Category: World

Jeffrey Epstein, the late American financier and convicted sex offender, attempted to convey a message to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov regarding U.S. President Donald Trump just weeks before Trump’s first meeting with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki in 2018, as reported by Politico on Wednesday, citing newly uncovered emails. These emails are part of a […]

On Wednesday, Ukraine’s leading military official dismissed assertions that his forces were surrounded in the city of Pokrovsk. Meanwhile, President Volodymyr Zelensky suggested the possibility of a tactical withdrawal to safeguard soldiers. “There is no indication of Russian dominance over Pokrovsk or any operational encirclement of our Defense Forces,” said Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi in a […]

A Moscow court has posthumously convicted the owner of a travel agency for orchestrating extremist activities associated with the banned “LGBT movement,” nearly a year after his death in police custody, as reported by the independent outlet Mediazona on Friday. State investigators asserted that Andrei Kotov, who managed the Men Travel agency, died by suicide […]

Russia is willing to maintain the numerical limits specified in the New START nuclear arms reduction treaty for an additional year, provided the United States does the same, stated Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday. The New START Treaty is set to expire in February 2026 and was largely considered to be on the verge […]

At least 20 regions in Russia have started to enlist military reservists to protect key infrastructure under new legislation permitting the military to utilize them during peacetime, as reported by the business newspaper Kommersant on Monday. Last Tuesday, President Vladimir Putin sanctioned the mobilization of reservists known as BARS for “special training” aimed at safeguarding […]

Access to mobile internet will be limited in certain areas of the central Ulyanovsk region for the duration of Russia’s so-called “special military operation” in Ukraine, according to regional officials on Tuesday. This move marks the country’s first ongoing internet blackout. The disruption, which started in early November, was mandated by federal authorities and affects […]

A court in the southwestern Samara region sentenced Svetlana Lada-Rus, an exiled cult leader and marginal opposition figure, to eight years in prison in absentia on Friday. Lada-Rus was convicted of fraud, establishing an organization that violated the identity and rights of Russian citizens, and for causing serious bodily harm due to negligence. State prosecutors […]

On Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin accepted an invitation from Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to travel to the Central Asian nation next year. “I appreciate it. I would be happy to visit Kazakhstan,” Putin expressed to Tokayev during remarks aired by state media. This upcoming trip would be Putin’s fifth journey to Kazakhstan since the […]

On Wednesday, Canada revealed new sanctions aimed at Russia’s drone and energy sectors, as well as the infrastructure believed to facilitate cyberattacks against Ukraine. These actions were announced by Foreign Minister Anita Anand during a meeting of G7 foreign ministers held near Niagara Falls, Ontario. They also encompass vessels associated with Russia’s so-called shadow fleet, […]

KYIV, Ukraine — Intense combat persists in the eastern city of Pokrovsk as Russian troops continue their extended effort to capture this industrial center in Ukraine’s Donetsk region. Once inhabited by approximately 60,000 residents, Pokrovsk has endured continuous bombardment for over a year and a half. The conflict for the city has now reached a […]