MOSCOW (Reuters) – A landmine killed a Russian state television journalist and critically wounded her cameraman in Russia’s Belgorod district near the Ukrainian border, state television reported on Wednesday. According to a statement released by the Pervy Kanal TV channel, war journalist Anna Prokofieva and cameraman Dmitry Volkov stepped onContinue Reading
On Tuesday, a Russian court sentenced a woman to two years in prison for brandishing protest banners against President Vladimir Putin and the Ukraine crisis, the latest in a string of dissent-related convictions. Elena Abramova, a translator from Saint Petersburg, held up posters in 2023 reading “A world without war,Continue Reading
On Saturday, hundreds of Russians paid their respects to the 145 victims of the gun assault at Crocus City Hall in the Krasnogorsk neighborhood of Moscow by placing flowers there. Pictures from the March 22, 2024, attack on the concert venue outside of Moscow went viral, showing four guys shootingContinue Reading
Washington – Elon Musk, the owner of Tesla and SpaceX, and US Senator Mark Kelly exchanged angry comments about Ukraine on social media. Elon Musk labeled Senator Mark Kelly a “traitor” after he visited Ukraine. Mark Kelly had recently traveled to Ukraine, where he spoke with troops, nurses, and citizensContinue Reading
Ukrainian and US officials gathered for hours behind closed doors to discuss how to end the war with Russia, after Kyiv’s military conducted the war’s heaviest drone strike on Moscow overnight. After more than eight hours of discussions, the two sides released a joint statement saying Ukraine was prepared toContinue Reading
(Reuters) – Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, landed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, according to the Kremlin, for discussions on regional security and defence as well as a number of bilateral meetings with officials from China and Turkey. On July 3–4, in Astana, Kazakhstan, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), aContinue Reading
Following a fatal plane accident that is thought to have taken the life of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the volatile leader of the mercenary organization, President Vladimir Putin has ordered Wagner troops to swear loyalty to the Russian government. On Friday, the Kremlin declared that Western claims that Prigozhin had been executedContinue Reading
As the continent prepares for the effects of Moscow’s withdrawal from the Ukraine grain export pact, the Russian president will host a conference of African leaders on Thursday in his native Saint Petersburg. Vladimir Putin continues to have support in a number of African nations despite being isolated on theContinue Reading
45,000 tonnes of crude oil landed in Pakistan from Russia through Oman. Russian crude oil is being unloaded from a cargo ship at Karachi Port Trust’s PRL Terminal. The shipment of 45,000 tonnes of crude oil from Russia to Pakistan through Oman was the first of its sort in theContinue Reading
(Reuters) : Evgeny Ivanov, the deputy foreign minister, was quoted as stating on Sunday by the state-run TASS news agency that Russia is working on lowering visa requirements for six nations, including Syria, Indonesia, and India. Ivanov added that in addition to India, “procedures simplification” was also being discussed withContinue Reading