News Russia: A Putin critic is convicted on charges that will keep from campaigning for Russia’s parliament
Boris Nadezhdin, who criticized Moscow’s military action in Ukraine and unsuccessfully tried to run against President Vladimir Putin in the 2024 election, was convicted of displaying “extremist symbols” — an action that will keep him out of this year’s parliamentary race.
News Russia: Russia's inflation shock complicates rate cut hopes as central bank braces for slowdown
By Ben Aris in Berlin Russia's central bank has warned that the recent surge in inflation is spreading beyond a temporary fuel price shock, while economists have sharply raised their forecasts for inflation and interest rates, complicating Kremlin hopes for further monetary easing. (chart) The Bank of Russia released its monthly Talking Trends repo...
News Russia: Russia's new tactic: Crossing their fingers for bad weather
According to a Ukrainian spokesperson, intelligence suggests Russian soldier have been told to take advantage of poor weather conditions.
News Russia: Russia’s Economy Is Slowly Sinking
Russia's economy is not doing well. It dealing with shortages, inflation and huge spending costs. And the US is about to implement much tougher sanctions.
News Russia: Export of education is Russia's soft power, says Synergy Corporation President Vadim Lobov
Russian education is a key export item. It rates highly in African and Asian countries and the demand for it keeps growing. Quite a few young men and women from these countries may receive Russian ...
News Russia: Russia Bets On Education To Sustain Influence In Central Asia
Russia is investing hundreds of millions of dollars to build schools and universities across Central Asia, reinforcing the use of the Russian language at a time when younger generations in the region are increasingly exposed to Western and Chinese influences.
News Russia: Ukraine demands UN to strip Russia of Security Council status amid horror 'human safaris'
Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the UN, Andriy Melnyk, called on the UN to strip Russia of its permanent membership in the Security Council ...
News Russia: What is the current situation in the Russia–Ukraine war as of May 2, 2026?
Recent developments indicate a renewed escalation marked by intensified drone strikes, artillery exchanges, and targeted attacks on infrastructure. C...
News Russia: Russia highway faces massive traffic jam after snowfall
Hundreds of trucks were seen on the Lena Highway in Russia's Amur region and neighboring Sakha-Yakutia after heavy snowfall drastically worsened road conditions.
News Russia: Rubio denies Zelenskyy’s claim that the US asked Ukraine to cede land to Russia for security deal
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has rejected Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's assertion that the U.S. wants Ukraine to hand over territory to Russia to receive American security guarantees in any ceasefire plan.
News Russia: Russia braced for mammoth rate hike amid fears it's losing the battle against inflation
Russia's central bank is expected to carry out a mammoth rate hike later this week as inflation continues to soar in the war-focused economy. Russia's consumer price index continues to rise rose ...
News Russia: Russia Is Losing Its Grip on Central Asia’s Power Sector
Russian financing problems are undermining its long-standing dominance in Central Asia’s power sector as regional governments increasingly turn to Chinese and European firms.
News Russia: Life slowly returning to normalcy in Russia’s far-east after ‘snow apocalypse’
Life is slowly returning to normalcy in Russia’s far-east region of Kamchatka after a snow apocalypse. Locals were seen shoveling snow in the streets as traffic resumed on snow-covered roads.
News Russia: Storms blast parts of Russia after 6-foot snow buries country’s Far East, stranding air travelers
Russia’s Far East was buried under meters of snow by its heaviest snowfall in 60 years on Tuesday as a winter blast swept across Asia, dusting Shanghai white and grounding flights in Japan’s northwest. The cold snap disrupted transport across the region, closing roads in China, stranding air travelers in Japan and leaving parts of Russia’s Far East paralyzed. Scientists said the weather was related to waves of cool air coming in from the Arctic,...
News Russia: US officials tout progress in talks to reach 'lasting and durable peace' between Ukraine, Russia
Trump has directed U.S. officials to help to facilitate a “lasting and durable peace" between Ukraine and Russia, with officials touting the “very, very strong" package presented for negotiations.
News Russia: These microscopic Russian groups number less than 500 each!
Despite this, it borrows heavily from Russian custom - including the clothing - and to a much lesser extent from Estonian. Another factor here is religion: the Estonians are Lutherans, while the Setos ...
News Russia: Russia Launches 4th and Final 'Blagovest' Military Communications Satellite
"Blagovest is a Russian religious term meaning 'good news,'" he added. Blagovest's planners may have initially envisioned the project, which was partially declassified in 2015, providing some ...
News Russia: Putin congratulates the Muslims of Russia on the Eid al-Adha Islamic holiday
The Russian president highlighted the great contribution ... institutions and maintaining dialogue between ethnic groups and religions. ...
