Category: 1. Russia

Russia has formally recognized Afghanistan’s Taliban government, Russia’s Foreign Ministry told TASS. According to the outlet, the Taliban flag has been raised over the Afghan embassy in Moscow — the first time it has flown there since the…

On Thursday, Moscow police arrested Azerbaijani organized crime figure Vagif Suleymanov, also known as Vagif Bakinsky and the Diplomat, for violating Russian residency regulations. According to the newspaper Kommersant, Suleymanov is now being…

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — At one point during a grueling 110-day tour in the obliterated frontline Ukrainian city of Toretsk, Dmytro, a soldier with Ukraine’s 100th Separate Mechanized Brigade, listened in to the radio traffic among Russian…

Russia’s celebrities are bickering again. Earlier this week, blogger and singer Instasamka (Daria Zoteeva) posted politically charged allegations against two other performers, Dora (Daria Shikhanova) and Maybe Baby (Victoria Lysyuk)….

Former top Kremlin ideologue Vladimir Surkov kept a photo of Barack Obama in his office

In 1988, Rodnyansky first saw the future Kremlin ideologist Vladislav Surkov at a gathering of Russian rock fans in Kyiv. At the time, the Ukrainian capital…

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call on Thursday, according to Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov, who shared details of the conversation.

Ushakov said Trump “raised the issue of ending…

The Swedish government will purchase weapons for Ukraine worth almost 1.5 billion kronor ($160 million) — Kiev will also receive ten barrels for Archer artillery systems.

As noted in a press release from the…