• Russia continues striking Ukraine's energy infrastructure

    Every weekday The Telegraph's top journalists analyse the Russian invasion of Ukraine from all angles and tell you what you need to know

  • Russia Investigates Online Post By Journalist In Exile

    Russia's government-linked Baza Telegram channel said on April 10 that the Investigative Committee had launched a probe against Zalina Marshenkulova, a self-exiled activist journalist, on a charge of justifying terrorism.

  • Armenia has not made any mistakes in relations with Russia – PM

    Relations between Armenia and Russia are going through difficult times, but Yerevan has made no mistakes in relations with Moscow, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at the National Assembly, when presenting the report on the implementation of the government’s 2023 Action Plan. “Interstate relations between Armenia and Russia are not going through the best …

  • Russia Vows To Ramp Up Attacks On Western Weapons In Ukraine

    Russia Vows To Ramp Up Attacks On Western Weapons In Ukraine Russia's response to the Republican-led House passing Biden's foreign aid package which includes $61 billion in new military assistance for Ukraine has been to promise stepped-up targeting of the Western weapons store houses. A new statement by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu additionally said "The Kiev regime has failed to achieve the goals of its counteroffensive prepared by NATO instructors" and that Russia has...

  • What do companies still in Russia value most: Reputation, principles or profit?

    It has been over two years since Russia invaded Ukraine, yet many well-known international brands, despite global condemnation and strict multilateral sanctions, continue to cling to the Russian market.

  • The West and Russia vie for influence in Central Asia and the Caucasus

    Every weekday The Telegraph's top journalists analyse the Russian invasion of Ukraine from all angles and tell you what you need to know

  • Russia sentences Meta spokesperson to six years in absentia

    According to Russian investigators, Stone had published online comments that defended hostile and violent actions against Russian military personnel.

  • Russia convicts Meta spokesperson in a swift trial in absentia

    A court in Russia on Monday convicted the spokesperson of US technology company Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, of justifying terrorism and sentenced him to six years in prison in a swift trial in absentia, Russia's independent news site Mediazona reported. According to the outlet, the charges against Meta communications director Andy Stone stem from his remarks in 2022 following Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24 that year. Stone, who is based in the United States,...

  • Russia Ramping Up Its Attacks on Ukraine's Second-Largest City

    Russia is ramping up its attacks on Kharkiv—Ukraine's second-largest city—amid fears that Moscow may be gearing up for a full-bore onslaught across the historic region in the northeast.Ukrainian officials said that Russian forces struck down a TV tower in Kharkiv City Monday afternoon, causing the structure to partially collapse and disrupting television signals in the area. The attack comes as the city has been bombarded by airstrikes for weeks, and as Moscow officials have hinted at Kharkiv...

  • Rivers recede but flooding plagues thousands in central Russia

    MOSCOW >> Water levels in some overflowing rivers in Russia were starting to drop on Monday, but flooding remains widespread, Russian state TV reports said.

  • Russia Accuses Romania of Banning Two Propaganda Films

    The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs accuses through the voice of its spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, that Romania is trying to “cancel” Russian culture after the broadcast in Bucharest of two Russian films considered propaganda was canceled, reports TASS. “The National Film Archive (ANF) of Romania, for political reasons, broke the rental agreements for cinemas concluded […]

  • Diplomacy Watch: How close were Russia and Ukraine to a deal in 2022?

    The RAND corporation’s Samuel Charap and Johns Hopkins University professor Sergey Radchenko published a detailed timeline and analysis of the talks between Russian and Ukrainian negotiators just after the Russian invasion in February 2022 that could have brought the war to an end just weeks after it had begun. Much of the piece confirms or elucidates parts of the narrative that had previously been reported. In the spring of 2022, the two sides appeared relatively close to a deal, one that,...