Ukrainian forces also strike two shadow fleet tankers near port of Novorossiysk, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says. Published On 3 May 20263 May 2026 Ukrainian forces have launched a drone attack on the Russian Baltic Sea port of Primorsk, the governor says, as Kyiv and Moscow accuse each other of killing civilians in overnight air raids….
President Trump is right to demand that Europe spend more on its own defense. But the Trump administration’s announcement on Friday that it would pull 5,000 U.S. troops out of Germany risks weakening one of America’s best strategic investments: a military presence that deters Russia and keeps Europe’s old rivalries from becoming America’s problem again….
When Yeltsin appointed Putin prime minister, scarcely one in four Russians had heard of him. “It was easy to project any and all hopes and interests onto him,” Fishman writes. Some, including Nemtsov, initially believed that he would stay the course, toward Europe and the West. Many more viewed Putin through the prism of national…
Russian filmmaker Pavel Talankin, the co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary Mr Nobody Against Putin, is looking for his Oscar. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The trophy has been lost after the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at New York’s JFK airport confiscated his award. In a social media post, Talankin’s co-director David Borenstein made a plea to help…
Ruslan Gabbasov knew his activism had made him a target of Russia’s security services, so when he found an Apple AirTag tracker hidden under the hood of his car last spring, he understood it meant trouble. Just not how much trouble. The discovery of the tracking device triggered a sprawling, yearlong investigation by the authorities…
When cleanup volunteer Sergei Solovev arrived in the town of Tuapse, on Russia’s Black Sea coast, an unpleasant odour hung in the air and everything was coated in a layer of black grime. “I saw train carriages covered in residue from the black rain and animals. It’s all very toxic,” he told Al Jazeera. “And…
In a lengthy phone call on Wednesday, President Trump and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia agreed that there should be a brief cease-fire in Ukraine in the coming days, according to both Mr. Trump and a top adviser to Mr. Putin. The cease-fire would coincide with the May 9 Russian holiday marking the end…
Athletes from both countries will compete without national flags, anthems, logos or uniforms in World Boxing events. Published On 29 Apr 202629 Apr 2026 Boxers from Russia and Belarus will be free to compete “with immediate effect” in international competitions as neutral athletes, World Boxing says. “The procedure was approved by the executive board of…
In its statement late on Tuesday, the Russian defence ministry said this year’s parade would include representatives of all branches of Russia’s armed forces and a colourful fly-past. However, it made clear that “cadets from Suvorov military schools, Nakhimov [naval] schools, and cadet corps, as well as a column of military equipment will not participate…
OPEC will be less powerful without one of its leading members, the United Arab Emirates. The question is: How much? The emergence of the United States as the world’s largest oil producer has diminished the grip that the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries had over the global market, as has the departure of several…
