By David Axe Videos posted on social media in recent weeks show Ukrainian-made R-18 quadcopter drones carrying up to 10 Soviet-style RKG-3 grenades. Another video shows at least two drones hitting a Russian armored vehicle with grenades and destroying it. The videos demonstrate Ukrainian ingenuity as Russia’s military operations on Ukrainian territory enter their sixth […]
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Russia: Forest fires flared up in the Ryazan region
The forest fires raging south of Moscow have again taken on large proportions, Russian authorities announced today, as residents of the capital complained of a strong smell of burning in the air. Since early August, fires have been raging in the Ryazan region, about 200 kilometers southeast of Moscow. The acting governor of that region, […]
Russia: Video of the movements of the suspect in the murder of Dugin’s daughter
Moscow released FSB videos of the alleged killer of Alexander Dugin’s daughter Daria. Daria Dugina was killed Saturday night when an explosive device detonated and blew up the Toyota Land Cruiser she was driving, Russian investigators said. Ukraine has denied any involvement, but the FSB said in a statement today that the attack was carried […]
Russia: Court ruling puts local Shell JV under Moscow control
A Russian court ruled today that Salym Petroleum Development (SPD), a joint venture between Shell and Gazprom Neft, should fall under Russian jurisdiction, Russian news agency Interfax reported, citing the court’s decision. The daily newspaper Kommersant had written last week that Gazprom Neft had sought in court the transfer of the Salym Petroleum Development joint […]
Russia: State Duma Council to hold emergency meeting on Zaporizhia nuclear power plant
LAST UPDATE: 18:26 Russia’s parliament has announced it will hold a special session on Thursday to discuss the situation surrounding the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in eastern Ukraine. In the official announcement, released by the parliament today, it is stated that the meeting of the Council of the State Duma (lower house) will take place […]
Cyprus opposes the ban on issuing visas to Russians
Cyprus is opposed to the abolition of the tourist visa for Russian citizens, since it considers that such a decision would not have any benefit. Cyprus is expected to oppose the proposal to ban the issuance of visas to Russian citizens at the upcoming informal council of EU Foreign Ministers in Prague on August 30 […]
Russia: Telecoms regulator orders withdrawal of all books ‘propagandizing’ LGBTI community
Russia’s telecommunications regulator (Roskomnadzor) has asked the Russian Union of Publishers-Booksellers to withdraw all books with “propaganda” content about the LGBTI community, Russia’s TASS news agency reports, citing the regulator. Roskomnadsor says in its statement that “spreading deviant relationship propaganda in any form does not correspond to the traditional values ​​of Russian society and poses […]
Russia: FSB blames Ukraine for murder of daughter of Putin’s ‘geopolitical guru’
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) today accused Ukraine’s special services of being responsible for the murder of Daria Dugina, the daughter of a prominent ultranationalist Russian ideologist, the Interfax news agency reported. Dugina, the daughter of Alexander Dugin, was killed Saturday night when an explosive device detonated and blew up the Toyota Land Cruiser she […]
Bulgaria: Talks with Gazprom to restore gas flows are inevitable
Bulgaria should open a round of talks with Russian state energy giant Gazprom to resume natural gas flows that have been cut since April, the Balkan country’s acting energy minister said on Monday, after the government pledged to secure the necessary quantities ahead of winter, as reported by the Reuters agency. Rosen Hristov did not […]
Kyiv: Russians launch rockets near Zaporizhia nuclear plant
Russia fired rockets at towns west of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine early this morning, while the capital Kyiv banned rallies marking the anniversary of independence from Soviet rule over fears of Russian attacks. Artillery and rocket fire near the Zaporizhia nuclear reactor complex on the Russian-held south bank of the Dnieper […]