Category: World

Russian scientist and researcher at Harvard Medical School, Ksenia Petrova, was released on bail after being detained in U.S. federal custody for allegedly not declaring scientific specimens she brought into the country, as reported by The New York Times on Thursday. The 31-year-old Petrova was formally charged last month with attempting to smuggle frog embryos […]

An Estonian court has convicted a journalist with previous connections to Russian state media, sentencing her to six years in prison for treason. The Harju County District Court determined that Svetlana Burceva had engaged in collaboration with a reserve officer from Russia’s FSB, participating in activities that jeopardized Estonia’s “independence and sovereignty.” “The sentence imposed […]

Heavy rainfall struck the Black Sea resort city of Sochi overnight, leading to elevated water levels and the temporary closure of local beaches for a minimum of 24 hours, according to local officials on Monday. “We have temporarily shut down the official swimming beaches,” stated Sochi Mayor Andrei Proshunin during an emergency session. He noted […]

The Interior Ministry of Russia has issued a report regarding a woman who was abducted and taken to the Chechen Republic nearly two years ago, as reported by the exiled news outlet Mediazona on Monday. Seda Suleimanova, 28, escaped from Chechnya in October 2022 due to threats to her life from family members who were […]

Russia’s monthly inflation rate experienced a slight uptick in May, marking the first increase in six months, despite a decline in annual inflation during the same timeframe. According to data from the state statistics agency Rosstat, consumer prices rose by 0.43% in May, up marginally from 0.4% in April. Economists had generally anticipated a continued […]

Russia has transferred numerous strategic bombers to more distant airbases throughout the country following this month’s extensive Ukrainian drone assault on Moscow’s military aircraft, as indicated by satellite imagery. On June 1, Ukrainian intelligence services executed a significant drone offensive targeting Russian military airbases, reaching thousands of kilometers from the frontline. President Volodymyr Zelensky described […]

Russian drone attacks overnight targeted the northeastern city of Kharkiv in Ukraine, resulting in injuries to 14 individuals, including four children, according to Ukrainian officials on Thursday. This recent assault occurred just a day after Russian strikes took the lives of three people and left approximately 60 others wounded in Kharkiv, located around 30 kilometers […]

The governor of the Zabaikalsky region in Siberia dismissed his entire cabinet on Tuesday after the chief prosecutor of Russia urged local law enforcement to reinstate government payments to the families of soldiers who lost their lives in Ukraine. Governor Alexander Osipov announced that his deputies and regional ministers will remain in their positions as […]

On Thursday, Ukraine and Russia announced another prisoner exchange, marking the third such agreement this week as part of a settlement reached during peace negotiations in Turkey. During last week’s discussions in Istanbul, both parties consented to release over 1,000 prisoners each, with all individuals being either injured or under 25 years of age, as […]

The Telegram messaging application might be less secure than it has been portrayed, as its infrastructure is overseen by an individual whose companies have worked with Russian intelligence agencies, according to a recent investigation by the exiled media group IStories. Pavel Durov, the Russian-born founder of the widely-used messaging platform, has marketed Telegram as a […]