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'People are ready to live with it': the Russians ready for a long war

According to experts, most of those in Russian society are ready for a long war in Ukraine and largely support President Putin's 'military operation'.

21/06/2023

Russia

African leaders meet President Putin in Russia on "peace mission"

Vladimir Putin has met with a group of African leaders who flew to Russia on a self-styled “peace mission” a day after they visited Ukraine.

17/06/2023

Russia

Vladimir Putin says Russian nuclear weapons are now in Belarus

“We have more such weapons than the NATO countries. They know about it, and all the time we are being persuaded to start negotiations on reductions. The hell with them, you know, as our people say,” Russia's President has said.

16/06/2023

Russia

Euroviews. In Putin's empire, the only thing that matters is the throne

Do the lives of Russians anywhere matter to such a monstrous political entity as the Russian empire? The answer is simple – they don’t, Aleksandar Đokić writes.

15/06/2023

Russia

Russia adopts law pardoning criminals who fight in Ukraine

Those convicted of crimes against "sexual integrity", terrorism, high treason, espionage and other "particularly grave crimes" are exempt.

15/06/2023

Russia

Navalny ally Chanysheva jailed in Russia over extremism claims

Navalny ally and supporter Lilia Chanysheva jailed by Russian court over extremism claims as Kremlin continues anti-opposition crackdown

14/06/2023

Russia

Wagner paramilitaries ordered to pledge allegiance to Russian leaders

Wagner paramilitary soldiers and members of other armed groups have been ordered to pledge allegiance to the Russian leadership as rift develops

12/06/2023

Russia

Global nuclear weapons stockpile continues to grow – new report

While some nuclear weapons states focused on modernising their arsenals, others – particularly China – are expanding and modernising them.

12/06/2023

Russia

Euroviews. Why aren’t there any mass protests against Putin in Russia?

The answer is obvious: maybe Putin’s machinery isn’t that good at breaking Ukraine’s defences, but it is incredibly competent at cracking the skulls of Russian opposition activists, Aleksandar Đokić writes.

06/06/2023

Russia

ECHR condemns Russia over Navalny poisoning case

The European Court of Human Rights said there was a "lack of investigation" by Moscow into the poisoning of Alexei Navalny in 2020.

06/06/2023

Russia

Supporters of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny hold protests

Supporters of jailed Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny held protests in Russia and several European cities to mark his third birthday in prison.

05/06/2023

Russia

Belgorod governor tells civilians to evacuate as attacks escalate

Belgorod is one of various Russian border areas where strikes and incursions from Ukraine are increasingly affecting civilians, forcing them to flee

04/06/2023

Russia

Wagner Group's Prigozhin says his forces are ready to defend Belgorod

Chief of paramilitary group said he will not wait for an 'invitation' to dispatch forces to the Russian border region

03/06/2023

Russia

Russia blames 'Ukrainian terrorists' for border town attack

The Russian Ministry of Defence is blaming 'Ukrainian terrorists' for an attack on the town of Shebekino in the Belgorod region near the border with Ukraine but Kyiv denies any involvment.

01/06/2023

Russia

Russian opposition figure calls on electorate to replace Putin

Boris Nadezhdin, a critic of Putin and a representative in the Moscow municipal assembly, made the remarks on state-backed TV.

01/06/2023

Russia

Where is Russia exporting its oil post EU sanctions?

Russia recently exported more oil than at any other time following its invasion of Ukraine last year.

31/05/2023

Russia

Wagner boss denies coup accusations - ISW

Yevgeny Prigozhin argued his mercenary force does not have the personnel needed to topple the Kremlin.

30/05/2023

Russia

Russia to send German workers home at start of June

German media described the move as a "diplomatic declaration of war" by Moscow

27/05/2023

Russia

Support for Russia plummets in post-Soviet states

Approval of Russia has plunged in neighbouring countries, who are wary of a bullish Moscow which has lost its traditional role as a regional power broker.

25/05/2023

Russia

Wagner group chief acknowledges skills of Ukrainian army

Yevgeny Prigozhin admitted in an interview that Ukrainian forces "have high levels of organisation, training and intelligence," and that Wagner had lost 20,000 men in Bakhmut.

24/05/2023

Green News

'Absurd, irresponsible and destructive': Russia outlaws Greenpeace

This is "a very serious blow" to Russian environmental protection, says Greenpeace.

24/05/2023

Russia

More Russian troops going AWOL as military struggles with discipline

The issue of Russian military personnel going absent without leave is believed to have got worse after last year's draft.

24/05/2023

Russia

Why are disgraced Americans spouting pro-Putin propaganda in Russia?

Former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter is touring Russian cities and claiming Ukraine will lose the war. Why do he and other disgraced Americans insist on defending Putin's rhetoric?

24/05/2023

Russia

Euroviews. Wagner's Prigozhin is the inevitable product of Putin's Russia

It is clear that Prigozhin’s ambitions cannot be curtailed, as he is the type of character who lives for times like these — bloody and chaotic, Aleksandar Đokić writes.

22/05/2023

Russia

Berlin police investigate report of Russian exiles falling ill

One US-based Russian woman reports a strange smell in her hotel room and then falling ill in the hours afterwards, but says doctors couldn't find anything wrong with her.

22/05/2023

Russia

Zelenskyy's globetrotting diplomacy leaves Putin looking isolated

After a whirlwind week of diplomatic visits that has taken in the Vatican, Saudi Arabia, Europe's capitals and Japan, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's world tour has left his Russian counterpart looking increasingly isolated.

20/05/2023