A Moscow court has fined Medusa Project SIA 400,000 rubles (almost $5,000) for “violating the procedure for the activities of a foreign agent.” The Telegram channel of Moscow’s courts of general jurisdiction, which reported the ruling, did not disclose the…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he will send a delegation led by Defense Minister Rustem Umerov to meet with Russian representatives in Istanbul. He made the statement at a press conference following his meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip…

Shortly after Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Thursday that Ukraine would send a delegation led by Defense Minister Rustem Umerov to meet with a Russian delegation in Istanbul, Russian presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky gave a statement to journalists outside…

Negotiations between Russian and Ukrainian delegations in Istanbul will begin on Friday, Russian state news agency TASS reports, citing a source close to the negotiations process.

Meduza has learned that Russia’s state-controlled news media have received instructions from the Kremlin’s domestic policy team to portray this week’s negotiations in Turkey as a distinctly Moscow-driven event. Propagandists are advised to stress that “neither…

Last Sunday, Vladimir Putin proposed resuming direct negotiations with Kyiv in Istanbul on Thursday, May 15. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky responded that he was ready to meet Putin there in person. Then, for several days, Russian officials demurred…

A judge in Russia’s Novgorod region has fined a local man 1,500 rubles (about $20) for posting allegedly extremist symbols on social media. Court records identify the offending materials as two images shared on VKontakte in 2020: a meme featuring the cartoon…

In early May, Russia’s Security Council published a collection of propaganda essays dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory in World War II. Federal politicians, top security officials, and Kremlin aides contributed, and President…

One of the F-16 fighter jets provided to Ukraine by its Western allies was lost during a combat mission, the country’s Air Force said on Friday.

A team of volunteers and journalists from BBC News Russian and Mediazona has identified the names of 108,608 Russian soldiers who have died in the full-scale war in Ukraine.

European leaders are weighing the possibility of imposing punitive tariffs on imports from Russia after President Vladimir Putin failed to attend planned talks in Istanbul, Politico reports.

U.S., Ukrainian, and Turkish delegations met at Istanbul’s Dolmabahçe Palace on Friday morning, according to BBC News and Suspilne.

Talks between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations in Istanbul have concluded, according to sources cited by TASS and CNN.

Russia’s demands during the talks in Istanbul were “unrealistic” and far exceeded the scope of previous discussions, Reuters reported, citing a source within Ukrainian diplomatic circles.

A prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine involving 1,000 people from each side may take place in the near future, Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said after talks in Istanbul, according to RBC Ukraine.

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In September 2021, the New People party won enough votes to claim seats in the lower house of Russia’s parliament, despite being founded just 18 months earlier. For the first time in 15 years, five parties secured representation in the State Duma instead…

Nine people were killed in Ukraine’s Sumy region after a Russian drone struck a passenger minibus, according to Governor Oleh Hryhorov.

Russia detained the oil tanker Green Admire in the Baltic Sea as it was departing the Estonian port of Sillamäe, Estonia’s Foreign Ministry said. The vessel had been traveling along a previously agreed route that passes through Russian territorial waters.

Vladimir Putin is "confident" that Russian forces can break through Ukraine’s defenses and fully seize control of Ukraine’s Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions by the end of 2025, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing a person familiar with…