Russia's aviation sector, among the industries hardest-hit by Western sanctions over Ukraine, has suffered a number of incidents in the first days of 2023.

Experts and industry figures had voiced concerns about flight safety in 2022, a year that saw more than 130 incidents including 28 plane crashes.

Major plane makers Boeing and Airbus halted

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Russian mercenary group Wagner stated on Tuesday it was combating heavy, bloody fights for control of the town of Soledar as part of Russia's months-long offensive to record Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region. On the western outskirts of Soledar there are heavy bloody battles. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are honorably protecting the area of
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Dutch authorities have approved a broadcasting license to banished Russian news channel Dozhd following Latvia's decision to revoke its authorization over disputed protection of the Ukraine war.A brief statement on the Dutch Media Authority's website released Dec. 22 said it grants authorization to TVR Studios B.V. as a commercial media organization. The
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Normal Russians are unable to access an increasingly broad variety of literature as bookshops and libraries pull titles from their racks amidst a wartime crackdown on political dissent and a November law banning LGBT propaganda. In particular, stopping working to comply with the controversial-- and vague-- anti-LGBT law puts stores at threat of big fines o
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A member of St. Petersburg's legal assembly, Boris Vishnevsky, has actually been charged with discrediting the Russian army, the regional newspaper Zaks.ru reported Monday. District attorneys charged popular opposition deputy Boris Vishnevsky and previous deputy Maxim Reznik with spreading out material about the city of Bucha and information on the big numbe
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5 Russian nationals who all separately left Russia's autumn mobilization drive wishing to find a safe house in South Korea have been stuck in limbo at Seoul's international airport for as long as 2 months, The Korea Times daily reported on Monday. All five guys supposedly claimed asylum upon arrival at Seoul's Incheon International Airport just
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