Russian air defense systems destroyed nearly a dozen Ukrainian drones targeting Moscow overnight, the city's mayor said early Wednesday, calling it one of the largest air attacks on the Russian capital since the start of the war.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said ten Ukrainian drones were shot down over the surrounding Moscow region as they

Details
Category: Russia

Write comment (93 Comments)

Russian President Vladimir Putin flew into Chechnya on Tuesday and met its leader Ramzan Kadyrov on his first visit to the North Caucasus region since 2011.

Kadyrov, a key Kremlin ally, says he has deployed thousands of fighters to help the Kremlin with its Ukraine offensive.

Putin in May said that he planned to visit Chechnya on Kadyrov's

Details
Category: Russia

Write comment (95 Comments)


As Ukraine's offensive in Russia's Kursk region has dominated headlines and provided a morale increase for Kyiv's advocates, Moscow's soldiers have actually continued to push forward in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region.The Russian army on Tuesday announced the capture of the eastern Ukrainian town of New York, a claim that was validated by data from the
Details
Category: Russia

Write comment (91 Comments)

Russian law enforcement authorities detained an Israeli-Canadian racecar driver and entrepreneur wanted by the U.S. for allegedly defrauding investors of millions of dollars through an illegal online stock trading scheme, media reported Tuesday.

Joshua Cartu, 45, was detained at St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo International Airport by the Interior M

Details
Category: Russia

Write comment (91 Comments)

Russia's Orthodox Church on Tuesday condemned a vote by Ukrainian lawmakers to ban the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which many believe to be aligned with Moscow.

"This is an unlawful act that is the grossest violation of the basic principles of freedom of conscience and human rights," Russian Orthodox Church spokesman Vladimir Legoida wrote on

Details
Category: Russia

Write comment (95 Comments)


The Moscow Times is republishing the weekly news wrap spotlighting the latest advancements in Russia's ethnic republics and Indigenous neighborhoods, which was initially released by From the Republics. Tyva - & Sakha ablazeAuthorities in the Siberian republic of Tyva on Sunday stated a region-wide state of emergency for the 2nd time this
Details
Category: Russia

Write comment (99 Comments)
  1. [Russia] - Russia Summons U.S. Envoy Over American Media Reports From Kursk Region
  2. [Russia] - Putin Visits Beslan Ahead of School Siege's 20th Anniversary
  3. Moscow Says Captured Town of New York in Eastern Ukraine
  4. Truck Driver Wages Become Fastest-Growing in Russia – Data
  5. [Russia] - Ukrainian Lawmakers Vote to Ban Orthodox Church Suspected of Ties to Moscow