representing various age groups, was headed to Russia’s historical capital as part of an organized tour, marking one of the first such arrivals since the Russian […]

A military court in Moscow has, for the first time, confirmed that 20 sailors lost their lives in a Ukrainian missile attack on the flagship of the Russian Navy’s Black Sea Fleet nearly four years ago. The cruiser Moskva sank in April 2022 off the southern coast of Ukraine, which marked a significant humiliation for […]

On Wednesday, Vladimir Putin of Russia expressed his gratitude to U.S. President Donald Trump for inviting Moscow to participate in the “Board of Peace” initiative. He mentioned that Russia might be ready to pay the significant fee necessary for permanent membership, just prior to a meeting with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law […]