Category: 1. Russia

At an expanded meeting of the board of the Ministry of Defense, Russian President Vladimir Putin called the statements of some Western politicians about the need to prepare for a major war with Russia lies and…

Police officers in Putin’s Russia often hide their faces, but Alexey Okopny never did. Over his decades-long career in law enforcement, Okopny became an unlikely public figure in Moscow: an “anti-extremism” officer known for haunting…

Finnish authorities have seized a seaside villa owned by sanctioned Russian billionaire Boris Rotenberg in the town of Hanko over unpaid property taxes amounting to several thousand euros, public broadcaster Yle reported Wednesday,…

The murder of fourth-grader Kobiljon Aliev outside Moscow is now an international incident. On Wednesday, the boy’s home country, Tajikistan, summoned Russia’s ambassador to discuss the killing. Aliev was stabbed to death at his school…

The U.S. and Ukraine may have hailed progress in peace talks earlier this week, but Vladimir Putin maintains that Russia will “undoubtedly achieve” its goals in the war against Ukraine. Speaking at a meeting of senior defense ministry…

The United States undermines international law and seeks to impose an order on the world that benefits them exclusively, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said.

He expressed this opinion at a joint press…

Russia’s wartime economy is getting weaker as the war in Ukraine approaches its fourth anniversary, according to a recent report by PeaceRep, a research group led by the University of Edinburgh. The report, Against the Clock? Why…

From Mass Strikes to Laser Defense: How Russia Reshaped the Drone Battlefield in 2025

Although August talks between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump were framed as an attempt to explore pathways toward ending the conflict in…