Tag: Russia
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TikTok propaganda labels fall flat in ‘huge win’ for Russia
A year ago, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, TikTok started labeling accounts operated by Russian state propaganda agencies as a way to tell users they were ... -
Russia arrests Wall Street Journal reporter on spying charge
Russia’s top security agency has arrested an American reporter for the Wall Street Journal on espionage charges, the first time a U.S. correspondent was put behind ... -
Russia says it test-fired anti-ship missiles in Sea of Japan
Moscow test-fired anti-ship missiles in the Sea of Japan, Russia’s Defense Ministry said yesterday, with two boats launching a simulated missile attack on a mock enemy ... -
Russia, Ukraine extend grain deal to aid world’s poor
An unprecedented wartime deal that allowed grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where hunger is a growing threat ... -
Putin invokes Stalingrad battle as justifying Ukraine fight
Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday marked the 80th anniversary of the World War II Soviet victory over Nazi German forces in the battle of Stalingrad, and ... -
Cornered in Ukraine, Putin spikes annual news conference
Russian President Vladimir Putin will not be holding his annual year-end marathon news conference this month amid the war in Ukraine, a break in the long-held ... -
China’s Xi urges Ukraine talks in meeting with EU’s Michel
Chinese leader Xi Jinping urged negotiations on a political solution to the Ukraine conflict in talks with visiting European Council President Charles Michel in Beijing today ... -
Putin, Díaz-Canel meet in Moscow, honor rebel icon Castro
Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday [Macau time] met with his Cuban counterpart in Moscow, where the two unveiled a monument to Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro ... -
A ‘barbed wire curtain’ rises in Europe amid war in Ukraine
The long border between Finland and Russia runs through thick forests and is marked only by wooden posts with low fences meant to stop stray cattle. ... -
Russia’s Lavrov treated at hospital, Indonesian officials say
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was taken to the hospital because of a health concern following his arrival for the Group of 20 summit in Bali, ... -
How Moscow grabs Ukrainian kids and makes them Russians
Olga Lopatkina paced around her basement in circles like a trapped animal. For more than a week, the Ukrainian mother had heard nothing from her six ... -
Police arrest hundreds of protestors; massive exodus in motion
Russian police moved quickly Saturday to disperse peaceful protests against President Vladimir Putin’s military mobilization order, arresting hundreds, including some children, in scores of cities across ... -
Gorbachev mourned as rare world leader but some still bitter
The passing of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union and for many the man who restored democracy to then-communist-ruled European nations, was mourned ... -
Mikhail Gorbachev, who steered Soviet breakup, dead at 91
Mikhail Gorbachev, who set out to revitalize the Soviet Union but ended up unleashing forces that led to the collapse of communism, the breakup of the ... -
Mourners pay tribute to nationalist Dugina killed by car bombing
Hundreds of people lined up yesterday to pay tribute to the daughter of a leading right-wing Russian political thinker following the 29-year-old woman’s death in a ... -
Car blast kills daughter of Russian known as ‘Putin’s brain’
MOSCOW — The daughter of a Russian nationalist ideologist who is often referred to as “Putin’s brain” was killed when her car exploded on the outskirts ... -
Xi talks with Putin over phone: No direct mention of Ukraine
Chinese President Xi Jinping this afternoon (Wednesday) held a phone conversation with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, Xinhua reported a few minutes ago. It was Xi’s ... -
Official: US gave intel that helped Ukraine sink Russian warship
The U.S. says it shared intelligence with Ukraine about the location of the Russian missile cruiser Moskva prior to the strike that sank the warship, an ... -
Surging sales at McDonald’s offsets trouble in China, Russia
Higher U.S. menu prices and easing COVID-19 restrictions elsewhere helped McDonald’s offset troubled markets like China and Russia in the first quarter. Revenue rose 11% to ... -
Russia seeks UN humanitarian resolution not mentioning war
Russia circulated a proposed U.N. Security Council resolution today (Macau time) demanding protection for civilians “in vulnerable situations” in Ukraine and safe passage for humanitarian aid ... -
Latest updates: China’s Xi criticizes sanctions on Russia
BEIJING — China says President Xi Jinping has criticized sanctions imposed on Russia over its war against Ukraine as “harmful to all sides,” in a video ... -
Latest updates: Foreign ministers of Ukraine, Russia to meet
The latest developments on the Russia-Ukraine war: ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says the foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine will meet near ... -
China calls Russia its chief ‘strategic partner’ despite war
The Chinese Foreign Minister today (Monday) called Russia Beijing’s “most important strategic partner” amid China’s continued refusal to condemn the invasion of Ukraine. Wang Yi said ... -
Russia bombs Kharkiv and convoy nears Kyiv
Russian shelling pounded civilian targets in Ukraine’s second-largest city again today (Tuesday] and a 40-mile convoy of tanks and other vehicles threatened the capital — tactics ... -
Live updates: Ukraine diplomat urges China to talk to Putin
TOKYO — The Ukrainian ambassador to Japan is urging China to join international efforts to stop the Russian “massacre” in his country amid Beijing’s lack of ... -
China calls for talks over Ukraine, OKs Russian wheat import
China repeated calls for talks to resolve the crisis in Ukraine today (Thursday) while refusing to criticize Russia’s attack, and in a move that could help ... -
Russia invades Ukraine as defiant Putin warns US, NATO
Russian troops launched a wide-ranging attack on Ukraine today (Thursday), as President Vladimir Putin cast aside international condemnation and sanctions and warned other countries that any ... -
Putin gets no support from UN Security Council over Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin received no support from members of the U.N. Security Council at an emergency meeting today (Macau time) for his actions to bring ... -
Invading Ukraine may never have been Putin’s aim – the threat alone could advance Russia’s goals
A diplomatic solution may yet provide an off-ramp for Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose placement of tens of thousands of troops along Russia’s border with its smaller neighbor kicked off ... -
Ukraine rebels mobilize troops amid Russia invasion fears
Separatist leaders in eastern Ukraine ordered a full military mobilization today (Saturday) amid a spike of violence in the war-torn region and fears in the West ... -
Kremlin: Putin won’t congratulate Biden until challenges end
Russian President Vladimir Putin won’t congratulate President-elect Joe Biden until legal challenges to the U.S. election are resolved and the result is official, the Kremlin announced ... -
Navalny posts hospital photo of himself; plans Russia return
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny posted a picture of himself from his hospital bed in Germany today (Tuesday), looking gaunt but joking wryly about his condition ... -
Russian opposition leader Navalny in coma after alleged poisoning
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny is in a coma and on a ventilator in a hospital intensive care unit after falling ill from suspected poisoning that ... -
Total CEO killed in Russian plane crash
The head of French oil giant Total SA was killed at a Moscow airport when his corporate jet collided with a snowplow whose driver was drunk, Russian investigators ...
