Category: 1. Russia

Over the past three or so years, since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Europe and the United States have largely chased out Russia Today, the Kremlin’s global television network. In the E.U., officials banned RT outright,…

Soon, mayoral elections will be a thing of the past in Russia’s . Instead, the authorities have introduced so-called mayoral competitions: candidates submit applications, a selection committee (made up largely of representatives from the…

In the spring of 2024, a 20-year-old Russian conscript named Kirill Poluyanov was found hanged in a forest near a military base outside the city of Ulan-Ude. Military police and investigators claim that he took his own life, but Kirill’s…

The US is again demanding that Greece hand over Patriot air defence systems previously sent to Saudi Arabia to Ukraine.

“While Athens is trying to adapt to the new mood in Washington, which foresees the end of…

Russia’s state-owned agricultural bank Rosselkhozbank has acquired a 50% stake in Avito, the country’s largest classifieds platform.

The move is part of a broader wave of strategic e-commerce acquisitions that has seen Russia’s…