Russian residents residing in Azerbaijan have reported violent nighttime authorities raids in the middle of a growing diplomatic rift between Moscow and Baku, according to Kovcheg, an exiled not-for-profit that provides assistance to anti-war Russians living abroad.Tensions between the two countries intensified today following the deaths of 2 Azerbaijani men throughout mass
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The former Kremlin-installed mayor of Luhansk in eastern Ukraine was killed in an explosion in the city’s center, local media reported Thursday.

“Unfortunately, it’s true,” the state-run Luhansk Information Center quoted an unidentified relative of ex-Mayor Manolis Pilavov as saying.

Authorities in the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic confir

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump held a phone call Thursday, with the Kremlin describing the conversation as “businesslike and straight-to-the-point,” adding that the two leaders were “on the same wavelength.”

Putin first announced the call during a visit to an exhibition of Russian brands, where he told a vendor

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A 16-year-old boy who reported beatings and death threats from his family has gone missing in the North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia, the rights group SK SOS said Wednesday.

The teen, identified as Islam Musiyev, said he was repeatedly beaten, placed under constant surveillance, pulled out of school and threatened with death by his relatives,

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Russian-made passenger aircraft implied to change Boeing and Airbus jets have greatly increased in price, the most recent obstacle in Moscow's efforts to build a self-reliant civil aviation sector.According to Transportation Ministry meeting minutes gotten by the pro-Kremlin daily Izvestia, the prices of domestically produced airplanes have jumped by 45 to 70%
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British authorities have identified two Azerbaijani nationals with close ties to Russia’s state oil giant Rosneft as key players in a sprawling network that has moved billions of dollars' worth of Russian oil in defiance of Western sanctions.

In a report released Wednesday, Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) named Etibar Eyyub and Tahir Garaev a

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