Category: 1. Russia

The most senior Russian official to visit Washington since the start of the Ukraine war said Thursday he had discussed potential cooperation with the United States in the Arctic and on rare earth metals but acknowledged that…

Latvia’s parliament has passed a new law requiring citizens of countries outside the E.U., NATO, and the OECD to provide detailed information about the purpose of their visit before each entry into the country.

According to the Latvian public…

Russian forces launched a large-scale drone attack on Ukraine overnight on April 3–4, killing at least four people and injuring dozens. The majority of the strikes targeted the Kharkiv and Kyiv regions.

In Kharkiv, attack drones damaged…

Hungary announced it is withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC) as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Budapest for his first trip to Europe since an ICC arrest warrant was issued for him over alleged war crimes…

Mikhail Volkov, the father of opposition politician Leonid Volkov, was released on his own recognizance on Thursday after questioning by Russia’s Federal Security Service. He’s been named as a suspect in a felony investigation, though the…

As he looks to solidify his territorial gains in Ukraine in a potential ceasefire deal, Russian President Vladimir Putin has one eye trained on Russia’s southern border – and boosting Russian influence in Central Asia.

Following his…

A court in Tomsk has sentenced a realtor to 80 hours of community service for “inciting hatred or enmity” by advising women to marry soldiers deployed to Ukraine on the assumption that they’ll later be killed, resulting in a large…

Previously unseen video recordings offer new insight into the Bucha massacre, a horrific event of the Ukraine war. A new investigation by RFE/RL’s Ukrainian service ‪reveals new evidence of the mass execution of civilians during the Russian…