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Moscow
A Ukrainian hacker group likely affiliated with Ukraine’s intelligence destroyed the servers of a Moscow-based internet provider and warned of another bigger attack in the coming days.
Jan. 9
Russia
Nikolai Vasilyev, whose rap name is VACIO, had attended a “nearly-naked” party where he had worn a sock over his penis.
Jan. 8
Russia
Authorities have tried to quell protests with one resident lamenting that he “wished they’d brought back the heating as fast as they dispatched the cops.”
Jan. 8
Russia
As temperatures plummeted in Moscow’s coldest night since the onset of winter, a fire at a transformer substation left residents without heat or power.
Jan. 4
War in Ukraine
While Russians, like most of Europe, gathered together in the city centers to celebrate the arrival of 2024, Russia’s police took the opportunity to detain thousands of migrant workers.
Jan. 3
Putin
Russia attacked Kyiv with 10 Kinzhal missiles on Jan. 2, which once again showed them to be an effective but hardly the “invincible” weapon system Putin’s propaganda claimed.
Jan. 2
Russia
Footage showing Russian VIPs in lingerie and raunchy costumes led to the arrest of a rapper for wearing nothing but a strategically-placed sock, and calls for boycotts and investigations.
Dec. 28, 2023
War in Ukraine
Drone attacks on Russian territory were rare at the start of the Ukrainian conflict but they have become increasingly frequent in the past year, including in Moscow.
Dec. 22, 2023
Russia
In scenes reminiscent of Soviet times queues of people form in the cold waiting to buy a basic foodstuff – but it’s all about eggs and not everywhere.
Dec. 11, 2023
Moscow
The SBU has also released photos including one showing Kyva’s body lying face down in the snow surrounded by flecks of blood. Another shows what appears to be the assassin's weapon.
Dec. 11, 2023
War in Ukraine
On the same day that Illia Kyva was killed in Moscow with small arms, Oleg Popov, a Russian-backed politician in the occupied “Luhansk People's Republic” was killed in a car bombing.
Dec. 6, 2023
War in Ukraine
Nepal has a long-standing tradition of supplying “Gurkha” fighters to foreign services, from British and Indian armies to UN Peacekeepers. Now Kathmandu says they’re in Ukraine fighting on both sides.
Dec. 6, 2023
Russia
This seems to be another move by Russian authorities to broaden the areas in which it can exercise increased control and restrict freedom of expression.
Nov. 29, 2023
Russia
In the Tula region, one drone crashed into an apartment building, resulting in damages to the glazing of three apartments.
Nov. 26, 2023
Russia
A BBC investigation has found that a two-year-old girl taken from a Kherson children’s home in 2022 was adopted by a political ally of President Putin.
Nov. 23, 2023
Russia
In another signal of the growing relationship between the two countries, the Russian news site Kommersant said on Monday that airlines have been invited to prepare for regular flights to North Korea.
Nov. 21, 2023
A Latvian taxi driver was sentenced to seven years in prison on Thursday for spying on behalf of Russian intelligence and planning acts of sabotage in Riga.
Nov. 2