Category: World

North Korean workers in Russia are reportedly facing conditions akin to slavery, characterized by long working hours, inadequate wages, and poor living conditions, according to a BBC report published on Tuesday. The report drew on accounts from six defectors, researchers, and South Korean intelligence officials. These laborers are monitored closely by North Korean security agents […]

On Friday, President Vladimir Putin engaged in a series of phone calls with the leaders of China, India, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan to update them on his recent discussions with Steve Witkoff, the special envoy of U.S. President Donald Trump. During the conversation, Chinese President Xi Jinping expressed Beijing’s support for ongoing U.S.-Russia discussions concerning […]

Russian forces have breached a crucial but limited section of the front in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, positioning themselves for a potential encirclement of the nearby city of Pokrovsk, military experts reported on Monday. “The situation is quite disordered. The enemy, having identified weaknesses in the defenses, is penetrating significantly, attempting to quickly establish themselves […]

A military court in Russia has convicted Major General Denis Putilov, the former head of the armored vehicle service in the Central Military District, sentencing him to 8.5 years in a high-security penal colony for accepting a substantial bribe related to a defense contract. The 46-year-old was also demoted and prohibited from holding any senior […]

Russian stocks experienced a significant increase on Thursday following the announcement that Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump are set to meet in the near future. The Moscow Exchange (MOEX) Index, which monitors 40 of the largest publicly listed firms in Russia, surged over 5% by midday Moscow Time, reaching approximately 2,905 points — its […]

The Interior Ministry of Russia has announced that it has issued an arrest warrant for Boris Dubrovsky, the former governor of the Chelyabinsk region, as reported by the RBC news website on Thursday. The specific charges against him remain unpublicized. At 66 years old, Dubrovsky governed the mineral-rich southern Ural region from 2014 until his […]

Russian customs officials detained a woman with dual Russian-American citizenship at a Moscow airport, accusing her of trying to smuggle a firearm into the country, as reported on Friday. The Federal Customs Service indicated that the woman was en route from the United States, stopping in Turkey, when she was intercepted at Vnukovo Airport during […]

A factory in Russia that manufactures attack drones intended for operations in Ukraine significantly depends on teenage students and young trainees to fill its assembly line positions, as revealed by a recent report from the Zvezda TV channel, operated by the Defense Ministry. Located in the republic of Tatarstan, the Alabuga facility produces modified Shahed-136 […]

Since the onset of the invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin has increasingly hindered Russian citizens’ access to foreign websites, social media, and, more generally, any information that threatens its narrative. This crackdown is anticipated to intensify as lawmakers have enacted new regulations imposing fines for searching for “extremist” content online and for advertising VPNs. Experts […]

On Tuesday, the Kremlin continued to temper expectations regarding the forthcoming peace negotiations between Russian and Ukrainian representatives, expressing skepticism about the possibility of any significant progress in the near future. “There’s no reason to anticipate any kind of remarkable breakthrough,” Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov conveyed to journalists. “That is improbable under the current […]