Category: World

On Monday, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) announced the dismantling of a terrorist cell in the Nizhny Novgorod area, which was reportedly in coordination with handlers based in Poland. Seven individuals linked to an unspecified “international terrorist organization prohibited in Russia” were arrested on suspicion of attempting to recruit members from the local Muslim community, […]

The global community must intensify its pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin to initiate ceasefire discussions regarding Ukraine, Finland’s Prime Minister Petteri Orpo stated to AFP on Monday. Orpo, whose nation shares a 1,340-kilometer (830-mile) border with Russia, expressed that “without some form of force, Putin will not be motivated to seek a resolution. Therefore, […]

At least 700 construction workers are reportedly trapped and have gone months without pay in a remote town within Russia’s Far Eastern Chukotka region, as reported by the media on Thursday. Zemtek, which provides services to the mining industry, halted wage payments to approximately 1,100 of its staff in March, according to labor rights advocate […]

Austria is sending Chechen asylum seekers back to Russia, despite concerns that they may be forcibly conscripted to fight in Ukraine, according to court documents acquired by AFP. This year, Austria expelled two Chechens who had sought asylum after receiving notices for military conscription from Russia. Authorities maintained that the men, both over the age […]

Law enforcement authorities conducted searches at the residences of several relatives of exiled Pussy Riot members as part of an ongoing criminal probe into the alleged dissemination of “war fakes,” the protest group reported on Thursday. Last year, Russia’s Interior Ministry issued international arrest warrants for Pussy Riot activists Maria Alyokhina, Olga Borisova, Diana Burkot, […]

At least one individual has lost their life and air travel has been affected throughout Russia following Ukraine’s launch of large-scale drone assaults for the second consecutive day, according to Russian officials on Thursday morning. In the western Bryansk region, authorities reported that a civilian was killed and another person injured due to a “targeted […]

The cost of vegetables required to make borscht has significantly increased in Russia over the past year, according to a report published on Thursday by the business newspaper Kommersant, which referenced data from government sources. The so-called “borscht index” serves as a measure of economic health in Eastern European nations, as the ingredients for this […]

On Sunday, Russia announced that it had successfully exchanged an additional 303 Ukrainian prisoners of war for an equivalent number of Russian troops detained by Kyiv, marking the concluding segment of the largest prisoner swap between the two nations engaged in conflict. The Russian Defense Ministry stated, “In line with the agreements reached in Istanbul […]

On Thursday, European legislators approved new tariffs on fertilizer imports from Russia, a move intended to reduce financial support for Moscow’s military operations amid ongoing concerns from EU farmers about skyrocketing costs. Currently, over 25% of the EU’s nitrogen-based fertilizer imports originate from Russia, with additional supplies coming from Belarus, a close ally of Russia. […]

Russian law enforcement authorities have leveled new bribery allegations against billionaire Vadim Moshkovich just days before his pre-trial detention was scheduled to end, according to a report by the Kommersant business newspaper citing a Moscow court. Moshkovich, who founded the agricultural conglomerate Rusagro, was taken into custody in late March over allegations of extensive fraud […]