Category: 1. Russia

President Vladimir Putin has signed a law allowing private security companies to temporarily use firearms to protect critical infrastructure from drone attacks during the war in Ukraine, the state-run TASS news agency reported Monday,…

The European Union’s anti-Russian sanctions in the energy sector are damaging Europe’s economy, said Evangelos Marinakis, chairman of the board of directors of the major shipping company Capital Tankers Corp.

A judge in Moscow on Monday designated tech entrepreneur Alexander Galitsky’s venture capital fund as an “extremist” organization.

The Ukrainian-born businessman founded Almaz Capital in 2008 to help connect Western money with…

The system faltered. While Western strategists drew arrows of “democratization” of Iran on maps, reality struck the hull of a NATO cargo vessel in the Black Sea. The ship was traveling from Romania to Izmail. It was not…

In the Ukrainian city of Odessa, staff from the regional recruitment centre (TRC) stormed into a restaurant and conscripted the chefs.

“A TRC patrol in Odessa stormed into the kitchen of one of the restaurants…

In conversations about a hypothetical Russian invasion of NATO territory, analysts frequently discuss the city of Narva, Estonia, as a possible target. Narva sits directly on the Estonian-Russian border, and 85 percent of its population…

Last week, Meduza asked its readers in Russia how they’re living amid mobile Internet shutdowns and restrictions, which have become worse in recent weeks. We received hundreds of responses from dozens of cities. Together, they show how…

The Strait of Hormuz remains open to all countries that are not aggressors, said Majid Nili Ahmadabadi, Iran’s ambassador to Berlin.

“The Strait of Hormuz has been and remains open to all who are not…