World Aug 07 Two Russian missile strikes hit a city in eastern Ukraine, killing 5 people and wounding 31 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an online statement accused Russia of trying to leave "only broken and scorched stones" in eastern Ukraine.
World Jul 28 Moscow blames Kyiv for a missile attack in Russia as Kremlin battle for Ukrainian village Ukrainian and Russian forces battled for a key village in southeastern Ukraine, with Moscow's forces pounding it with artillery, amid Kyiv's grinding counteroffensive.
World Feb 02 Putin marks anniversary of the battle of Stalingrad, justifies invasion of Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin has marked the 80th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi forces in the battle of Stalingrad, and evoked the long and grueling fight as justification for the conflict in Ukraine.
World Jan 22 Analysis: Why tensions are high over a blockaded road in Azerbaijan Two years after Azerbaijan and Armenia ended a war that killed about 6,800 soldiers and displaced around 90,000 civilians, tensions between the countries are again high in a dispute over a road known as the Lachin Corridor.
World Sep 03 Former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev buried in Moscow Russians who came for a last look at former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Saturday mourned both the man and his policies that gave them hope. President Vladimir Putin claimed to be too busy to attend.
World Aug 21 Daughter of influential Russian nationalist killed in Moscow car bombing The daughter of an influential Russian political theorist often referred to as “Putin’s brain” was killed in a car bombing on the outskirts of Moscow, authorities said Sunday.
Arts Aug 15 WNBA star Brittney Griner appeals her Russian prison sentence for cannabis Russian news agencies reported that lawyers for American basketball star Brittney Griner have filed an appeal of her nine-year Russian prison sentence for drug possession.
World Aug 04 Russian judge sentences Brittney Griner to 9 years in prison, ruling she illegally carried drugs Griner had told the court she had no intention to break the law by bringing vape cartridges with cannabis oil when she flew to Moscow in February. A prosecutor urged that she be sentenced to 9 1/2 years in prison.
World Aug 04 Griner says she ‘made an honest mistake,’ as Russian court prepares to give verdict American basketball star Brittney Griner apologized to her family and her team as a Russian court heard closing arguments in her drug possession trial said it expected to deliver a verdict Thursday.
Nation Jul 26 WNBA star Brittney Griner’s Russian trial considers medicinal use of cannabis The drug trial of American basketball star Brittney Griner in a Russian court focused Tuesday on testimony that cannabis, while illegal in Russia, is regarded in other countries as having legitimate medicinal use.