The Arbitration Tribunal at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague ordered the Russian Federation to pay the Ukrainian state energy company Naftogaz $5 billion, Voice of America writes. The reason was the illegal seizure of assets in Crimea after the annexation of the peninsula by Russia in 2014. Most…

Last year, a Russian fighter jet nearly shot down a British spy plane, according to a leaked US military document, according to the Washington Post. The incident took place on September 29 off the coast of Crimea, a heavily fortified Ukrainian peninsula that Russia seized in 2014 and used to…

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin effectively closed the borders to his subordinates. High-ranking government officials can now travel abroad only on official business and only with the permission of the prime minister. At the same time, even in the administration of Russian President Vladimir Putin, there are no such strict rules. The edition of The…

Russia has become the chairman of the UN Security Council, reports the BBC. Each of the 15 members of the council holds the position of chairman for a month in turn. The order is determined in alphabetical order of country names in English, according to Meduza. Before Russia, this post was held by Mozambique, after it ...

The son of Ugandan President Muhuzi Kainerugaba said he was ready to send troops to defend Moscow. The Moscow Times writes about it. "Call me a 'Putinist' if you like, but we Uganda will send soldiers to defend Moscow if it is ever threatened by the imperialists!" He wrote on his Twitter page...

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia on suspicion of espionage. This is the first time an American journalist has been detained on charges of espionage by Moscow since the Cold War. The publication CNN told in more detail. “The Federal Security Service (FSB) of the Russian Federation stopped…

Russia will deploy tactical nuclear weapons in neighboring Belarus, Russian President Vladimir Putin said, noting that for the first time since the mid-1990s, Moscow will deploy such weapons outside the country. Reuters writes about it. Putin made this statement at a time of rising tensions...

Does Russia have friends abroad, and who are they? Judging by the recent congress of the International Movement of Russophiles, organized by conservative activists and held in a glass-enclosed hall of the State Pushkin Museum in Moscow, political outcasts and conspiracy theorists are the answer. Read more about faithful foreign...

At the request of the United States, Turkey stopped refueling and servicing Airbus and Boeing aircraft, which belong to Russian and Belarusian companies. Kommersant writes about this. On March 14, after a US request, the Turkish Ministry of Commerce decided that aircraft containing more than 25% of production components ...

National Security Council strategic communications coordinator John Kirby said that the administration of US President Joe Biden will provide Moldova with $300 million in energy assistance and share intelligence with the authorities about Russia's attempts to destabilize the country. Voice writes about it...