The Moscow Times (EN)
Independent news from Russia since 1992. themoscowtimes.com Follow The Moscow Times' Russian service: t.me/moscowtimes_ru
Ko'proq ko'rsatish4 608
Obunachilar
+424 soatlar
+167 kunlar
+1930 kunlar
Post vaqtlarining boʻlagichi
Ma'lumot yuklanmoqda...
Find out who reads your channel
This graph will show you who besides your subscribers reads your channel and learn about other sources of traffic.
Nashrni tahlil qilish
| Postlar | Ko'rishlar | Ulashishlar | Ko'rish dinamikasi |
01 Biden Lets Ukraine Hit Russia With U.S. Arms To Defend Kharkiv – Official
President Joe Biden has lifted restrictions on Ukraine using weapons supplied by the United States against targets on Russian territory, but only to defend the under-fire Kharkiv region, U.S. officials said Thursday.
Biden has come under increasing pressure from a desperate Ukraine to ease his ban but had so far resisted amid fears it could drag NATO into direct conflict with Moscow.
Read more | Subscribe to our channel | 202 | 1 | Loading... |
02 Denmark Says Ukraine Can Use F-16s Against Targets in Russia
Denmark’s Foreign Minister said Ukraine would be allowed to attack targets inside Russia with F-16 fighter jets it sends as part of military support for Kyiv, Ukrainian media reported Thursday.
“The short answer is yes,” Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen was quoted as saying in Brussels by the news website European Pravda when asked whether Ukrainian pilots would be allowed to strike targets on Russian territory with the U.S.-made warplanes.
Read more | Subscribe to our channel | 352 | 1 | Loading... |
03 Feature | Their Ancestral Traditions Under Threat, a Village in Russia’s Far East Stands Up to Gold-Mining Giant
A small Indigenous community in Russia’s Far East republic of Sakha (Yakutia) is challenging a gold-mining giant owned by Russian magnate Alexei Mordashov in what they deem a last-ditch attempt to preserve their traditional livelihoods.
Residents of Tyanya, an Evenk village of about 470 people in Sakha’s southeastern Olyokminsky district, this month called on President Vladimir Putin and the republic’s head Aysen Nikolayev to bar Nordgold from developing a fourth mine in the area.
Read more | Subscribe to our channel | 329 | 0 | Loading... |
04 Ukraine Says Destroyed 2 Russian Patrol Boats in Crimea Attack
Ukraine's GUR military intelligence service said Thursday that its forces had used waterborne drones to destroy two Russian patrol boats off the coast of the annexed Crimean peninsula.
The GUR said its Group 13 special forces unit "successfully attacked the boats of the aggressor state of Russia in temporarily occupied Crimea," adding that Russian fighter planes and helicopters tried to destroy its drones in the Vuzka Bay, northwest of Crimea.
Read more | Subscribe to our channel | 335 | 0 | Loading... |
05 Arts and Life | Russian Singer Monetochka's New Song Inspires Emigres to Share Pre-War Memories
A new song by Russian pop star Monetochka is inspiring Russians to share videos on social media that show what life was like before the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Hundreds of thousands of Russians, including politicians, activists, journalists and artists, have moved abroad since the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, which sparked a sweeping crackdown on dissent and isolated Russia from the West.
Read more | Subscribe to our channel | 327 | 0 | Loading... |
06 Sri Lanka Seeks Release of Ex-Soldiers in Russia and Ukraine
Sri Lanka's Foreign Ministry said Thursday it is seeking the release of hundreds of its ex-soldiers fighting for Russia, as well as around a dozen prisoners of war in Ukraine.
The Sri Lankan government opened an investigation earlier this month into the illegal recruitment of its citizens for the war, identifying 455 former soldiers who had gone to fight on the side of Russia.
Read more | Subscribe to our channel | 309 | 0 | Loading... |
07 Estonia Approves Transfer of Frozen Russian Assets to Ukraine
Estonia on Thursday passed a law that allows the authorities to transfer frozen Russian assets in the country to Ukraine as compensation for damages caused by Moscow’s full-scale invasion.
Estonian President Alar Karis said the confiscation of assets “raises unresolved legal questions,” but assured they would only be used if the owner’s role in Russia’s war against Ukraine is “proven sufficiently.”
Read more | Subscribe to our channel | 331 | 0 | Loading... |
08 EU Approves 'Prohibitive' Tariffs on Russian Grain Imports
EU member states on Thursday agreed to impose "prohibitive" duties on grain imports from Russia in a bid to limit revenues to Moscow as it continues to wage war on neighboring Ukraine.
The latest measure will "tackle illegal Russian exports of stolen Ukraine grain into EU markets," the EU's trade commissioner, Valdis Dombrovskis, said on social media.
Read more | Subscribe to our channel | 367 | 1 | Loading... |
09 Russia Charges Blogger Varlamov With ’Discrediting’ Army
Popular travel blogger Ilya Varlamov has been charged with “discrediting” the Russian armed forces, the independent news website Mediazona reported Thursday, citing the Moscow court system’s open database of cases.
Moscow’s Tverskoy District Court registered a lawsuit against Varlamov that was filed by the local prosecutor’s office. The blogger is accused of “discrediting” the army — an administrative charge for first-time offenders.
Read more | Subscribe to our channel | 389 | 5 | Loading... |
10 Governor of Russia’s Oil-Rich Khanty-Mansi Region Resigns Ahead of Elections
Natalia Komarova announced Thursday that she was stepping down after serving 14 years as governor of western Siberia’s oil-rich Khanty-Mansi autonomous district, making her resignation the first in what are seen as regular cadre changes ahead of regional elections.
“I’m completing my work,” Komarova, 68, said in a video address to residents of the region, which lies around 2,000 kilometers northeast of Moscow. “I made this decision, I’m moving to another job.”
Read more | Subscribe to our channel | 375 | 0 | Loading... |
11 Russia Says Destroyed Ukrainian Drones, Missiles Near Crimea
Russia's Defense Ministry said Thursday that it downed 13 Ukrainian drones in the southern Krasnodar region and areas close to the annexed Crimean peninsula.
On Thursday morning, "five Ukrainian aerial drones were shot down by anti-aircraft defense systems in the Krasnodar region," the ministry said in a statement.
Read more | Subscribe to our channel | 388 | 0 | Loading... |
12 Kremlin Approves Russian Telecom Operator's Buyout of Nokia
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday authorized the state-owned telecoms giant Rostelekom to buy out Finnish mobile operator Nokia's stake in a Russian joint venture.
Under laws introduced in response to Western sanctions, the Kremlin leader must personally approve any deal that involves the exit of a Western company operating in sectors of the economy Moscow considers strategically important.
Read more | Subscribe to our channel | 402 | 0 | Loading... |
13 Russia Upholds Prison Sentence for Nationalist Girkin
A Moscow court on Wednesday ruled to uphold the four-year prison sentence for Russian nationalist and ex-rebel commander Igor Girkin.
Girkin, a convicted war criminal in the West better known by his pseudonym Igor Strelkov, was arrested last summer after criticizing Russian President Vladimir Putin for his handling of the war against Ukraine. In January, the 54-year-old was sentenced to four years in prison for “inciting extremism.”
Read more | Subscribe to our channel | 486 | 0 | Loading... |
14 Arts and Life | Russia Adds Exiled Actor Panin to ‘Terrorists and Extremists’ List
Russia has added the exiled actor Alexei Panin to its list of “terrorists and extremists,” the state-run TASS news agency reported Tuesday, citing the state financial watchdog Rosfinmonitoring.
A Moscow court in February ruled to place Panin, known for his roles in films like “The Star” (2002) and “Dead Man's Bluff” (2005), in pre-trial detention in absentia.
Read more | Subscribe to our channel | 459 | 0 | Loading... |
15 ‘If We Talk About It, These People Might Survive’: Exhibition of Kremlin’s Political Prisoners Opens in Amsterdam
AMSTERDAM — An exhibition dedicated to political prisoners in Russia opened in the heart of the Dutch capital on Tuesday.
“Faces of Russian Resistance” displays 16 stories of politicians, activists, artists and public figures designated as political prisoners by human rights groups.
Read more | Subscribe to our channel | 445 | 0 | Loading... |
16 Russia Upholds 'Foreign Agent' Status for Jailed Dissident Orlov
A Moscow court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by imprisoned dissident Oleg Orlov to be removed from the Russian Justice Ministry's "foreign agent" list.
Orlov, 71, who is serving a two-and-a-half-year prison term for criticizing the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, was designated a "foreign agent" ahead of his sentencing in February.
Read more | Subscribe to our channel | 436 | 0 | Loading... |
17 Home Appliances Made for Ukraine Sold in Russia – Kommersant
Major online retailers in Russia have started selling foreign-made household appliances destined for the Ukrainian market, the business newspaper Kommersant reported Wednesday, citing local distributors.
Among the e-commerce sites offering products intended for Ukrainian consumers are Ozon and Wildberries, which have been found to sell Bosch washing machines and LG Smart TVs that bear Ukrainian stickers and come with Ukrainian-language instructions, according to the newspaper.
Read more | Subscribe to our channel | 432 | 2 | Loading... |
18 New Searches at EU Parliament in Russia Meddling probe
Investigators on Wednesday searched the home and offices of an EU parliament staffer as part of an investigation into suspected Russian interference and corruption, the Belgian state prosecutor's office said.
According to a source close to the investigation, the target of the raids is Guillaume Pradoura, a former assistant to embattled EU lawmaker Maximilian Krah of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.
Read more | Subscribe to our channel | 447 | 1 | Loading... |
19 Outrage in Amsterdam as Russian TV Celebrities Take the Stage
AMSTERDAM — A live event headlined by two Russian television celebrities has sparked controversy in the Netherlands, with critics decrying the presence of what they call Russian propagandists on European stages during Moscow’s war on Ukraine.
Veteran Channel One host Vladimir Pozner and late-night talk show host Ivan Urgant’s European tour, called “The Travels of Pozner and Urgant,” kicked off in Amsterdam on Tuesday and will be followed by stops in Zurich, Berlin and Frankfurt.
Read more | Subscribe to our channel | 464 | 3 | Loading... |
20 Raiffeisen’s Russian Division to End Outgoing U.S. Dollar Payments
The Russian division of Austria’s Raiffeisen Bank will stop processing outgoing payments in U.S. dollars starting on June 10, the bank announced Wednesday, citing “changed requirements of correspondent banks.”
“This change affects all bank clients… All payments in dollars correctly completed and sent before 16:00 on June 7 will be carried out taking into account previously established restrictions,” the bank said in a statement.
Read more | Subscribe to our channel | 448 | 3 | Loading... |
21 Moscow Blames Ukraine for Blocking POW Exchanges
Russia’s human rights commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova has blamed the authorities in Kyiv for roadblocking efforts to secure the further release of prisoners of war, the state-run Interfax news agency reported Wednesday.
“Unfortunately, exchanges have been suspended for several months due to Ukraine constantly making new and far-fetched demands,” Moskalkova was quoted as saying by Interfax during a parliamentary committee hearing.
Read more | Subscribe to our channel | 450 | 0 | Loading... |
22 Putin Taps Ex-Bodyguard Dyumin to Head Russia’s State Council
President Vladimir Putin’s former personal security guard and newly appointed presidential aide Alexei Dyumin was tapped to head Russia’s State Council on Wednesday.
“Aide to the president Alexei Dyumin has been appointed Secretary of the State Council of the Russian Federation by presidential executive order,” an announcement on the Kremlin’s website read.
Read more | Subscribe to our channel | 462 | 0 | Loading... |
23 Feature | They Bought Premium Housing Outside Moscow. They Still Can't Escape Russia's Decaying Infrastructure.
KHIMKI, Moscow region — On a sunny May afternoon, a young man named Yevgeny sits on a bench in a courtyard, watching his child run around on the playground.
Two years ago, when his family chose this location in the Moscow region as their home, it seemed like it could be a perfect fit. After all, the Mayak apartment complex is a quiet gated community with its own yacht club, courtyard, playgrounds and a nearby sand beach along the canal.
Read more | Subscribe to our channel | 493 | 3 | Loading... |
24 Putin Says Western Weapons Striking Russia Would Have ‘Serious Consequences'
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Tuesday of "serious consequences" if Western countries allowed Ukraine to use their weapons to strike Russia.
Speaking in Uzbekistan, Putin's comments came in response to calls within some NATO member states to allow Ukraine to hit targets inside Russia.
Read more | Subscribe to our channel | 550 | 2 | Loading... |
25 Russian Chatbots Slammed for Dodging Ukraine War Questions
Russian tech companies Yandex and VK are being grilled by pro-war figures for making their homegrown artificial intelligence chatbots avoid subjects related to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Kommersant business daily reported Tuesday.
Russia’s presidential Human Rights Council chief Valery Fadeyev said he was surprised to learn that Yandex’s Alisa and VK’s Marusia refuse to answer when asked about the legal status of eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk regions and the early 2022 massacre of Ukrainian civilians in Bucha.
Read more | Subscribe to our channel | 529 | 1 | Loading... |
26 ECHR Demands Russia Pay Damages to Kadyrov Critic’s Jailed Mother
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday ordered Russia to pay $56,500 in damages to the jailed mother of a prominent critic of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov.
Zarema Musaeva, the mother of exiled Chechen human rights lawyer and activist Abubakar Yangulbaev, was violently detained in Nizhny Novgorod and forcibly taken to Chechnya in January 2022. Musaeva, 54, was sentenced last year to five years in a prison colony on charges of fraud and assaulting police.
Read more | Subscribe to our channel | 492 | 1 | Loading... |
27 Court Extends Navalny Lawyers’ Pre-Trial Detention for ‘Extremism’
A Russian court has extended the pre-trial detention of two lawyers who represented the late Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, the independent news website Mediazona reported Tuesday.
Vadim Kobzev, Alexei Lipster, and Igor Sergunin were arrested last October on accusations of participating in “extremist” activities for passing Navalny’s letters on to his associates.
Read more | Subscribe to our channel | 488 | 2 | Loading... |
28 Russian Traffic Police Force Returns Soviet-Era Name
Russia’s Main Directorate for Traffic Safety (GIBDD) has been renamed back to the Soviet-era State Automobile Inspectorate (GAI), the state-run TASS news agency reported Tuesday, citing the head of the traffic police force.
“We’ve now become the State Automobile Inspectorate,” the agency head Mikhail Chernkiv said during an Interior Ministry meeting on Tuesday.
Read more | Subscribe to our channel | 464 | 2 | Loading... |
29 Court Rejects Navalny Ally Fadeyeva’s Appeal Against 9-Year ‘Extremism’ Sentence
A court in Siberia has rejected an appeal by Ksenia Fadeyeva, an ally of the late Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, Ksenia Fadeyeva, against a nine-year prison sentence for “extremism,” local media reported Tuesday.
Fadeyeva, Navalny’s former regional coordinator in Tomsk, was among his few allies who remained in Russia despite the risk of criminal prosecution after his political network was outlawed as “extremist” in 2021. Fadeyeva was detained later that year and, last December, sentenced after being found guilty of creating an “extremist organization.”
Read more | Subscribe to our channel | 473 | 2 | Loading... |
30 EU Top Diplomat Says Ukraine Has Right To Strike Russian Territory
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Tuesday urged countries to balance fear of escalation against Ukraine's need to defend itself, saying Kyiv had the right to use Western arms to strike in Russia.
"According with the law of war, it is perfectly possible and there is no contradiction.
Read more | Subscribe to our channel | 487 | 3 | Loading... |
31 Missing Ukrainian Journalist Held in Russia – Reports
Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchyna is being held in custody in Russia nine months after her disappearance, the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NUJU) said, citing a letter from the Russian Defense Ministry to her father.
Roshchyna, an award-winning freelance journalist, went missing in August while attempting to enter the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia region in southern Ukraine for a reporting trip.
Read more | Subscribe to our channel | 486 | 0 | Loading... |
32 Russian authorities in the Belgorod region town of Shebekino have installed road signs warning motorists about the threat of Ukrainian drones flying in the area.
Shebekino lies less than 10 kilometers from the border with Ukraine.
Source: Shopot Shebekino | 487 | 0 | Loading... |
33 Western Companies U-Turn on Russia Exit Plans – FT
Western companies are reconsidering leaving Russia amid increasing Kremlin-imposed exit costs, difficulty finding suitable buyers, and rebounding consumer activity, the Financial Times reported Tuesday.
As of last month, 2,175 foreign companies remain in Russia compared with 1,610 that left or scaled back operations, according to the Kyiv School of Economics.
Read more | Subscribe to our channel | 486 | 0 | Loading... |
34 Moldova Grants Citizenship to Members of Russian Anti-War Rock Band Bi-2
Moldova has granted citizenship to several members of the Russian-Belarusian rock band Bi-2, the government in Chisinau announced late Monday, months after the music group was detained in Thailand and faced potential deportation to Russia.
President Maia Sandu signed a decree giving Moldovan passports to "certain members of Bi-2," her office chief Adrian Balutel announced on social media.
Read more | Subscribe to our channel | 501 | 0 | Loading... |
35 Feature | In Conflict-Torn Congo, Russia’s Rebranded Wagner Group Sees Opportunity for Exploitation
GOMA, Congo — In a makeshift nightclub in the hull of the overnight ferry from Goma to Bukavu, a handful of teenage boys are trying out some new moves. Some land, some don’t. When they don’t, the elderly man on the bench next to us nudges us and rolls his eyes, amused.
The DJ, who has so far been playing the usual Afrobeats hits and Congolese rumba, whips out a more unexpected Communist crossover: the Russian Internationale — the pre-1944 Soviet national anthem — mixed with a Congolese beat. People immediately pack the dancefloor.
Read more | Subscribe to our channel | 561 | 2 | Loading... |
36 Poland Says To Curb Russian Diplomats’ Movements
Poland announced Monday it will restrict Russian diplomats' movements on its soil, prompting Moscow to pledge retaliatory measures.
The announcement came after Poland detained several people suspected of planning sabotage attacks on behalf of Russian security services.
Read more | Subscribe to our channel | 569 | 0 | Loading... |
37 Turkish Court Acquits Man Suspected of Murdering Russian Feminist Activist
A Syrian national accused of killing the Russian feminist and anti-war activist Anastasia Yemelyanova has been acquitted of a murder charge due to a lack of evidence against him, Turkish and Russian media reported Monday.
Mohammad Nizar Arnabeh was arrested in September after Yemelyanova, with whom he was in a relationship, was found dead in their shared apartment in the eastern Turkish city of Erzurum.
Read more | Subscribe to our channel | 556 | 0 | Loading... |
38 Russia to Build Nuclear Reactors in Uzbekistan
Russia will help Uzbekistan build small-scale nuclear reactors as part of an agreement signed during President Vladimir Putin’s visit to the Central Asian country, the state-run TASS news agency reported Monday.
Since 2018, Moscow and Tashkent have been in talks on building the first-ever nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan, which is the world’s fifth top supplier of uranium.
Read more | Subscribe to our channel | 533 | 1 | Loading... |
39 Gallery | In Photos: National Folklore Festival Gets Underway in Tatarstan
Russia's Karavon Folklore Festival took place in the republic of Tatarstan's village of Russkoye Nikolskoye on Sunday.
The festival aims to promote "traditional Russian culture," popularize folklore and award the best folk performances.
Over 170 musical groups, dance troupes and other performers from across Russia were scheduled to appear at the festival. The event also included historical games, craft classes, pre-revolutionary fair attractions and opportunities to try various Russian foods.
The festival, which was founded in 1993, has roots in 16th-century Orthodox celebrations of the Day of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker. The name "Karavon" comes from the Old Church Slavonic word for "khorovod," a Russian circle dance that was once performed on this holiday.
Here's a look at photos from the event:
View gallery | Subscribe to our channel | 503 | 0 | Loading... |
Photo unavailableShow in Telegram
Biden Lets Ukraine Hit Russia With U.S. Arms To Defend Kharkiv – Official
President Joe Biden has lifted restrictions on Ukraine using weapons supplied by the United States against targets on Russian territory, but only to defend the under-fire Kharkiv region, U.S. officials said Thursday.
Biden has come under increasing pressure from a desperate Ukraine to ease his ban but had so far resisted amid fears it could drag NATO into direct conflict with Moscow.
Read more | Subscribe to our channel
❤ 5👌 3
Photo unavailableShow in Telegram
Denmark Says Ukraine Can Use F-16s Against Targets in Russia
Denmark’s Foreign Minister said Ukraine would be allowed to attack targets inside Russia with F-16 fighter jets it sends as part of military support for Kyiv, Ukrainian media reported Thursday.
“The short answer is yes,” Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen was quoted as saying in Brussels by the news website European Pravda when asked whether Ukrainian pilots would be allowed to strike targets on Russian territory with the U.S.-made warplanes.
Read more | Subscribe to our channel
🔥 4👍 2❤ 2🤮 2🍾 2
Photo unavailableShow in Telegram
Feature | Their Ancestral Traditions Under Threat, a Village in Russia’s Far East Stands Up to Gold-Mining Giant
A small Indigenous community in Russia’s Far East republic of Sakha (Yakutia) is challenging a gold-mining giant owned by Russian magnate Alexei Mordashov in what they deem a last-ditch attempt to preserve their traditional livelihoods.
Residents of Tyanya, an Evenk village of about 470 people in Sakha’s southeastern Olyokminsky district, this month called on President Vladimir Putin and the republic’s head Aysen Nikolayev to bar Nordgold from developing a fourth mine in the area.
Read more | Subscribe to our channel
😁 3👍 1🔥 1
Photo unavailableShow in Telegram
Ukraine Says Destroyed 2 Russian Patrol Boats in Crimea Attack
Ukraine's GUR military intelligence service said Thursday that its forces had used waterborne drones to destroy two Russian patrol boats off the coast of the annexed Crimean peninsula.
The GUR said its Group 13 special forces unit "successfully attacked the boats of the aggressor state of Russia in temporarily occupied Crimea," adding that Russian fighter planes and helicopters tried to destroy its drones in the Vuzka Bay, northwest of Crimea.
Read more | Subscribe to our channel
🔥 6👍 2😁 2👏 1
Photo unavailableShow in Telegram
Arts and Life | Russian Singer Monetochka's New Song Inspires Emigres to Share Pre-War Memories
A new song by Russian pop star Monetochka is inspiring Russians to share videos on social media that show what life was like before the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Hundreds of thousands of Russians, including politicians, activists, journalists and artists, have moved abroad since the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, which sparked a sweeping crackdown on dissent and isolated Russia from the West.
Read more | Subscribe to our channel
👍 4😁 2
Photo unavailableShow in Telegram
Sri Lanka Seeks Release of Ex-Soldiers in Russia and Ukraine
Sri Lanka's Foreign Ministry said Thursday it is seeking the release of hundreds of its ex-soldiers fighting for Russia, as well as around a dozen prisoners of war in Ukraine.
The Sri Lankan government opened an investigation earlier this month into the illegal recruitment of its citizens for the war, identifying 455 former soldiers who had gone to fight on the side of Russia.
Read more | Subscribe to our channel
👍 3🔥 1😁 1🤬 1🤡 1
Photo unavailableShow in Telegram
Estonia Approves Transfer of Frozen Russian Assets to Ukraine
Estonia on Thursday passed a law that allows the authorities to transfer frozen Russian assets in the country to Ukraine as compensation for damages caused by Moscow’s full-scale invasion.
Estonian President Alar Karis said the confiscation of assets “raises unresolved legal questions,” but assured they would only be used if the owner’s role in Russia’s war against Ukraine is “proven sufficiently.”
Read more | Subscribe to our channel
👏 7🍾 2🤮 1
Photo unavailableShow in Telegram
EU Approves 'Prohibitive' Tariffs on Russian Grain Imports
EU member states on Thursday agreed to impose "prohibitive" duties on grain imports from Russia in a bid to limit revenues to Moscow as it continues to wage war on neighboring Ukraine.
The latest measure will "tackle illegal Russian exports of stolen Ukraine grain into EU markets," the EU's trade commissioner, Valdis Dombrovskis, said on social media.
Read more | Subscribe to our channel
👏 6👍 1😁 1
Photo unavailableShow in Telegram
Russia Charges Blogger Varlamov With ’Discrediting’ Army
Popular travel blogger Ilya Varlamov has been charged with “discrediting” the Russian armed forces, the independent news website Mediazona reported Thursday, citing the Moscow court system’s open database of cases.
Moscow’s Tverskoy District Court registered a lawsuit against Varlamov that was filed by the local prosecutor’s office. The blogger is accused of “discrediting” the army — an administrative charge for first-time offenders.
Read more | Subscribe to our channel
🤡 6👍 2🔥 1🤬 1
Photo unavailableShow in Telegram
Governor of Russia’s Oil-Rich Khanty-Mansi Region Resigns Ahead of Elections
Natalia Komarova announced Thursday that she was stepping down after serving 14 years as governor of western Siberia’s oil-rich Khanty-Mansi autonomous district, making her resignation the first in what are seen as regular cadre changes ahead of regional elections.
“I’m completing my work,” Komarova, 68, said in a video address to residents of the region, which lies around 2,000 kilometers northeast of Moscow. “I made this decision, I’m moving to another job.”
Read more | Subscribe to our channel
🤷♀ 2❤ 1😁 1🌭 1