Georgia’s ruling and opposition parties have ruled out restoring diplomatic relations with Russia unless Moscow returns the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, the business newspaper Kommersant reported Monday, citing senior officials in the South Caucasus country.

Russia is one of the few countries to recognize the two regions as

A court in the city of Yekaterinburg ordered the closure of a charity foundation created by prominent Kremlin critic and former mayor Yevgeny Roizman over alleged misuse of funds, the exiled news outlet Mediazonareported Monday.

The Oktyabrsky District Courtsided with the Justice Ministry’s Sverdlovsk region branch in ruling the Roizman Foundation g

Russia’s Defense Ministry said Monday that its missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Sumy killed “more than 60 Ukrainian servicemen” during a meeting of military commanders, breaking a 24-hour silence as it denied targeting civilians.

Ukrainian officials said the Sunday morning strike killed 34 people, including two children, and wounded 117