Russia - TheIndianSubcontinent

A Moscow resident was fined 30,000 rubles for wearing a yellow and blue hat and a heart in the colors of Ukraine, the legal aid project "Setevye Svobody" posted on their Telegram channel Thursday.

The case file states that the accused woman “displayed items of clothing and a badge painted in the colors of the flag of the Republic of Ukraine in a p

Details: Category: Russia; Published: 18 March 2022

Write comment (91 Comments)

Fleeing Ukrainian families describe the "hell" they left behind in the besieged city of Mariupol, of seeing corpses in the streets and of sleeping in sub-zero temperatures, hiding in cellars.

Shelled relentlessly by Russian forces, they said they were forced to melt snow for drinking water and cook food scraps on open fires with food, water and

Details: Category: Russia; Published: 18 March 2022

Write comment (92 Comments)

When one 16-year-old student from the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk finished class Wednesday, she and her classmates were hurriedly sent outside to the school playground.

"Two teachers stood in the foyer and told students to get outside. They weren't harsh or rude, but just loudly warned those who were hesitant to take part to follow orders and

Details: Category: Russia; Published: 18 March 2022

Write comment (91 Comments)

Central Asian nationals residing in Russia are being pressured to fight in Ukraine as Moscow's military incurs heavier-than-expected losses, evidence suggests and migrants' rights activists say.

Russia’s three-week war in Ukraine has had a shockingly high death toll, although Russian and Ukrainian authorities dispute the number of troops killed on

Details: Category: Russia; Published: 18 March 2022

Write comment (97 Comments)

At least 21 people were killed and 25 were injured on Thursday when Russian forces shelled a town in eastern Ukraine, local prosecutors said.

Artillery fire early Thursday hit a school and a cultural centre in the town of Merefa outside the city of Kharkiv, regional prosecutors said in a Facebook post.

Of the wounded, 10 people are in serious

Details: Category: Russia; Published: 18 March 2022

Write comment (99 Comments)

The Kremlinrejected on Thursday a top UN court’s order to halt its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.

The International Court of Justice ordered Russia to “immediately suspend” its offensive that President Vladimir Putin ordered on Feb. 24. Kyiv hailed the ruling — which is binding but lacks any real means to enforce it — as a “complete victory.”

“We c