Anti-riot authorities robbed an activist meeting near St. Petersburg that state tv declared was an LGBT celebration versus the unique military operation in Ukraine, the independent news site Mediazona reported Thursday.The broadcasters Ren-TV and 78. ru released identical reports of the Feb. 18 raid revealing masked representatives lining up numerous

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Russian courts have convicted more than 4,600 soldiers for desertion and other offenses related to declining to serve in the military because Moscow attacked Ukraine nearly two years back, the independent investigative outlet Proektreported Thursday.Russia passed brand-new legislation in the fall of 2022 that toughened punishment for voluntary surrender,

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The mother of late Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said Thursday that Russian investigators had finally allowed her to see her son's body but are now pressuring her to hold a funeral for him in secret.

“Looking into my eyes, they [investigators] told me they’ll do something to my son’s body if I don’t agree to a secret funeral,” Lyudmila Navalnaya sai

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Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) announced Tuesday that a dual U.S.-Russian citizen was arrested in the city of Yekaterinburg on charges of “financially assisting a foreign state in activities directed against [Russian] security.”

The detainee was later identified by news agencies as 33-year-old Ksenia Karelina, a native of Yekaterinburg who

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The U.K. on Thursday revealed more than 50 new sanctions versus Russia ahead of the 2nd anniversary of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.The sanctions target arms makers, electronic devices business, as well as diamond and oil traders, and they intend to lessen Russian President Vladimir Putin's weapons arsenal, the British foreign office said.Th

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Russia declared on Thursday its forces had advanced even more in east Ukraine, stacking pressure on Kyiv days before the two-year anniversary of the conflict.Ukraine has dealt with intense pressure on its eastern front in recent months as it comes to grips with ammunition lacks and hold-ups to much-needed Western military aid.The Russian Defense Ministry said

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