Tag Archives: Russia

  Russia has vowed retaliation on Ukraine after claiming to have shot down eight US-made ATACMS missiles fired by Ukraine on Saturday morning, January 4. The Russian government sees the use of such missiles, which have a range of up to 300 kilometers (186 miles), as a major escalation. The country’s air defenses shot down the eight ballistic missiles alongside 72 …

Former Russian international footballer, Aleksei Bugayev, 43,  has been k!lled while fighting in the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. “Unfortunately, the news about Aleksei’s death is true. It happened today,” TASS news agency quoted the player’s father Ivan Bugayev as telling the Sport24 news outlet.   RIA news agency quoted Bugayev’s agent, Anton Smirnov, as saying intense fighting had …

Several airlines have announced the suspension of flights to Russian cities following allegations by Western experts and the U.S. that the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines flight earlier this week may have been caused by a Russian anti-aircraft missile.   Moscow has not commented on reports suggesting the plane was accidentally shot down by its air defense systems. However, Russia …

A Russian court has sentenced Eduard Sharlot, a 26-year-old singer, to five and a half years in prison for actions deemed as protesting Moscow’s military campaign in Ukraine.   The court in Samara, a city along the Volga River, found Sharlot guilty of “publicly insulting” religious believers and “rehabilitating Naziism,” according to state news agency RIA Novosti. The charges were …

A military court in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, has sentenced an unnamed resident of Ukraine’s Lugansk region to 16 years in prison on charges of “high treason.” The Russian FSB security service alleged the individual had provided information about the Russian armed forces to Ukraine’s security services. The man was also convicted of aiding terrorist activities and illegally handling and transporting explosives. …

Russia’s parliament on Tuesday, December 17, approved a bill that could allow Moscow to lift its designation of the Taliban as a banned “terrorist” organisation.   Moscow has been fostering relations with the Taliban since the group seized power in Afghanistan following the United States’ chaotic withdrawal in 2021. Officials have since been working toward removing the Taliban from Russia’s …

Latvian basketball player, Janis Timma has been found de@d following a reported fall from an apartment building in Moscow.      The 32-year-old, who played for the likes of Zenit Saint Petersburg and Olympiacos during a successful Euro League career, was found in the stairwell of a high-rise residential building, according to Mail Online.     Timma’s untimely death came on the birthday of …

Russian President, Vladimir Putin’s allies have confirmed for the first time today that Russia helped President Bashar al-Assad flee Syria to Moscow.   Sergei Ryabkov, Russia’s deputy foreign minister, claimed that Assad was transported out of Syria ‘in the most secure way possible’ over the weekend.   This comes as sources close to the Russian government said its agents persuaded Assad to flee as he would …

Syrian dictator, Bashar al-Assad illegally transferred $135 billion to Russia, Khalid Bey, an intelligence officer for the ousted Syrian regime, has told the Turkish newspaper Turkiye Gazetesi. Rebel forces swept into the capital of Damascus on Sunday, December 8, ousting President Bashar al-Assad and taking control of the country.   Assad’s removal was met with jubilation by Syrians at home …

A 39-year-old man from Zheleznogorsk in Siberia has been sentenced to three years in prison for defacing Russian military recruitment posters, regional authorities reported on Tuesday, December 10. The man was accused of vandalizing 13 posters last June, which called on citizens to enlist in the Russian army. Authorities described his actions as “deliberate and intentional.”   A court found …