The EU has actually accepted raise sanctions from Russian tech billionaire Arkady Volozh, Reuters reported Wednesday, pointing out three sources knowledgeable about the matter. Volozh co-founded the Russian tech business Yandex and revealed his resignation in mid-2022 after being targeted by EU sanctions.In August, his lawyers petitioned the EU for sanctions relief

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The United Kingdom on Wednesdayannounced sanctions against 6 Russian prison authorities in charge of the Arctic penal nest where Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny passed away last week.Travel restrictions and possession freezes were imposed on the head of the remote IK-3 chastening nest in the Yamal-Nenets autonomous district, Colonel Vadim Kalinin, and five of his

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The death of opposition political leader Alexei Navalny in a remote Arctic prison last week has actually dominated headlines and put a spotlight on the cruelty of Russia's penitentiary system. The U.S. State Department in its 2022 Human Rights Practices report described conditions in Russia's jails as severe and deadly, noting that prisoners are syst

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The French food maker Danone plans to offer its Russian possessions to an entrepreneur connected to Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, the Financial Times reported Wednesday, pointing out personal documents it had actually seen and anonymous sources familiar with the situation.Kadyrov's nephew Yakub Zakriev, 33, became the head of Danone's Russian subsidiary in July 2023 after t

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Updated with OVD-Info report.Several mourners apprehended at makeshift memorials to the late Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny have actually been handed military summonses in St. Petersburg, regional mediareported Wednesday.Police havearrested hundreds of individuals across Russia for laying flowers at memorials in the days because Navalny died at a remote Arctic prison.At

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The EU on Wednesday consented to prohibit exports to three Chinese companies and blacklist North Korea's Defense Minister in brand-new sanctions set to accompany the 2nd anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.The fresh round of sanctions -- the 13th because Russian President Vladimir Putin's February 2022 invasion -- targets some 2 hundred authorities and

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