Armenia and Russia are discussing Armenia’s plan to join the ICC. This move comes after the ICC issued an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin. The ICC accused Putin of deporting children from Ukraine. Armenia has reportedly discussed its intention to come under the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC) with Russia, despite strong … Read more
Brittney Griner of the Women’s National Basketball Association was detained for the second time by a Russian court on Tuesday. Griner will be held in Russian custody at least until July 2. She was arrested in February at Sheremetyevo International Airport outside Moscow. Brittney Griner of the Women’s National Basketball Association was detained for the … Read more
According to state news agency TASS, Russian Transportation Minister Vitaly Savelyev said on Saturday that Western sanctions against Russia have “practically shattered all” logistics channels utilized by the country for commerce. “The sanctions that have been imposed on the Russian Federation today have practically shattered all logistics [corridors] in our country,” Savelyev said. According to … Read more
Seven buses transporting Ukrainian rebels who fought Russian forces for weeks at the Azovstal steelworks in the coastal city of Mariupol arrived on Tuesday at a former penal colony in the Russian-controlled town of Olenivka near Donetsk. The Russian Investigative Committee planned to examine the soldiers, many of whom were members of the Azov Battalion. … Read more
According to Russian state news agency TASS, a Russian court has extended the pretrial imprisonment of US basketball player Brittney Griner. She is jailed in Russia since February on drug smuggling charges. A court in Khimki outside Moscow determined that Griner, who the US government claims is being unfairly detained, can now be held in … Read more
The European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA) reported on Friday that Russia’s TASS news agency has been suspended for failing to meet its requirements. The decision came during the EANA’s general assembly in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo, the alliance’s president Clemens Pig told reporters. In February, three days after Russia invaded Ukraine, EANA’s executive body composed of … Read more
Moscow, Russia: According to regional officials, an armed man opened fire in a kindergarten in Russia’s central Ulyanovsk area on Tuesday, killing at least four people. “We confirm the shooting and that there are four bodies,” a regional official stated, while a law enforcement source informed TASS news agency that two children were murdered in the … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia successfully tested the launch of a Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile. It is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, according to him. Putin said the missile can hit a target nearly 3,700 miles away. He aims on doing so, as international tensions are increasing from the Russia-Ukraine war. He … Read more
A fire at a Russian military research institute inside the northwestern town of Tver killed two people on Thursday and injured dozens greater, countries’ news organizations pronounced. Russian TV showed photographs of thick black smoke rising from inside the yellow four-storey building of the Central Research Institute of the Russian Air and Space Forces Several … Read more
MOSCOW: At least six people onboard died after a Russian An-26 military transport aircraft crashed on Thursday, the TASS news agency reported. According to a source from the emergencies ministry, none of the crew on board the aircraft survived, as debris from the plane was spotted earlier by rescuers near the city of Khabarovsk in … Read more
