Gazprom said it would pump a reduced flow of gas to Europe via Ukraine the day before a transit agreement with Kyiv is set to expire, Reuters reported Tuesday.

The state-controlled energy giant said it would pump 37.2 million cubic meters of gas on Dec. 31, down from 42.4 million cubic meters the previous day, before flows drop to zero at midnight

Details
Category: Russia

Write comment (90 Comments)


The New Year has been the most essential household vacation in Russia because the Soviet era, when authorities promoted it as a secular alternative to Christmas.Three years into the Kremlin's intrusion of Ukraine, Russian instructors and caretakers described to The Moscow Times how this once-apolitical holiday has ended up being yet another tool for the state to in
Details
Category: Russia

Write comment (96 Comments)


President Vladimir Putin praised his nation's achievements in a New Year's Eve speech Tuesday, saying Russians ought to be proud of what Russia had actually done during his quarter century in power.The address, delivered exactly 25 years after he took over from his predecessor Boris Yeltsin, did not clearly discuss the war in Ukraine and focused mainly
Details
Category: Russia

Write comment (99 Comments)


Russian chess grandmaster Daniil Dubov lost a match at the 2024 World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship in New York on Monday after he failed to appear on time, stating he had actually accidentally gone to sleep. I went to the hotel to rapidly prepare for the video game, however then I fell asleep, Dubov told Norwegian media. When I woke up, it was far too late, so I
Details
Category: Russia

Write comment (100 Comments)


Israel-based genealogy platform MyHeritage is suspending services in Russia and prepares to erase the individual information of Russian users, independent media reported Tuesday, pointing out emails that clients received from the business. Due to local policies in Russia, MyHeritage is required to stop providing its services in Russia and to stop hosting p
Details
Category: Russia

Write comment (92 Comments)

A Ukrainian drone attack sparked a fire at an oil depot in western Russia's Smolensk region, authorities said early Tuesday.

Smolensk region Governor Vasily Anokhin said Russian air defense systems "suppressed an attack by Ukrainian" drones in Yartsevo district.

"The wreckage of one of the unmanned aerial vehicles fell on the territory of an oil

Details
Category: Russia

Write comment (92 Comments)
  1. North Korea’s Kim Hails ‘Dearest Friend’ Putin in New Year Message
  2. [Russia] - Moscow and Kyiv Return Over 300 POWs in Latest Exchange
  3. [Russia] - Ukrainian Strike on Occupied Kherson Kills Doctor, Kremlin-Backed Official Says
  4. The 6 Best Moscow Times Articles of 2024
  5. Former Armenian Defense Minister Arrested in Moscow