Russia's space firm plans to launch its first batch of satellite web terminals later on this year in a bid to rival Elon Musk's Starlink network, Roscosmos chief Dmitry Bakanov said Thursday. The very first launch is set up for the end of this year, Bakanov informed the state-run TASS news agency, adding that the mission would carry 16 sat

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Activist Fatima Suleymanova is one of the most visible millennial Chechen females in modern-day politics. As an agent of the Chechen national independence movement United Force, Suleymanova campaigns on behalf of Chechen refugees in Europe and works closely with Ukrainian MPs. She has actually been associated with cultural and political occasions within the

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Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit China in August for a regional top, bilateral talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and events marking 80 years because the end of World War II in Asia, the Kremlin said Thursday.Putin and Xi, who regularly describe each other as dear good friend, have deepened ties because Russia's full-blown intrusion of Ukr

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Cross-border Ukrainian drone and artillery strikes are preventing displaced civilians from returning to parts of Russia’s Kursk region, Acting Governor Alexander Khinshtein said Wednesday.

“We’ll only allow residents to return when we’re fully confident there’s no longer any threat,” Khinshtein told the RBC news outlet. “No one will take on the risk

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Russia’s Finance Ministry is aggressively increasing its borrowing in a bid to cover growing fiscal gaps and hedge against an increasingly uncertain economic future as military spending surges and oil and gas revenues slump.

Six months into 2025, the ministry has already borrowed more than 2.7 trillion rubles (approximately $35 billion), or 56% of

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Authorities in Argentina stated they have actually revealed a supposed Russian spy network running in the country to promote Moscow's interests through disinformation campaigns.Presidential spokesman Manuel Adorni stated intelligence officers recognized a company called The Company, apparently connected to Russia's federal government and Project Lakhta, which

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