Category: 1. Russia

Across Russia, the cost of church rites has surged since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. “Voluntary donations” for weddings, funerals, and baptisms are rising far faster than inflation, even as demand for funeral services…

The United States should pressure Russia by “carrying out some sort of operation” to remove Chechen head Ramzan Kadyrov from power, just like it did with Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said…

Russia has urged the United States to allow the swift return of Russian crew members from a tanker seized by Washington in the North Atlantic.

“Given incoming information about the presence of Russian citizens among the crew, we demand…

Moscow on Wednesday slammed the United States over the seizure of a Russian-flagged tanker in the North Atlantic that Washington’s forces had pursued from the coast of Venezuela.

“In accordance with the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of…

The U.S. military’s European Command has detained a Russian-flagged oil tanker linked to Venezuelan oil exports in the northern Atlantic Ocean, it announced on Wednesday.

“The vessel was seized in the North Atlantic pursuant…

Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that within the framework of the new round of negotiations, the delegations of Ukraine and the United States will discuss the “most difficult issues” necessary to resolve the armed…

Angel Rodriguez, a deputy from the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela, said that the United States military operation would have negative consequences not only for Venezuela, but also for Latin America and the…

The United States has started an operation to seize a Russian-flagged oil tanker in the North Atlantic after it evaded a partial blockade around Venezuela, multiple U.S. media said Wednesday.

U.S. officials say the tanker is part of a…