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A court in the Netherlands has sentenced a Russian national to three years in prison for violating EU sanctions by transferring sensitive semiconductor technology to Russian intelligence.
One of Russia’s most prestigious universities has unveiled a new master’s program focused on navigating and mitigating the impact of international sanctions, a sign of the growing institutional effort to adapt to the Kremlin’s increasingly isolated position on the global stage.
Russian prosecutors are seeking an 18-year prison sentence for exiled writer Boris Akunin on charges of justifying terrorism, facilitating terrorist activity and violating the country’s “foreign agent” laws, media reported Monday.
All five crew members aboard a Russian Mi-8 transport helicopter were killed when it crashed in the Khabarovsk region of the Russian Far East, law enforcement authorities said Wednesday.
Russia’s Defense Ministry has quietly canceled this year’s Army-2025 military and technical forum, its largest annual defense exhibition where the country typically showcases its latest weapons and military innovations, the pro-Kremlin daily Izvestia reported Wednesday, citing an anonymous source familiar with the situation.
Russia is considering scrapping its only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, which has been undergoing repairs since 2018, the pro-Kremlin daily Izvestia reported, citing a source familiar with the matter.
A court in the Chelyabinsk region on Friday ordered the nationalization of Yuzhuralzoloto, Russia’s third-largest gold producer, marking the government’s latest wartime seizure of major private assets.
The commander of an elite Russian marine unit was reportedly killed in a Ukrainian missile strike that also claimed the life of Russia’s deputy navy chief, the independent Telegram news channel Astra reported Friday, citing a now-deleted post by officials in the officer’s hometown.
Russia had ordered the closure of Poland’s consulate in the western city of Kaliningrad in retaliation for what it called the “unjustified and hostile” shutdown of its own consulate in the Polish city of Krakow.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has cast fresh doubt on Russia’s ability to sustain and restore its oil production capacity as output and export volumes continue to decline under the pressure of sanctions, waning investment and the exit of Western energy firms.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Sunday praised Beijing’s close ties with Moscow as “strategically valuable” during a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov.
Russia’s grain exports have dropped to their lowest level since 2008 as severe drought, sluggish prices and a stronger ruble put mounting pressure on the country’s agricultural sector, according to analysts cited by Reuters.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov defended Russia’s wartime censorship in an interview with the business magazine Expert, describing the suppression of critical information as a justified response to what he called an era of information warfare against the country.
Russia’s foreign intelligence agency on Monday accused NATO of pushing Moldova toward a potential military confrontation with Russia by allegedly militarizing the country amid the ongoing war in neighboring Ukraine.
One in three Russians have encountered restrictions on bank transfers or card usage since the Central Bank introduced new anti-fraud measures, according to a recent nationwide survey by the Russian Finance Mail newspaper.
