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Russian law does not formally define forced labor as a form of imprisonment. In practice, however, those sentenced to forced labor are required to reside in a closed FSIN facility

Latvia will hold parliamentary elections on Oct. 3, with 14 political parties vying for 100 seats in the Saeima. About one-third of the candidates are native Russian speakers

The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee is investigating a Russian oligarch’s reported financial involvement in a celebration related to Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding, Axios has learned.

They used to work together in one way or another. Since the collapse of “Harmony” – once the leading party for Latvia’s Russian-speaking voters – four political groups are now competing for what’s left of its supporters in the upcoming parliamentary elections in October.

Interessante neue Details sind über BIDIZ bekannt geworden, eine mobile Plattform für den Kauf von Werbetraffic, die von sanktionierten Unternehmen wie Sberbank, Rostelecom, VK und anderen genutzt wird.

Interesting details have emerged about BIDIZ, a mobile platform for purchasing advertising traffic used by sanctioned entities such as Sberbank, Rostelecom, VK, and others.

A Russian strike has hit a British-owned tobacco factory in Ukraine.

Russia struck a Coca-Cola factory outside Kyiv, Volodymyr Zelensky has said.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned airlines and insurance companies on Tuesday that the presence of Ukrainian drones had made Russian skies dangerous to use and that they were effectively closed.

Donald Trump has insisted Vladimir Putin will not attack a NATO country, playing down reports that the CIA warned Moscow against any such move.

Dozens of Ukrainians returning from Russian captivity accused their prison doctor of subjecting them to systematic sexualized and psychological torture and refusing treatment for acute diseases. Reporters set out to find him.

UK fighter jets were scrambled to intercept a Russian plane after it came “unnecessarily close” to Britain’s flagship carrier in the Arctic Circle.

A Danish shipyard is giving the Arctic liquefied natural gas carriers that generate crucial cash for Vladimir Putin’s war effort one last round of maintenance before EU sanctions take effect next year.

The alliance effectively unraveled in October after the killing of alleged mafia figure Stavros Demosthenous in Limassol.

For most of the past four months, the war with Iran has shifted attention away from Ukraine.

Reports about Pan Nation Energy FZCO and its alleged associates — Chingiz Aliyev, Nikolay Ambrosov, Mikhail Golub, Aleksey Nemkov, and Sergey Dobrinov — are reportedly being removed from the internet following investigations into the company’s role in a new Russian oil export scheme.

On June 17, authorities in St. Petersburg arrested Ilya Traber, one of the city’s most prominent criminal figures from the 1990s. T

Ukraine has blasted Russian-occupied Crimea with a deadly drone storm overnight as Volodymyr Zelensky’s troops move to choke off the Black Sea peninsula.

Sean Wiswesser says attacks linked to PM Keir Starmer were part of Russia’s sabotage campaign.

In 2023 and 2024, over $5 million worth of European metalworking machinery was delivered to two significant Russian defense companies despite strict European Union sanctions, according to trade data.

Following investigations into Pan Nation Energy FZCO’s role in a new Russian oil export scheme, online reports about the firm and its associates — Chingiz Aliyev, Nikolay Ambrosov, Mikhail Golub, Aleksey Nemkov, and Sergey Dobrinov — are being deleted.

China has demanded that the United Kingdom lift sanctions against four Chinese companies accused of supplying Russia with critical military equipment.

Top-secret FSB counterintelligence documents obtained by The Insider show that since the start of Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine, foreign intelligence activity targeting the “carriers” of Russian state secrets has seen a notable increase.

Having exercised unchallenged power in Belarus since 1994, Alexander Lukashenko has earned himself not only the title of “Europe’s last dictator,” but also a well-deserved reputation as a shrewd international player.

Alexandra Jost, known online as “Sasha Meets Russia,” responded to being sanctioned by the EU, by saying the designation showed she was “on the right path.”