Dozens of wealthy Russians, including members of President Vladimir Putin's inner circle, left the nation in the early days of the major intrusion of Ukraine, the independent media outlet Proekt reported Wednesday.Forty-nine of the 200 Russian businessmen on Forbes' list of billionaires left Russia in late February and March 2022, according t
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Russian law enforcement authorities issued an arrest warrant for Tikhon Dzyadko, the editor-in-chief of the exiled broadcaster TV Rain, the news website Mediazona reported Wednesday.

A wanted notice for Dzyadko appeared in the Russian Interior Ministry’s database after a Moscow court in Februarypressed administrative charges against him and three

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Russian law enforcement authorities on Wednesdayannounced tax evasion charges against a social media influencer who markets self-help courses on Instagram.

Inna Tliashinova owes the government 431 million rubles ($5.3 million) in back taxes and fines accrued from 2020 to 2022, according to the Moscow branch of Russia’s Investigative Committee, w

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not attend Russia’s annual Victory Day military parade next week as tensions with Pakistan escalate over a deadly attack in Kashmir, the Kremlin said Wednesday.

At least 20 foreign leaders, including Chinese President Xi Jinping, have accepted President Vladimir Putin’s invitation to attend the May 9 Red S

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The Kremlin is ramping up efforts to reassert its influence in Armenia ahead of the country’s 2026 parliamentary elections, the Vedomosti business daily reported Wednesday, citing officials and other sources familiar with the strategy.

The initiative is being overseen by the Kremlin’s domestic policy chief Sergei Kiriyenko and will focus on shaping

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President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed a decree renaming Volgograd’s airport to Stalingrad International Airport in tribute to the city’s role in the bloodiest battle of World War II.

Volgograd, named Stalingrad in 1925 after Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, was the site of the pivotal 1942-43 battle in which Soviet troops repelled the invading

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