Russia/Ukraine War
Zelensky shouted demanding dismissal of official who failed to pay bail for Yermak
A court session to choose a preventive measure for Makim Mikitas will continue on Friday
Russia’s second fuel crisis this summer: prices climbing, rationing in 59 regions, and now a motor oil shortage
Gasoline prices rose in 40 Russian regions between August 11 and 17, according to Russia’s state statistics agency, Rosstat. The steepest increase, 8.1%, came in Krasnoyarsk Krai.…
Vucic thanks Russia for providing Serbia with aircraft for fighting forest fires
Serbia is currently facing wildfires, prompting local authorities to turn to Moscow for assistance
Court finds farmer who shot at drone caused less harm than he prevented — documents
Earlier, a source in the judicial system said the Volgograd Regional Court had terminated the proceedings in the case of 66‑year‑old Nikolay Mukhin
Russia strikes Kyiv twice in one day, killing at least 17, as Zelensky vows a ‘long-range’ response
Russia struck Kyiv with drones again on the evening of August 20 — after a massive combined attack the night before.
The unborn are dying in the siege of Gaza
Miscarriages and stillbirths surge as Israel’s siege, malnutrition, toxic exposure and displacement ravage mothers Read Full Article at RT.com
Russian Il-76 aircraft drops ten loads of water on active fire sites in Serbia — ministry
The Emergencies Ministry said that Russian rescue teams are working closely with Serbian ground services and receiving organizational support from the Russian-Serbian Humanitarian…
Germany doesn't expect winter gas shortage despite low storage levels — ministry
The Ministry for Economic Affairs believes that the primary responsibility lies with the private sector
Russian rock bassist Dmitry Oganyan dies at 45 after being found in a St. Petersburg pond with a severed hand
Dmitry Oganyan, a former bassist for the Russian rock band Kukryniksy, died in St. Petersburg. He was 45. His body was found in a pond near Michmanskaya Street. His clothes and sh…
Zelensky complains about lack of funds to continue war
Vladimir Zelensky also expects Khmara to audit all agreements with Western partners and take a "more humane approach" to the organizational issues in the army
Putin Orders Government to Shore Up Russia’s Debt-Laden Regions
The order comes as the federal government struggles to fill its own budget shortfall, which has reached 6.5 trillion rubles ($77.4 billion).
International organizations become accomplices in Kiev’s crimes against media — MFA
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the reaction of international organizations to the murder of war correspondent Darya Dugina in 2022 was particularly tell…
Germany, UK, France, Italy call on Israel to withdraw its E1 settlement project plans
The international community has long opposed this settlement expansion, and has voiced their grave concerns privately and publicly, the joint statement said
Germany arrests 19-year-old accused of running online groups that groomed teens into self-harm and incited a fatal stabbing at a Russian school
Germany’s Federal Prosecutor’s Office said it had detained a teenager identified as Kai M, who is suspected of belonging to two “right-wing extremist” criminal organizations.
The son of Russia’s former children’s rights commissioner was convicted of fraud, then decorated by Putin for wartime heroism. Now he faces fraud charges again.
Anton Astakhov, the son of Pavel Astakhov, a lawyer and Russia’s former children’s rights commissioner, has been named in two criminal cases — one involving fraud, the other the i…
IAEA Director General Grossi’s visit to Zaporozhye plant delayed — director
The reason given is safety concerns for the delegation
A prosecutor who led Russia’s state seizures of Domodedovo Airport and other assets was fired, then quietly reinstated — with no public record of either move
Sergei Bochkarev, the head of the main civil litigation department at Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office, has been reinstated after being dismissed in late July.
IN BRIEF: Russian MFA statements on FAZ reporter’s provocation, UN criticism
The Foreign Ministry calls on the citizens living abroad to be vigilant and not to give in to provocations ahead of the State Duma elections
Attempts to cut Russia off from world permanent tactic of Western policy — adviser
Anton Kobyakov noted that Russia had never closed itself off from the world throughout its history
Russian court drops case against senior citizen fined for firing his shotgun at Ukrainian drones over his yard
The Volgograd Regional Court dismissed the case against Nikolai Mukhin, a pensioner who was fined for trying to shoot down Ukrainian drones on his own. A source told the Russian s…
Man arrested over Nord Stream bombing was consultant on film about it starring Sean Penn
Volodymyr Zhuravlev had been consulted on Snake Island, a dramatised reconstruction of incidentEarlier this month locals in Zagreb noticed something odd outside an art deco buildi…
US extends general license for talks on Lukoil's foreign assets until September 19
The license greenlights transactions related to negotiations on the "sale, disposition, or transfer of Lukoil International GmbH" and its assets
Russian stock indices decline by the end of trading on Moscow Exchange
The Chinese yuan edged down 10 kopecks to 12.32 rubles
UN chief calls for halt to attacks on civilian infrastructure, including in Russia
Spokesman Stephane Dujarric said that Antonio Guterres remains deeply concerned by the continued escalation of the Ukrainian conflict