On Tuesday, a Moscow clothing store called Monochrome made an online post about changes to its working hours due to Russia’s upcoming Victory Day celebrations. The tone was sarcastic and frustrated, with the brand complaining that “no one cares about other…

Mikhail Khubutia, a former Russian official turned arms dealer, is reportedly facing criminal charges for attacking his ex-girlfriend with an axe. Yulia Wang, who has a child with Khubutia, accused him of attempting to kill her in late April, following an…

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will not be coming to Moscow for Russia’s 80th Victory Day celebration, Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov announced on Wednesday.

The number of North Korean citizens entering Russia dropped sharply at the beginning of 2025, according to data from Russian FSB's border service, Mediazona reports.

No Russian drone attacks were recorded on Ukrainian territory overnight on May 8. Ukrainian forces also did not report any Russian missile strikes on major cities. Reuters linked the pause in attacks to the three-day ceasefire declared by Russian President…

Residents of Kazakhstan's capital, Astana, who tried to watch the city’s Victory Day parade from their 20th-story apartment on Wednesday were approached by a surveillance drone that instructed them to get away from the window.

Lithuania's parliament, the Seimas, has voted to withdraw from the Ottawa Treaty, the international convention banning antipersonnel mines, Delfi reports.

Ukrainian troops have received orders to fire only in response to Russian attacks during the three-day ceasefire unilaterally declared by Vladimir Putin, Suspilne reports, citing soldiers from three Ukrainian units fighting near the city of Pokrovsk and in…

Ukraine’s parliament has ratified an intergovernmental agreement with the United States on mineral resources. The measure passed with 338 votes in favor. No lawmakers voted against or abstained, though nine deputies were absent.

This past Sunday, Russian state television aired a “documentary” by propagandist Pavel Zarubin celebrating 25 years of Vladimir Putin’s rule. In one scene, the president offers Zarubin some kefir, a yogurt drink popular in Russia. Immediately after the broadcast…

For the second time in seven months, Romania is trying to elect a new president. The previous vote, held in November 2024, was annulled by the country’s Constitutional Court after the victory of far-right candidate Călin Georgescu raised suspicions of Russian…

Many Russian soldiers and civilians are willing to pay large sums of money to avoid being sent to the front in Ukraine. But amid mounting military losses and a shortage of new recruits, bribing your way out of the Russian army is getting increasingly difficult.…

U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held a phone call on Thursday evening. 

Moscow’s four major airports — Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo, Vnukovo, and Zhukovsky — temporarily suspended operations multiple times. Hundreds of flights were delayed or canceled, affecting hundreds of thousands of passengers.

For the second night of the three-day ceasefire unilaterally declared by Vladimir Putin, neither the Russian nor Ukrainian militaries reported large-scale overnight drone attacks.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping exchanged views on the "Ukrainian crisis" during their talks held at the Kremlin on May 8, the Chinese Foreign Ministry reported on Friday.

In the Estonian city of Narva, a banner depicting Vladimir Putin as Adolf Hitler has been hung on the wall of a medieval castle overlooking the river that marks the country’s border with Russia.

Moscow and Washington are discussing the possible resumption of Russian gas supplies to Europe as part of broader negotiations over a potential peaceful settlement in Ukraine, Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov said on Friday.

Schooling in Russia continues to grow more politicized. On the one hand, there’s a strong emphasis on patriotism: in the Education Ministry’s “patriotic” lesson series, Important Conversations, the curriculum focuses on “love for the motherland"; in some…

The U.K. government has announced its most extensive sanctions package targeting Russia’s “shadow fleet” — a network of ships used to evade sanctions on the sale of Russian oil.