Category: 1. Russia

Colonel General Khalil Arslanov, former deputy chief of Russia’s General Staff, was sentenced to 17 years in prison on Monday after being convicted of bribery and embezzlement.

He was also ordered to pay a fine equal to twice the amount of the…

The European Union is preparing to impose its “toughest sanctions” against Russia since the start of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, according to France’s top diplomat. Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said on Monday…

The full-scale invasion of Ukraine has been an unusually dangerous time for Russian officials and senior executives responsible for state and private oil and gas companies. Death has claimed top managers at corporations such as Gazprom, Lukoil,…

As of summer 2025, mobile Internet shutdowns have become a routine part of life in Russia. Users are also reporting more frequent disruptions to home Internet and even cell service. The number and scale of these shutdowns began to grow in the…

Since the beginning of 2022, about 3,000 Ukrainian men have been able to leave the country using fake documents issued by the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine. This was reported by Yaroslav Zheleznyak, a member of the…

Russian tour companies have started advertising travel packages to Afghanistan, offering weeklong trips to the country for around $3,000 as Moscow deepens its ties with the Taliban-led government in Kabul.

The offers, which have…

On Monday morning, the Kremlin announced that Roman Starovoit had been dismissed from his post as Russia’s transport minister. Just hours later, news broke that he had been found dead from a gunshot wound — an apparent suicide. Starovoit, who…

Andrey Korneichuk, deputy head of the Russian Federal Road Agency’s Property Management Department, died at the Transportation Ministry’s Moscow headquarters on Monday. According to Telegram channels with close ties to Russian law…

A military court has sentenced two Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters to 15 and 15.5 years in prison for a terrorist attack in the Kursk region. This was reported by the Investigative Committee of Russia.

According…

Three people were killed and more than a dozen apartment blocks were hit in Kharkiv as another massive barrage of Russian air attacks struck Ukraine on July 7. More than 50 drones and bombs hit the Kharkiv area, while southern and eastern…