Vladimir Putin's critics: dead, jailed, exiledProminent critics of Putin, including Navalny, Nemtsov, Politkovskaya, Kara-Murza, Yashin, Chanysheva, Fadeyeva, Khodorkovsky, and Kassyano...
17 Feb, 2024, 05.09 PM IST
Artem Savinovsky, chief of Russia's Yandex faces court case for 'LGBT propaganda'The move to prosecute Artem Savinovsky, for which no hearing date was listed, comes a day after a different court levied a 1 million rubles...
05 Jul, 2023, 07.32 PM IST
It's been a year of battles for 2021 Nobel Peace Prize-winners Dmitry Muratov & Maria RessaThe past year has not been easy for the two journalists.
07 Oct, 2022, 02.24 PM IST
Vladimir Putin's partial mobilization call: US Embassy urges Americans in Russia to leave as soon as possibleSince Russia's announcement that it would be partially mobilizing 300,000 troops in Ukraine, tens of thousands of men who qualify are makin...
28 Sep, 2022, 09.35 PM IST
Why Mikhail Gorbachev's legacy still threatens Vladimir Putin?During his presidency, Vladimir Putin has systematically destroyed these historic achievements. On their ruins, his regime is mobilising mi...
03 Sep, 2022, 11.15 AM IST
Moscow fumes after EU cuts off shipments to Baltic outpostThe latest diplomatic crisis is over the Kaliningrad enclave, a port and surrounding countryside on the Baltic Sea that is home to nearly a...
22 Jun, 2022, 12.45 AM IST
Russian Nobel laureate Dmitry Muratov's gold medal fetches $103.5 mn for Ukrainian kidsThe medal was sold to an as yet unidentified phone bidder at the sale in New York.
21 Jun, 2022, 07.33 PM IST
'It's just hell there': Russia still pounds eastern UkraineIn Ukraine's eastern Luhansk region, which in recent weeks has become the focal point of Moscow's attempt to impose its will on its neighbo...
20 Jun, 2022, 05.50 PM IST
Russian Nobel laureate Dmitry Muratov donates his gold medal to help Ukrainian refugeesHe requested auction houses that can help sell his 'world-famous award' to get in touch.
24 Mar, 2022, 11.55 AM IST
Several Western news organisations suspend operations in Russia following censorship lawThe censorship law builds on the Kremlin’s insistence that characterizations of its attacks on Ukraine as a “war” or “invasion” rather than...
05 Mar, 2022, 07.10 AM IST
Russia watchdog bans 'invasion' and 'assault' in mediaIn a statement, Roskomnadzor accused a number of independent media outlets including television channel Dozhd and the country's top indepen...
26 Feb, 2022, 03.34 PM IST
Russia may bring forward manned launch after rocket failureIt was the first such incident in Russia's post-Soviet history -- an unprecedented setback for the country's space industry.
12 Oct, 2018, 06.24 PM IST
Russia is drastically increasing its number of military exercises; 40 large-scale drills plannedThe Kremlin has announced plans to dramatically increase the number of summer military exercises staged throughout Russia.
02 Jun, 2015, 01.31 PM IST
Edward Snowden, Pope Francis among picks for the Nobel Peace PrizeOther favourites include Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege, Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager who defied the Taliban, and Russian media...
04 Oct, 2014, 04.25 AM IST
- Ex-KGB spy buys London tabloid for थ्१
London's famous tabloid, the London Evening Standard has been sold by the Rothermere family to Russian tycoon and former KGB spy Alexander ...
22 Jan, 2009, 02.12 AM IST
- Ex-KGB spy buys out London tabloid for £1
London's famous tabloid, the London Evening Standard has been sold by the Rothermere family to Russian tycoon and former KGB spy Alexander ...
22 Jan, 2009, 12.32 AM IST
- Ex-KGB spy buys London Evening Standard for GBP 1
London's famous tabloid, the London Evening Standard has been sold by the Rothermere family to Russian tycoon and former KGB spy Alexander ...
21 Jan, 2009, 06.30 PM IST