Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed this week that Russia is readying a new attack on Ukraine’s Sumy region, which borders Russia’s Kursk region.

His statement came as Moscow's army continued to push back against Ukrainian troops in Kursk, where they have controlled territory since launching a surprise offensive on the Russian border

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The United States has actually reduced its involvement in numerous working groups with European allies that concentrate on penalizing Russia's evasion of Western sanctions that were enforced over its intrusion of Ukraine, Bloomberg reported Friday, citing anonymous European officials.Washington was mainly unresponsive in one group committed to stopping Moscow fro

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A Russian military court sentenced Soviet-era dissident Alexander Skobov to 16 years in jail on charges of justifying terrorism and belonging to a terrorist company, the banished news outlet Mediazona reported Friday.Skobov, 67, was jailed in April on claims that he justified an attack on the Russian-built Crimea Bridge in an

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A Russian general arrested on fraud allegations last year accused authorities of “unjust prosecution” and asked President Vladimir Putin to allow him to return to his post, the Kommersant business newspaper reported Thursday, citing a letter addressed to the Russian leader.

Major General Ivan Popov, who commanded Russia’s 58th Combined Arms Army in

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Russia's Central Bank held its key rates of interest at 21% on Friday, keeping extraordinary loaning expenses as the nation struggles with skyrocketing inflation.Prices have actually been rising quickly across the Russian economy for months, driven by surging military spending and extreme labor shortages.Annual inflation exceeded 10% last month for the first

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President Vladimir Putin told Russian business leaders in a closed-door meeting not to expect a quick peace deal with Ukraine, journalist Farida Rustamova reported Thursday, citing anonymous sources who attended the meeting.

Business executives and government officials who participated in Tuesday’s annual congress of the Russian Union of

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