Do opposites still attract in Putin's Russia as politics leaves its mark on datingIn Moscow, young Russians are grappling with dating in a politically charged environment. With dissent against Russia's military operation ...
08 Aug, 2024, 11.57 AM IST
Russians crowd polling stations in apparent protest as Vladimir Putin is set to extend his ruleThe election was taking place amid attacks within Russia by Ukrainian missiles and drones, which have killed several people. Polls opened F...
17 Mar, 2024, 10.04 PM IST
Nikki Haley again calls for a TikTok ban over privacy concernsIn a conversation with "America Reports" co-anchor John Roberts, Haley, a former governor of South Carolina and United Nations ambassador, ...
19 Feb, 2024, 08.34 AM IST
Kremlin critic Navalny convicted of extremism and sentenced to 19 years in prisonRussian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been convicted of extremism and sentenced to 19 years in prison, with the new charges relating...
04 Aug, 2023, 09.00 PM IST
The cyber gulag: How Russia tracks, censors and controls its citizensRights advocates say that Russia under President Vladimir Putin has harnessed digital technology to track, censor and control the populatio...
23 May, 2023, 12.38 PM IST
Russia: President Putin's party set to retain parliament majority after pollsThe vote comes in the wake of an unprecedented crackdown on the opposition this year, with Russian authorities jailing Putin's best-known d...
19 Sep, 2021, 03.34 PM IST
Google, Apple remove Navalny app from stores as Russian elections beginRussia demanded this month that Apple and Google remove the app from their stores, saying a refusal to do so would be treated as meddling i...
17 Sep, 2021, 01.33 PM IST
Tata Digital's cosmetics play; Byju's acquires TynkerTwo weeks ago we reported that Tata Digital was postponing its SuperApp launch. Now, our sources tell us the company is wrapping up plans t...
17 Sep, 2021, 07.15 AM IST
Russia ramps up pressure on foreign tech firms on eve of electionRussia's authorities have said foreign firms are hampering their efforts to block virtual private networks (VPNs) and online resources link...
16 Sep, 2021, 10.10 PM IST
Russia threatens to fine Apple, Google unless they remove Navalny app, Ifax reportsA Russian court declared the jailed opposition politician's movement extremist this summer in a crackdown ahead of parliamentary elections ...
02 Sep, 2021, 04.47 PM IST
Russia fines Facebook, Telegram over banned contentA Moscow court fined Facebook a total of 17 million rubles (roughly $236,000) and Telegram 10 million rubles ($139,000). It wasn't immediat...
11 Jun, 2021, 01.41 AM IST
Russia says to launch own space station in 2025Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin said work had begun on the fist module of a new station, after officials warned that Russia was considering ...
20 Apr, 2021, 04.47 PM IST
Russia wages online battle against TikTok and YouTubeIn Russia, where state-controlled media outlets co-exist in stark contrast with online platforms popular among the opposition, authorities ...
23 Jan, 2021, 07.43 AM IST
Vladimir Putin 4.0 to launch amid crackdown on oppositionPutin, who has ruled Russia for 18 years, will begin his next stint as leader two days after nearly 1,600 protesters were detained during n...
07 May, 2018, 10.50 AM IST
Kremlin cracking down on internet to muzzle critics, say expertsA move this week to block the strongly encrypted messenger Telegram, less than a month after Putins crushing poll win, marks a new stage in...
08 Apr, 2018, 11.54 AM IST