A group of Russian tourists arrived in North Korea on Friday, likely the first from any country to enter the isolated state since the pandemic. The tour underscores deepening cooperation between the two countries following a meeting last September between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Russian President Vladimir Putin at a cosmodrome in Russia’s […]
More than two dozen people, mostly journalists, were detained Saturday at a protest in central Moscow, as wives and other relatives of Russian servicemen mobilized to fight in Ukraine called for their return, according to independent Russian news reports. The relatives gathered to lay flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, just outside the […]
A Russian IL-76 military transport plane carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war was shot down by a U.S.-made Patriot missile fired by Ukrainian forces, Russian investigators said Thursday. Russia’s State Investigative Committee said that Ukrainian forced actually fired two missiles at the aircraft, according to Reuters. Ukrainian officials have neither confirmed nor denied that they fired […]
Elements of the Wagner Group mercenary army are being absorbed into Russia‘s internal security force, known as Rosgvardia, British military officials said Thursday. It’s an indication that the Kremlin has established control over the private military company founded by Yevgeny Prigozhin, a former ally of President Vladimir Putin until he launched a rebellion in June […]
Mad Vlad Putin continues to poke a finger in the eye of Joe Biden. A Russian court ruled today that Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich’s detention will be extended by two months. Make no mistake about it. This is a slap against Joe Biden and the perception of weakness that he projects to the […]
Russia’s crackdown on criticism of its invasion of Ukraine is now targeting some of its most hawkish supporters, a sign that President Vladimir Putin will brook no opposition to his “special military operation” regardless of where it comes from. A Moscow court on Thursday sentenced prominent Russian nationalist Igor Girkin to four years in prison […]
Experts at a European investigative organization say that a missile recently fired at a Ukrainian target by invading Russian forces was very likely manufactured in North Korea. The missile struck Ukrainian’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, on Jan. 2. Its remnants were examined by a “field investigation team” from U.K.-based Conflict Armament Research, an organization that seeks […]
A Russian military transport plane carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war, six crew and three people accompanying them crashed on Wednesday morning in Russia’s Belgorod region near Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry said. It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the crash, which occurred around 11 a.m. It was also not known if anyone survived. The authorities […]
Russian missiles struck three Ukrainian cities Tuesday, including its two biggest, killing at least six people and wrecking apartment buildings after Moscow shunned any deal backed by Kyiv and its Western allies to end the nearly 2-year-old war. Source link
A Russian court in Siberia on Friday sentenced a man to 19 years in prison for shooting a military enlistment officer, while prosecutors in St. Petersburg asked for a 28-year sentence for a woman charged in the bombing of a cafe last April that killed a prominent military blogger, reports said. Source link
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