Category: World

In an unusual instance of government-sanctioned opposition, leftist organizations in various Russian cities are staging demonstrations against the government’s limitations on voice and video calls via WhatsApp and Telegram. These protests follow an announcement from Roskomnadzor, Russia’s state communications regulator, which revealed last month that it would be restricting calls on these two messaging platforms […]

The exiled Russian legal rights group Avtozak Live announced on Wednesday that it plans to shut down its operations by the end of 2025, attributing this decision to ongoing financial constraints that have rendered its work untenable. The organization, which translates from Russian as “police van,” stated that it will complete its current legal obligations […]

Exports from China to Russia experienced a significant decline of 16.4% in August compared to the same month last year, marking the largest drop since February, according to a report by Reuters, citing data from China’s customs authority. In August, China’s exports amounted to $8.55 billion, which is a decrease of 5.8% from July. Concurrently, […]

On Thursday, a Russian airstrike in northern Ukraine resulted in the deaths of two members of the Danish Refugee Council who were engaged in mine clearance in an area previously under Russian control, according to Vyacheslav Chaus, the regional governor of Chernihiv. The attack occurred near the outskirts of Chernihiv, which is situated 125 kilometers […]

Russian actress Aglaya Tarasova was apprehended at Domodedovo Airport in Moscow and is facing charges of drug smuggling, according to reports from media outlets on Friday. An anonymous law enforcement official informed the state news agency TASS that cannabis oil was found in her vape pen. Another source reported to RIA Novosti that the detected […]

The governor of the southern Samara region has become embroiled in controversy after reportedly making a lighthearted comment online about attending a bathhouse with sex workers and his staff, according to the exiled media outlet Vyorstka. “To the bathhouse! Call the girls,” Governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev allegedly posted on Thursday in the comments of a local […]

Russia’s first fully domestically manufactured Superjet airliner successfully completed its inaugural test flight on Friday, as reported by the state defense and industrial conglomerate Rostec. This flight follows previous test flights of the import-substituted Superjet prototype conducted in April and June, which demonstrated the reliable functioning of its domestically produced systems. According to Rostec, the […]

Wholesale gasoline prices in Russia surged to unprecedented levels this week, spurred by a series of Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries coinciding with peak demand during the holiday and harvest periods. Data from the St. Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange, the country’s leading commodity exchange, indicates that the price of AI-95, a standard unleaded gasoline widely […]

On Monday, schoolchildren and university students throughout Russia celebrated the beginning of the new academic year in an event referred to as Knowledge Day. Under President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin has sought to shape educational curricula in schools and universities to align with its political agenda, gradually converting these institutions into arenas of ideological influence. […]

A Russian military court sentenced a former general from the Ministry of Defense to nine years in prison on Tuesday for accepting bribes totaling almost $150,000 in exchange for directing state contracts. Prosecutors revealed that Alexander Ogloblin, who previously held the position of communications chief at the ministry, received funds from a telecommunications company between […]