Russia

Pro-Russian hackers target Italian ministry and airport websites: report

A wave of cyber attacks disrupted ten official websites in Italy on Saturday, including those of the Foreign Ministry and Milan’s two airports, temporarily taking them offline, according to a recent report by Reuters.

Luxury Western goods line Russian stores, three years into sanctions

The picture is a far cry from the West's claims that its sanctions would collapse the Russian economy and cut it off from the outside world.

Bomb kills chief of Russian nuclear protection forces in Moscow

Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, who is chief of Russia's Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Troops, was killed outside an apartment building on Ryazansky Prospekt

Russia calls for rapid Syria stabilisation, criticises Israel

"We would like to see the situation in the country stabilised somehow as soon as possible," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

Russia says US using Taiwan to stir crisis in Asia

The US is Taiwan's most important international backer and arms supplier, despite the lack of formal diplomatic recognition

China urges 'calm' after Putin decree on broader use of nuclear weapons

Moscow has reacted furiously to a decision by US President Joe Biden to change policy on Ukraine and allow Kyiv to use US-supplied long-range missiles to strike Russian territory for the first time.

Putin broadens rules on Russia's use of nuclear arms

The new doctrine outlines that Russia will consider using nuclear weapons against a non-nuclear state if they are supported by nuclear powers.

Russia's growth dips as inflation weighs on economy

Growth in the third quarter was 3.1 percent year-on-year, the Rosstat federal statistics agency said, down from a rate of 4.1 percent in the second quarter

How doodles got a Russian art teacher locked up for 20 years

His case illustrates the severity of the crackdown on dissent -- both real and imagined -- in Russia since the invasion of Ukraine.

November 11, 2024
November 11, 2024

Russia and Ukraine launch massive drone attacks after Trump-Putin call

The Kremlin had earlier said it saw "positive signals" from Trump's willingness to strike a deal, and several people speaking to the US paper said Trump had expressed the desire for more conversations on "the resolution of Ukraine's war soon".

November 10, 2024
November 10, 2024

Ukraine attacks Moscow with 34 drones, biggest strike on the Russian capital

Russian air defences destroyed another 36 drones over other regions of Western Russia in three hours on Sunday, the defence ministry said.

October 31, 2024
October 31, 2024

North Korea conducts longest ICBM test amid storm over troop deployment to Russia

The missile was launched on a sharply lofted trajectory from an area near the North's capital and splashed down about 300 km (190 miles) west of Japan's Hokkaido, recording the North's longest ever ICBM flight time.

October 8, 2024
October 8, 2024

Cyberattack cripples Russian state media on Putin’s 72nd birthday: report

A significant cyberattack on October 7, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s 72nd birthday, disrupted operations at VGTRK, Russia's state-owned media conglomerate, causing widespread outages across the organisation’s digital platforms, as per a recent report by Reuters.

September 15, 2024
September 15, 2024

Putin's options for Ukraine missiles response include nuclear test, experts say

President Putin, in his clearest warning yet, said on Thursday that the West would be directly fighting Russia if it went ahead with such a move, which he said would alter the nature of the conflict.

September 14, 2024
September 14, 2024

'Slave to fear': Ghosts of the Gulag haunt modern Russia

Leafing through a book with photos of victims of Stalin's purges, Maria pointed to her great-grandfather.

September 12, 2024
September 12, 2024

Russia puts Navalny lawyers on trial

Navalny died in unclear circumstances in an Arctic prison colony in February, where he was serving a 19-year sentence for leading an "extremist" organisation.

September 7, 2024
September 7, 2024

Russia raises main economic forecasts, sees higher year-end inflation

A sharper rise in capital investment is one of many improvements to Russia's 2024 economic outlook, new economy ministry forecasts showed, though stubbornly accelerating inflation may blunt the impact of faster rises in household incomes

September 4, 2024
September 4, 2024

Russians holiday at home as sanctions put Europe out of reach

Like millions of Russians, Natalia and Igor spent their summer break at home this year, as Western sanctions and travel restrictions shut the country off from most European tourism destinations.

August 24, 2024
August 24, 2024

Zelensky vows more 'retribution' for Russia in independence address

Kyiv celebrates independence from the Soviet Union as the long war with Russia has reached a dramatic moment, with Ukraine mounting the Kursk incursion and Moscow eyeing more east Ukrainian towns.