When forecasts predicted that the waters of Siberia's Ishim River would quickly flood the city that shares its name, Russian Orthodox priests held a prayer service in the skies over the city to secure it. We carried out a flight with the icons of the Kazan Mother of God, Saint Prophet Elijah and Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker. We checked out a prayer
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The chief editor of the Yekaterinburg-based newspaper Vechernye Vedemosti fled from police custody before he was scheduled to appear in court for allegedly displaying extremist symbols in public, Kommersant reported Friday, citing an unnamed source.

Earlier on Friday, the exiled news outlet Mediazona reported that editor Vladislav Postnikov, who

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Talks between U.S. and Russian officials in Saudi Arabia earlier this week failed to make significant progress in Ukraine peace negotiations, which may drag into next year, Russian negotiator Grigory Karasin said Friday.

Monday’s 12-hour discussions in Riyadh “haven’t led to any radical breakthrough yet, but the opportunities are there,” Karasin tol

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LONDON — Alla Gutnikova’s story reflects Russia’s descent into repression in recent years.

As a university student, she became politically active at rallies in support of political prisoners in the summer of 2019. 

Amid nationwide protests over Alexei Navalny’s arrest in 2021, Gutnikova and three fellow editors at the independent student magazine DOX

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Russian President Vladimir Putin that cooperation between their 2 nations is essential for fixing local conflicts, his office stated Friday. Cooperation between Turkey and Russia is of key significance in fixing local issues, Erdogan stated after conversations that covered the Ukraine war and the
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U.S. immigration authorities detained and revoked the visa of a Russian scientist who opposes the war in Ukraine and had been conducting genetic research at Harvard Medical School, her friends and colleagues said this week.

Ksenia Petrova was stopped at Boston Logan International Airport on Feb. 16 after returning from a personal trip in France.

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