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The United States said Thursday that up to 8,000 North Korean troops have reached Russia’s border region with Ukraine ready for combat, after Pyongyang’s firing of a long-range missile ramped up tensions days before the U.S. election. Seeking advantage in his grinding invasion of Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin has brought in troops from North Korea, […]
The head of Russia’s human rights council on Wednesday called Moscow’s major crackdown on dissent part of “sanitary measures” while the country fights in Ukraine, denying the existence of political repression. Russia has banned criticism of its war on Ukraine, handing out prison terms or fines to those who denounce it. All of President Vladimir […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine exchanged scores of drone strikes Wednesday as North Korea’s top diplomat arrived in Russia for talks after his country reportedly deployed thousands of soldiers to help Moscow’s war efforts. Ukraine’s air force said that Russia launched 62 drones and one missile overnight, adding that 33 of them were […]
The Kremlin on Wednesday dismissed a recent report by the Financial Times claiming that Russian and Ukrainian officials are discussing a potential pause on strikes on each other’s energy infrastructure. “There’s a lot of fake news nowadays, and it has nothing to do with reality,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters when asked to comment […]
Russia’s military test-fired ballistic missiles across the country Tuesday to simulate a “massive” nuclear response to an attack on the country. The exercises came a month after President Vladimir Putin revealed plans to broaden Russia’s rules on the use of its nuclear weapons. The Kremlin said the changes served as a warning to Western countries […]
In her address to Senate, Valentina I Matvienko says both sides have same understanding on issues of global security, stability, prohibition of lethal weapons.. ISLAMABAD – Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of Russian Federation Valentina I. Matvienko on Monday said both Russian and Pakistan were interested in an Afghan settlement and […]
Georgia’s pro-European president on Monday alleged that parliamentary polls – whose results have been rejected by the opposition – were marred by widespread voting fraud bearing the hallmarks of Russia’s influence, as tens of thousands took to the streets of the capital Tbilisi in response to opposition calls to protest against the “stolen election”. According […]
Tens of thousands of Georgians took to the streets Monday to protest against the ruling party’s victory in parliamentary polls denounced as “stolen” by the pro-Western opposition, while Georgia’s president alleged to AFP that the vote was rigged using “sophisticated” methods she linked to Russia. The Caucasus country — rocked by mass anti-government protests earlier this […]
An increasing number of Russian political activists have been placed in forced psychiatric treatment — a practice dating back to the Soviet era and involves confinement in mental hospitals. According to rights activists, some political prisoners who have undergone this treatment report being subjected to humiliation, beatings and being injected with powerful antipsychotic drugs. The number of […]
Russia hopes to show off more of its rich arts heritage in Hong Kong, according to its top diplomat in the city, as the country shifts its cultural focus from Europe to Asia in the wake of the Ukraine war. Consul General Anatoly Kargapolov said leading Russian museums were “ready to share” their artworks with […]