Russian soldiers have arrived in Belarus and are preparing joint exercises with the Belarusians. As a result, Moscow and Minsk have announced major military manoeuvres for February 10-20. The Belarusian Ministry of Defense reports that the troops will test their preparedness in the face of mounting tensions on the […]
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Diplomats from the United States and Russia started summit talks on Monday to prevent Ukraine’s crisis from escalating. Deputy ministers from the two countries met at the American mission in Geneva, Switzerland, in the morning. Tensions between Moscow and the West have risen as Russia has gathered a large […]
YouTube has again taken a German-language channel of the Russian state broadcaster RT offline. According to a spokesperson for the platform, the medium tried to circumvent a previously imposed blockade. RT, formerly known as Russia Today, says the channel has been taken offline “without explanation”. YouTube refers to a […]
On Monday, an 18-year-old Russian has blown himself up with a bomb in an Orthodox school. At least one other person was injured. The police report this. The assailant was a former high school student. The violence took place at an Orthodox school next to an adjacent monastery in […]
Ukraine wants NATO countries to prepare punitive measures imposed on Russia if a new conflict breaks out. On the other hand, foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba is pushing for a “deterrence package” to deter Moscow from another attack on his country. NATO is deeply concerned about the many Russian troops […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has fired the prison service head after videos of torture and rape emerged in prison last month. The malpractice took place at the Saratov prison in southwestern Russia. Aleksandr Kalashnikov was in charge of Russian prisons for two years until his resignation. He was under […]
Estonia has called up 1,700 reservists for an unannounced military exercise. Part of this is placing barbed wire along the 40-kilometre-long border with Russia. Unlike the two other Baltic EU countries Latvia and Lithuania, Estonia does not share a border with Belarus. The three countries warned the European Union […]
In the fight against corona, Russians are not allowed to go to work for a week. Instead, they will be given paid time off from October 30 to November 7, Russian President Putin ordered. The period may start earlier and last longer in certain areas. Putin called on the […]
Eight people were killed in a shooting at a university in the Russian city of Perm today, according to the Russian Investigative Committee, a kind of prosecutor’s office. At least ten were said to be injured. Eyewitnesses said a man in military uniform with a rifle opened fire at […]
Russia’s emergency minister, Yevgeny Zinichev, has died during an exercise in the northern city of Norilsk. The ministry reports that Zinichev died trying to save someone’s life but gave no further details about the incident. The minister was in the north of Russia for an exercise by several government […]
