Russia sentences Navalny lawyers to years behind bars
Russia on Friday sentenced three lawyers who had defended Alexei Navalny to several years in prison for bringing messages from the late opposition leader from prison to the outside world.…
Russia’s FSB thwarts bomb attack in Yekaterinburg, detains four, agencies report
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Saturday it had thwarted a large attack in the city of Yekaterinburg and detained four teenagers it said had been planning to detonate…
Ukraine’s foreign minister urges expulsion of Russian forces during Syria visit
Agency Report Ukraine’s Foreign Minister, Andriy Sybiga, on Monday urged Syria’s new leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, to expel Russian forces from the country during an unannounced visit to Damascus. Moscow was…
Syria’s Assad is in Moscow after deal on military bases: Russian state media
Syria’s former President Bashar al-Assad is in Moscow with his family after Russia granted them asylum on humanitarian grounds, a Kremlin source told Russian news agencies on Sunday, and a…
Donald Trump asks U.S. to ‘stay out’ of Syria war, says Russia ‘can’t intervene’ having lost 600,000 soldiers in Ukraine
Olayomi Koiki President-elect Donald Trump has called for the United States to refrain from intervening in Syria as opposition fighters make significant progress towards the Syrian capital Damascus. Trump stated…
Russian bases in Syria threatened by insurgent advance, say Moscow’s war bloggers
Two strategically-important Russian military facilities in Syria and Moscow’s very presence in the Middle East are under serious threat from rapidly advancing insurgents, Russian war bloggers have warned. With Russian…
Russia expels German journalists in tit-for-tat move denied by Berlin
MOSCOW – Russia on Wednesday said that it would expel two journalists from Germany’s ARD national network in a like for like move after a Russian state broadcaster reported that…
Russia has expelled UK diplomat over spying claim, FSB says
The move comes amid escalating tensions between Moscow and western countries over Ukraine Agency Report Russia has expelled a British diplomat and accused him of spying, the FSB has said.…
Putin gifts North Korea a lion, bears and ducks
Russian President Vladimir Putin has gifted North Korea dozens of animals, including a lion and two bears, as a sign of friendship between Moscow and Pyongyang, Russian officials said Wednesday.…
Russia vetoes Sudan ceasefire resolution at UN
Russia vetoed a UN Security Council resolution on Monday calling for an immediate end to hostilities in Sudan where a war between two rival generals has been raging since April…