The 30,000 ruble ($497) fine handed to Sergei Stafeyev by a Russian court earlier this year for breaking wartime censorship laws amounted to more than his monthly pension. 

With little savings, the retiree from the remote Butyrka village near the Ural mountains was at a loss for how to find the money — and grew desperate when a failed appeal meant h

Details
Category: Russia

Write comment (90 Comments)

Kazakhstan's president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin on Monday, with the allies reaffirming historic ties following public disagreements over Ukraine.

The visit to Moscow was the Kazakh leader's first foreign trip since being inaugurated for a second term last week, with the 69-year-old saying his

Details
Category: Russia

Write comment (96 Comments)

Ukraine said on Monday that Russia was preparing for a fresh wave of missile attacks on its energy grid that have plunged swathes of the country into the cold and dark.

A Ukraine military spokesman said a Russian warship capable of firing cruise missiles had recently deployed to the Black Sea with Kalibr-type missiles on board.

"This indicates that

Details
Category: Russia

Write comment (93 Comments)

Bomb shelter signs have appeared on the streets of Russian cities near the border with Ukraine as well as in more far-flung locations, the independent news site Holod reported Sunday.

Around 700 signs are expected to be installed by early December in the city of Belgorod near the Ukrainian border, Mayor Valentin Demidov hassaid.

Installing signs

Details
Category: Russia

Write comment (90 Comments)

Popular Russian social network VKontakte hasbanned an independent group of soldiers’ relatives lobbying the Kremlin for the return of mobilized troops from Ukraine.

The Council of Wives and Mothers said Sunday that its page had been blocked at the request of the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office without further explanation.

The group's ban came

Details
Category: Russia

Write comment (91 Comments)

Ninety years ago, millions perished in Ukraine in a manmade famine under Joseph Stalin that many in the country call genocide. For Ganna Pertchuk, the current Russian invasion is a case of history repeating itself.

At the tall candle-shaped Holodomor (Ukrainian for death by starvation) memorial center in central Kyiv, a dozen Orthodox priests in

Details
Category: Russia

Write comment (100 Comments)
  1. Belarus Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei Dies Suddenly
  2. Ukraine War Fuels ‘Fear and Anxiety’ for Russia’s Trans Community
  3. In a Devastated Ukrainian Village, Winter Brings More Misery
  4. Death Toll for Russian Soldiers in Ukraine at Least 9,300 – BBC
  5. Putin Meets With Carefully Selected Group of Soldiers' Mothers