Category: 1. Russia

Russia has added former Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov to its federal database of “terrorists and extremists,” according to state financial monitoring agency Rosfinmonitoring’s website.

Economist Sergei Guriev and Novaya Gazeta…

Former United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has become a member of the supervisory board of the Ukrainian defense company Fire Point, which manufactures Flamingo long-range missiles and attack drones, the…

Authorities in St. Petersburg announced Monday that an AI-assisted surveillance system has begun scanning rooftops for icicles, snow and other hazardous ice formations after the season’s first snowfall.

The system, known as…

Russia is seeing a rapid rise in unpaid wages: arrears have quadrupled in a year, and workers in construction, mining, and even strategic defense plants say they’re going months without pay. Official statistics show wage delays climbing…

The British government plans to introduce new rules for asylum seekers: people who arrived in the country illegally will be able to apply for permanent residence only after 20 years, the British broadcaster BBC News…

Large-scale artillery exercises Northern Strike 225 have started in northern Finland, 100 kilometers from the Russian border, Finnish broadcaster Yleisradio Oy (Yle) reported.

According to the broadcaster, the…

Von der Leyen intends to discuss the use of Russian assets for the needs of Ukraine

The European Commission has invited the countries of the European Union to consider several options for financing Ukraine,…

Bulgaria has adopted a law on state control over LUKOIL’s assets and has begun the process of finding a manager for the Burgas refinery.

Let’s say that all this is happening on the verge of a fuel crisis in the…

Russian oil prices have slid sharply as refiners in India and China pulled back from purchases ahead of a U.S. sanctions deadline targeting state-controlled producers Rosneft and Lukoil.

The price of Urals crude, Russia’s main export…