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Trump Says Musk Restored Ukraine's Starlink Access, Declines to Say if They Spoke

Donald Trump said on Thursday that SpaceX CEO Elon Musk had restored Ukraine's Starlink access but the U.S. president declined to comment when asked whether he had spoken to the billionaire about the matter. The Wall Street Journal...

Japan Sends Senior Diplomat to to Release of Arrested Journalist

Solzhenitsyn Statue Temporarily Returned to Original Vladivostok Site After Relocation Mishap

Aging Says

President Vladimir Putin’s daughter Maria Vorontsova said advances in medicine could help address aging within the next 10 to 20 years, driven by humanity’s fear of death, the Vedomosti newspaper reported. Vorontsova, an...

From Banking to Taxis, Ukraine’s Data Center Strikes Disrupt Everyday Life in Russia

MONDAY OCTOBER 2026 18:23

1 Killed 5 Injured in Ukrainian Drone Attack on St , . Petersburg Governor Says ,

SUNDAY OCTOBER 2026 12:53

Ukraine Dismisses Russia’s Latest Claimed Advances An Illusion’

SATURDAY OCTOBER 2026 17:07 Russian Courts Paralyzed by Yandex Cloud Outages After Drone Attacks - Vyorstka

Moscow Region Man Killed Attack

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Russia Drops Criminal Case Against Children’s Hospice Founder Lida Moniava

Kremlin Launches Preparations for Putin’s Annual ‘Direct Line’ Call-In Show

Moscow Court Jails Ex- Sochi Mayor for Years in 15 Prison in Corruption Case

MONDAY OCTOBER 2026 17:47

Russia Says It Hit Kyiv Bridge, Vessels in Black Sea 2

Russia's military said it targeted a route Kyiv used to transport troops and military cargo. SUNDAY OCTOBER 2026 18:01

Hit Russian Refineries Response Moscow's New Doctrine’ Airstrikes

Russia Pledges to Continue Massive Strikes on Kyiv, Urges Foreign Diplomats to Leave City

Ex-Deputy Governor Who Planned Fight Gets Years for Military

A Russian court sentenced a former deputy governor of the southern Krasnodar region to 14 years in prison for abuse of authority and organizing the theft of supplies intended for troops fighting in Ukraine, the regional courts’ press...

7 Reported Killed in Explosion at Ammunition Plant Near Moscow

Seven people were killed in an explosion at a chemical plant in Russia’s Moscow region, the Telegram news channel Shot reported, as emergency crews responded to a fire at the facility. The blast hit the Krasnozavodsk Chemical...

Vatican Envoy Discusses Humanitarian Issues Visits , POWs in Russia Foreign Ministry Says ,

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 2026 21:23

Ye Shows in St. Petersburg Officially Canceled After Weeks of Conflicting Reports

Two St. Petersburg concerts by controversial rapper Ye scheduled for next month have been officially canceled following weeks of conflicting statements from venue management and local promoters. An Instagram account...

Russia Raises Military Budget Documents

Book Publisher Individuum Shuts Down After LGBTQ+ ‘Extremism’ Trials

Russia Hits Ukraine’s Largest Mobile Provider, Data Centers

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Russian and German FMs Meet for First Ukraine Invasion

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 2026 19:59 Russia Can Restart 80% of Black Sea Grain Export Terminals if Attacks Stop - Analysis

Evan Gershkovich Says Carefully Planned FSB Sting

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Regions Calling: Russia’s Got a

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 2026 19:53 page 2 Finance Ministry Unveils 2027 Budget Draft With Fresh Tax Hikes to Fund War Deficit

Meal Contracts, Report

Four companies linked to a former university classmate of President Vladimir Putin won all 39 contracts to supply meals to Moscow schools from 2026 to 2028, the exiled news outlet Vyorstka reported Wednesday. The awards, worth a...

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to UN SecretaryGeneral António Guterres warned earlier this summer that “El Niño is being supersized before our eyes” and called on countries to end their dependency on planetheating fossil fuels. “The world must treat it as the...

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Anti-war activists and lawyers say that anxiety is rising, even though helping Russians avoid military service has long been a routine part of their work.

Russian Election, Cast

A parliamentary election that President Vladimir Putin has cast as a test of support for Russia's war in Ukraine entered its third and final day on Sunday, with the ruling United Russia party expected to retain its dominance in a...

Former Russian Official Elected President of South Ossetia

Marat Kambolov, the new president, is from North Ossetia, a Russian republic on the other side of the Caucasus Mountains from South Ossetia.

TikTok, Russia's Political Parties Court Who Up Under Putin

Russian Far East Crude Tops $120 Per Barrel as Middle East Supply Shocks Drive Chinese Demand Drone Attacks Disrupt First Day of Voting in Southern Russia and Occupied Ukraine

Father Putin’s Reported Partner Rosneft Arctic Contractor Investigation

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Russians Prepare for an Election With Less Choice Than Ever

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 2026 19:03

Russia Resumes Postal

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 2026 18:11

Ukraine Wants Specifics Strikes Zelensky Says

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 2026 21:13

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period. Four people were injured. “These are not military targets,” the council said. “They are ordinary civilian cars. People were going about their business.” The governor of Ukraine's Zhytomyr Region west of Kyiv, Vitaliy...

Russian Attacks Kill Injure Dozens Moscow Says It Hit Ships Plants

Russian Official to Attend G20 Energy Meeting in Houston Next Week, White House Official Says Siberia’s Irkutsk Region Offers Military Recruiters Record $18K Commission for Enlisting Foreigners

Russian Official to Attend Energy Meeting in G20 Houston Next Week White House Official Says ,

A Russian official will attend a G20 energy meeting in Houston next week, a White House official said on Friday. Last month, the U.S. welcomed Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov to a meeting of G20 countries in North...

Skater

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, who returned to competition in January after a long doping ban, has once again been barred from competing in international events after losing her status as a neutral athlete, the...

Russia Imposes Quarantine Near Moscow Over Lumpy Skin Disease in Cattle

Authorities in the Moscow region have introduced a quarantine after lumpy skin disease was detected in cattle in several towns and villages about 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Moscow, according to a document on the regional...

Germany Says It Is Closing a Russian Cultural Center. That Might Not Be So Simple .

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 2026 18:35

Russia Orders Closures of German Consulate and Cultural Centers in Tit for Tat Move -

Russia’s Foreign Ministrysaid Monday it was shuttering the German consulate in St. Petersburg and German cultural centers across the country. The closures were announced in retaliation for Germany’sdecision last week to close...

Russia’s Lavrov Calls Accusations of Moscow’s Involvement in Leipzig Drone Incident ‘Start of Real War'

Russia Strikes Ukrainian Airports, Infrastructure Ahead of U.S. Envoys' Visit

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva will not be able to compete internationally this year, after the sport's governing body revoked her neutral athlete status, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Saturday. She has...

Justice Ministry Designates Novaya Gazeta as ‘ Agent’ Foreign

Russia’s Justice Ministry on Fridaydesignated the independent online news outlet Novaya Gazeta as a “foreign agent.” Authorities claimed Novaya Gazeta publicly opposed the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, spread “false...

Ukraine’s SBU Accuses Russian Volunteer Corps Commander of Plotting to Kill Opposition Figure

Ukraine’s SBU security servicealleged Thursday that a commander of the Russian Volunteer Corps, a unit of farright Russians fighting alongside Ukrainian forces, was recruited by Moscow to assassinate a Russian opposition...

Nearly 9K Ukrainian Drones Targeted Moscow in August Mayor Says ,

Almost 9,000 Ukrainian drones targeted Moscow and the surrounding region in August, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said Wednesday. “Between 8:30 a.m. on Aug. 1 and 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 1, 8,670 drones flew toward the Moscow region,” Sobyanin wrote in...

Man Shot Dead After Attacking People at Moscow Church

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 2026 17:51

European Forces Intercept Russian Mediterranean

A European naval mission boarded a Russialinked oil tanker suspected of sailing under a false flag in the Mediterranean over the weekend, the EU’s top diplomat Kaja Kallassaid Monday. Personnel operating under the Mediterranean...

Ukrainian Strikes Cause Casualties Authorities Say Belgorod

SUNDAY AUGUST 2026 21:03

Ex- Presidential Aide Oleksiy Moscow Court Jails Ukrainian Arestovych 11 Years in Absentia

A judge in Moscow onFridaysentenced Oleksiy Arestovych, a former adviser to the Ukrainian president’s office, to 11 years in prison in absentia after finding him guilty of spreading false information about the Russian military and...

Russian Military Conducts Mobile ICBM

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Russia Expels Romanian Diplomat Move

Russian Forces Inching Closer to Slovyansk in Eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk Region, Gerasimov Says

Russians Are Rushing for Be Worried? the

NKHP Grain Export Terminal Says Repairs After Ukrainian Attack May Take 4 Months

Annexed Crimea Declares Regional Wildfire Emergency

TUESDAY AUGUST 2026 17:34

Ex-Pussy Riot Member Kremlin Critics

Putin Signs Order Allowing Government to Seize Critical Infrastructure Following Attacks Kremlin Says It’s Working to Minimize Impact of Ukrainian Attacks on Russian Grain Exports

Putin Wants to Draft New Troops Zelensky 300K

Ukrainian Drone Attacks Kill Multiple People Across Russia, Hit Ozon Warehouse Russian 'Double-Tap' Strike on Shopping Mall in Ukraine Kills 15 and Wounds 130

Ukrainian Drone Attacks Kill Multiple People Across Russia , Hit Ozon Warehouse

Ukrainian drones killed at least six people overnight in a wave of strikes onRussiathat also hit a warehouse owned by online retailer Ozonand an industrial facility in the Samara region, regional officials said Saturday. In a...

Moscow Is Touting North Korea as a New Tourism Hotspot. Few Russians Are Making the Trip.

"A delight." "An unexpected paradise." "A wonderful country." That is how Russian tourists and travel agents describe their visits to North Korea, one of the world’s most repressive countries. Russian and North Korean officials...

To Shore Up

THURSDAY AUGUST 2026 21:41

Ukrainian Drone Strike in Region

Putin Orders Government to Help Rebuild Warehouses Destroyed in Ukrainian Attacks

Drone Attack Near Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Kills One Says IAEA ,

The plant's director described the incident as "the worst event the plant has faced," the UN nuclear watchdog said.

Russian Supreme Court Rejects Yabloko’s Appeal Over Candidate List Ban

Russia’s Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by the liberal Yabloko party, upholding a decision to cancel the registration of its federal slate of candidates for next month’s State Duma elections. Earlier this month, the...

Ukrainian Drones Strike Moscow Region

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Russia Seeks Explanation From U.S. and Turkey Over Reports of Possible Arms Transfer

Russia has asked Washington and Ankara to explain reports of possible plans to transfer to Kyiv a "substantial arsenal" of U.S. weapons and ammunition held by Turkey, the spokeswoman for Russia's foreign ministry said on...

Civilian Casualties in Ukraine in July Hit Highest Monthly Toll Since March 2022 UN Says ,

The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine confirmed that at least 437 civilians were killed and 2,610 injured last month. FRIDAY AUGUST 2026 18:00

Fires, Floods and Foul Air: In Siberia’s Tyumen Region, Weather Disasters Turn Biblical

Tyumen, one of Siberia’s largest cities, made national headlines in July when flooding along the local Tura River began to resemble scenes of a biblical plague. Unusually heavy rain fell nearly every day in June and July, pushing...

Tyumen Region Imposes Mass Pig Culls Over Mystery Outbreak

Authorities in western Siberia’s Tyumen region have begun forcibly seizing and culling domestic pigs across several rural villages following an outbreak of an undisclosed disease, the local outlet 72.rureported Wednesday. As...

Russian Wheat Exports Brace for Decade Low in August Amid Black Sea Attacks

Russian grain exports risk dropping to a decade low in August due to shipping bottlenecks in southern ports caused by escalating attacks on commercial vessels in the Black Sea, industry analysts warned Tuesday. Agricultural...

Russian Supreme Court Bars Yabloko Party From State Duma Elections

The ruling removes the only registered party campaigning on a pro-peace platform from the nationwide party-list ballot.

Syria Russia Reach Deal on Future of Tartous and , Hmeimim Bases After Months of Talks 18

Syria and Russia reached a memorandum of understanding to settle the future of Russian bases at Tartous and Hmeimim following 18 months of intensive negotiations, the Syrian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday, according to the...

Ukraine Strikes Oil Refinery in Russia's Krasnodar Region in Drone Attack

SATURDAY AUGUST 2026 14:10