A Russian actress who called for peace was fined for hosting an 'almost naked' party
A Moscow court has imposed a 50,000-ruble ($560) fine on a TV presenter and actress who gained notoriety for hosting an โalmost nakedโ party, saying her social media posts calling for peace discredited the military.
A Russian deputy defense minister is ordered jailed pending trial on bribery charges
A Russian deputy defense minister in charge of military construction projects and known for a lavish lifestyle was ordered jailed pending trial on charges of bribery, Timur Ivanov, one of 12 deputy defense ministers, appeared in Moscowโs Basmany court Wednesday wearing his military uniform.
Biden will send Ukraine air defense weapons, artillery once Senate approves, Zelenskyy says
President Joe Biden has told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy the U.S. will send badly needed air defense weaponry once the Senate approves a massive national security aid package that includes $60 billion for Ukraine.
Ukraine's military chief warns of 'significantly' worsening battlefield situation in the east
Ukraine's military chief on Saturday warned that the battlefield situation in the country's industrial east has โsignificantly worsened in recent days,โ as warming weather has allowed Russian forces to launch a fresh push along several stretches of the more than 1,000-km long frontline.
Russian officials again try to link the Moscow concert attack with Ukraine despite Kyiv's denials
Russian authorities have again tried to link the deadly attack on a Moscow concert hall to Ukraine, saying one of the detained suspects had photos on his phone depicting troops in camouflage uniforms with the Ukrainian flag.
9 detained in Tajikistan in connection with Moscow concert hall attack, Russian state media report
The Russian state news agency RIA Novosti says nine people have been detained by Tajikistanโs state security service over suspected contact with the perpetrators of last weekโs attack by gunmen on a suburban Moscow concert hall that killed 144 people.
Russian veto brings an end to the UN panel that monitors North Korea nuclear sanctions
Russia has vetoed a U.N. resolution in a move that effectively abolishes the monitoring by United Nations experts of U.N. sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear program, though the sanctions themselves remain in place.
Russia persists in blaming Ukraine for concert attack despite its denial and Islamic State's claim
Russian officials persist in saying Ukraine and the West had a role in last weekโs deadly Moscow concert hall attack despite vehement denials of involvement by Kyiv and a claim of responsibility by an affiliate of the Islamic State group.
Deadly attack on Moscow concert hall shakes Russian capital and sows doubts about security
Shocked Russians are bringing flowers and teddy bears to the Crocus City concert hall on the outskirts of Moscow to pay their respects to more than 100 people who died in a grisly attack claimed by the Islamic State group.
The Moscow concert hall attack wasn't the first during Putin's 25-year rule
The attack on a Moscow concert hall in which armed men opened fire and set the building ablaze, killing at least 133 people, was the latest in a long series of bombings and sieges that have unsettled and outraged Russians during Vladimir Putinโs nearly quarter-century as either prime minister or president.
Putin says gunmen who raided Moscow concert hall tried to escape to Ukraine. Kyiv denies involvement
The suburban Moscow concert hall where gunmen opened fire on concertgoers was a blackened, smoldering ruin as the death toll in the attack surpassed 130 and Russian authorities arrested four suspects.
With Navalny dead, his allies keep fighting to undermine Putin's grip on power
When Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died suddenly last month in an Arctic prison, his team was left with a monumental challenge: sustaining an opposition movement against President Vladimir Putin without the living example of their defiant and charismatic leader.
US, G-7 allies warn Iran to back off deal to provide Russia ballistic missiles or face new sanctions
The United States and allies are warning Iran that major Western economies will pile new sanctions on Tehran if it moves forward with an emerging plan to provide ballistic missiles to Russia for its war with Ukraine.
Putin is set to win 6 more years in power. Here's how it will affect the war and Russia's relations
Vladimir Putin is poised to sweep to another six-year term in this weekโs presidential election, even though Russians are dying in Ukraine in a war that is grinding through its third year and his country is more isolated than ever.
V-J Day 'Kiss' photo stays on display as VA head reverses department memo that would've banned it
The Veterans Affairs secretary is reversing a department memo that aimed to ban VA displays of the iconic โV-J Day in Times Squareโ photograph showing a Navy sailor kissing a woman he did not know on the streets of New York at the end of World War II.
Navalny's mother brings flowers to his grave a day after thousands attended his funeral in Moscow
Lyudmila Navalnaya and Alla Abrosimova, the mother and mother-in-law of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny were among mourners who brought flowers to his grave in Moscow a day after thousands turned his funeral into one of the largest recent displays of dissent.
As the Ukraine war enters a third year, Putin waits for Western support for Kyiv to wither
As the war in Ukraine enters its third year, Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to hope that he can achieve his goals by biding his time and waiting for Western support for Kyiv to wither while maintaining steady military pressure along the stalemated front line.
Russia and West clash over Ukraine at Security Council meeting ahead of war anniversary
Russia is accusing the West of sabotaging agreements that would have prevented the war in Ukraine โ but the U.S. and its allies put the blame squarely on Moscow, saying there is no escaping that President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion.
The EU is providing Ukraine with $54 billion. How will the money be spent?
EU leaders on Thursday sealed a deal to provide Ukraine with 50 billion euros ($54 million) to shore up its economy ravaged by a nearly two-year-old war with Russia, The aid package, which was approved after Hungary dropped weeks of threats to veto it is not intended to fund arms and ammunition.
Ukraine says Russia refuses to turn over the bodies of military plane crash victims
A Ukrainian intelligence official says his country has repeatedly asked Russia to hand over the bodies of scores of prisoners of war who Moscow claimed were killed in the downing of a Russian military transport plane by Ukrainian forces.
Kremlin foe Navalny urges election day protests in Russia next month by voting at a specific hour
Imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny is urging Russians to show their protest of President Vladimir Putin during next monthโs presidential balloting by voting at a specific time on election day.
Russian lawmakers approve confiscating the assets of people who discredit the army
The lower house of Russia's parliament has approved a bill that would allow authorities to confiscate money, valuables and other assets from people convicted of spreading โdeliberately false informationโ about the countryโs military.
Rock band critical of Putin is detained in Thailand, fearful of deportation to Russia
Members of a rock band that has been critical of Moscowโs war in Ukraine remain locked up in a Thai immigration jail, fearful that they could be deported to Russia as a reported plan to let them fly to safety in Israel was apparently suspended.
Ukraine says it has no evidence for Russia's claim that dozens of POWs died in a shot down plane
Officials in Ukraine say Russia has provided no credible evidence to back its claims that their own forces shot down a military transport plane carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war who were to be swapped for Russian POWs.
Russia's Putin blames Ukraine for crash of POW's plane and pledges to make investigation public
Russian President Vladimir Putin is pledging to make public the findings of Moscowโs investigation into the crash of a transport plane that he alleges Kyivโs forces shot down despite having been informed Ukrainian prisoners of war were on board.
Russia clashes with US and Ukraine supporters, ruling out any peace plan backed by Kyiv and the West
Russiaโs foreign minister has clashed with the United States and Ukraineโs supporters at a U.N. meeting where Moscow ruled out any peace plan backed by Kyiv and the West, and China warned that further global chaos could impact the slowing global economy.
Russia will consider property confiscations for those convicted of discrediting the army
A senior lawmaker says Russia's parliament will consider a law allowing for the confiscation of money and property from those deemed to spread โdeliberately false informationโ about Moscow's military actions.
More than 1,000 rally in Russian region in continuing protests over activist's jailing
More than 1,000 people have rallied in the Russian region of Bashkortostan, continuing a series of protests triggered by the conviction and sentencing of a local activist and handing a new challenge to the Kremlin.
A Russian border city cancels Orthodox Epiphany events due to threats of Ukrainian attacks
A Russian city near the Ukrainian border canceled its traditional Orthodox Epiphany festivities on Friday due to the threat of attacks as Kyivโs forces pursue a new strategy with the war approaching its two-year milestone.