A famous Russian singer has blasted Russian President Vladimir Putin‘s war on Ukraine in a message on Instagram. Alla Pugacheva asked Russia’s Ministry of Justice to list her as a foreign agent “in solidarity” with her husband Maxim Galkin. Galkin, a Russian...
Japan is demanding a formal apology from Russia after Federal Security Service (FSB) agents allegedly blindfolded and interrogated a Japanese diplomat, before giving him 48 hours to leave the country. Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said Vladivostok-based Japanese consul Motoki...
Sanctions Have Hurt But Not Felled Russia—and Are Harming the Global South Over the last six months, 38 Western and Asian states have leveled a growing barrage of sanctions against Russia. The speed at which this economic pressure was applied after the invasion of Ukraine sowed...
Three men tell of why they won’t fight in Ukraine, their efforts to evade the draft and what the future holds A man waits in a queue to have his passport checked at the Vaalimaa border checkpoint in Virolahti, Finland. Photograph: Jussi Nukari/Rex/Shutterstock Since Vladimir Putin...
Ukraine has stripped Iran’s ambassador to Kyiv of accreditation in a downgrading of relations with Tehran over the claimed equipping of Russian armed forces with Iranian military drones. The move, which came late on September 23, was made after Ukraine announced that it had downed four...
