Tag Archives: Russian

Belarusian and Russian flags have been banned from the Australian Open, the governing body for tennis in Australia said on Tuesday, after fans displayed a Russian flag at a first-round match between a Russian and Ukrainian player a day earlier. Tennis — along with sports such as figure skating, and …

Russian actor, Artur Smolyaninov is now classified as a “foreign agent” and faces criminal investigation after speaking against his home country’s invasion of Ukraine.   The actor was the star of one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s favorite films.   Smolyaninov was the hero of “Devyataya Rota” (The 9th Company), a Russian feature film …

 The death toll from a Russian missile strike in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro rose to 40 on Monday, January 16 with dozens more missing, making it the deadliest civilian incident since Moscow started attacking civilian targets three-months ago.  Ukrainian officials acknowledged on Monday there is little hope of finding …

Russia has launched a new barrage of missiles at targets across Ukraine, killing at least 12 people in the eastern-central city of Dnipro and disrupting power supplies in the Kyiv and Kharkiv regions, officials said. The attacks on Saturday smashed a nine-storey apartment block in Dnipro, reducing an entire section …

A third Russian national has been found dead under mysterious circumstances in India in the space of two weeks.   Sergey Milyakov, 51, chief engineer of a cargo ship in Odisha, an eastern Indian state, was found dead in his room aboard the vessel, with no cause of death released. …

Hundreds of Russian mobilised troops were killed in a Ukrainian HIMARS strike on a barracks in Russian-occupied Makiivka in the eastern Donbas region, minutes before midnight on December 31.  The attack happened as Russian missiles and drones rained down on Kyiv, Ukraine at the exact moment Russian president Vladimir Putin …

Daniil Medvedev has got his sights set on derailing the Nick Kyrgios hype train at this year’s Adelaide International, should they meet. The Australian tennis tyrant has had the measure of his Russian rival, beating him on four of the five occasions they’ve faced each other. Medvedev’s sole win over …

The Russian Football Union wants its teams to return to international competition after European football’s governing body, UEFA, banned Moscow from competitions since Putin sent troops to Ukraine in February.   The Russian Football Federation, RFS President Alexandre Dyukov (pictured above) said on Friday, December 30 that the body has …

KYIV, Ukraine — A swarm of drones and a volley of cruise missiles rocked towns and cities across Ukraine on Thursday, the biggest assault in weeks and the latest in a wave of ever more sophisticated aerial duels pitting Russia’s evolving tactics against Ukraine’s growing arsenal of air defense weapons. …

A wealthy Russian businessman and lawmaker was found dead over the weekend in India, shortly after another Russian national he was traveling with died at the same hotel, local media reported, citing the police. The two men, Pavel Antov and Vladimir Budanov, were part of a tourist group visiting the …