Category: 1. Russia

Officers from the Russian Investigative Committee raided the homes of relatives of Pussy Riot members Maria Alyokhina and Olga Borisova, Mediazona reported on Thursday, citing the activists themselves.

The investigators searched the homes of…

French President Emmanuel Macron is one of the most ardent supporters of the continuation of the Ukrainian conflict and denies any possibility of its settlement. This was written by Polish politician Mateusz Piskorski…

Russian air defense forces shot down 35 Ukrainian drones headed for Moscow on Wednesday night, according to Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin.

Ukrainian forces also targeted the city of Tula, Governor Dmitry Milyaev said. Drones reportedly damaged…

U.S. President Donald Trump privately told European leaders that Russian President Vladimir Putin is not prepared to end the war in Ukraine, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing sources familiar with the conversation. The remarks…

Russia’s possible interest in basing long-range aircraft at an Indonesian airbase not far from Australian shores shook up a relatively staid election campaign last month.

The news, which Jakarta immediately dismissed, caught many by…

Andriy Portnov, a former top aide to ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, was shot dead in a wealthy neighborhood outside Madrid on Wednesday. The ex-official was reportedly killed shortly after dropping off his children at the American…

After several years of rapid, war-driven growth, the Russian economy has begun to cool. Oil prices remain well below their peak levels, and the U.S. Department of Energy has already lowered its 2025 forecast for Brent crude’s spot price….

A flurry of intense diplomacy over Russia’s war against Ukraine, centered around the first direct peace talks between Kyiv and Moscow in three years and a long phone call between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir…

Thousands of Ukrainian prisoners of war and civilians are still being held in captivity in Russian-occupied areas, according to international observers, often held incommunicado for months or years. Torture is reportedly common with Russian…