Russia launches digital service for foreign nationals under new impatriation program
- 17-Apr-2026
Russia has launched a new digital service that enables foreign nationals to apply for residency and employment opportunities through its “impatriation” program, which aims to attract skilled professionals from abroad. This initiative targets individuals with in-demand skills and expertise who are willing to relocate permanently to Russia. Applicants must also demonstrate respect for traditional Russian […]
Russia, Ukraine trade accusations of Orthodox Easter ceasefire violations
- 12-Apr-2026
Russia and Ukraine accused each other on Sunday of breaching the 32-hour ceasefire in their four-year war, reporting more than a thousand drone and shelling attacks just hours after the truce began on Saturday to mark Orthodox Easter. The Russian defence ministry said it recorded 1,971 ceasefire violations overnight into Sunday, while Ukraine’s general staff […]
Hungarians vote in record numbers in election that could oust Orban, rattle Russia
- 12-Apr-2026
Hungarians were voting on Sunday in an election that could end Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s 16-year hold on power, rattle Russia and send shockwaves through right-wing circles across the West, including U.S. President Donald Trump’s White House. Orban, a eurosceptic nationalist, has carved out a model of an “illiberal democracy” seen as a blueprint by […]
UK says it deployed military to deter Russian submarines from attack on undersea cables
- 09-Apr-2026
Britain deployed military vessels to prevent any attacks on cables and pipelines by Russian submarines which spent more than a month in and around British waters earlier this year, its defence minister John Healey said on Thursday. Britain accused Russia of using the distraction of events in the Middle East to try to conduct the […]
Russia delays lunar missions as US marks historic flight
- 07-Apr-2026
Russia has pushed back the launch of three moon missions, the Interfax news agency said on Tuesday, a setback to its ambitious lunar exploration programme as longtime space rival, the United States, celebrated an historic flight around the moon. The launches of Russian spacecraft Luna-28, Luna-29, and Luna-30 have been postponed to 2032–2036, Interfax quoted […]
Russia says it downed 148 Ukrainian drones in three hours
- 06-Apr-2026
Russia’s military said early on Monday that air defence units had downed 148 Ukrainian drones over a three-hour period and officials said emergency crews were restoring power to nearly half a million households in outages linked to air attacks. On Sunday evening, a drone killed a civil defence volunteer in Russia’s border region of Belgorod, […]
Russia says US should abandon ‘language of ultimatums’ on Iran
- 06-Apr-2026
MOSCOW: Russia expressed hope on Sunday that efforts to de-escalate the Iran conflict would bear fruit and said the U.S. would contribute by “abandoning the language of ultimatums and returning the situation to a negotiating track.” The Russian Foreign Ministry statement was issued after a conversation between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Iranian Foreign […]
Slovak PM says EU should drop sanctions on Russian oil and gas to boost energy security
- 05-Apr-2026
The European Union should end sanctions on Russian oil and gas imports, take steps to restore Druzhba oil pipeline flows and end the war in Ukraine to tackle the energy crisis stemming from the war in Iran, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Saturday. Fico said in a statement after a call with Hungarian […]
Russian oil terminals under attack unable to accept shipments for second week, sources say
- 04-Apr-2026
Russia’s Baltic oil export hubs at Ust-Luga and Primorsk remain unable to handle shipments after a series of Ukrainian drone attacks, prompting the country’s refineries to find alternative routes for export, industry sources said on Friday. The attacks have damaged port infrastructure and continued through the last two weeks of March, with at least five […]
Russia goes after VPNs
- 31-Mar-2026
Russia is going to further clamp down Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), which are used by millions of Russians to get around internet controls and censorship, Russia’s digital minister said. In what has been cast by diplomats as Russia’s “great crackdown”, the authorities have repeatedly blocked mobile internet and jammed major messenger services while giving sweeping […]