Russians in Latvia vote in presidential election, and some protest against Putin
(Reuters) – Russian citizens in Latvia cast ballots in their home country’s presidential election on Sunday, while opponents of President Vladimir Putin rallied in front of the embassy in Riga in a…
White House: Seeing increased missile, drone attacks by Russians in Ukraine
By Steve Holland ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) – Russia is increasing its missile and drone attacks on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine and the White House expects Moscow to target energy facilities…
Russians ease attacks in eastern Ukraine, shattered town may still be held by Kyiv
(Reuters) – Russian forces eased attacks on the beleaguered eastern Ukrainian town of Avdiivka on Saturday and unofficial reports from the region suggested they had failed to capture the devastated town of…
Ukraine says Russians intensify bombardment of Avdiivka
(Reuters) – Fighting gripped the area around the shattered eastern Ukrainian town of Avdiivka, Ukraine’s military said on Monday, with Moscow’s forces intensifying air bombardments and trying to move forward with ground…
Russians vote in tightly controlled regional elections
By Felix Light (Reuters) – Russians finish voting on Sunday in tightly controlled regional and local elections that are likely to be interpreted by authorities as a vote of confidence in President…
Hindenburg target Freedom Holding to keep working with non-sanctioned Russians
By Mariya Gordeyeva ALMATY (Reuters) – Kazakhstan-based Freedom Holding, the latest target of Hindenburg Research, plans to keep working with non-sanctioned Russian clients despite a critical report from the short-seller that Freedom…
US denied Russians visas to travel to APEC meeting -Russian ambassador
(Reuters) – Russia’s ambassador to the United States said on Monday the U.S. denied entry visas to some Russian officials who planned to travel to Seattle for a meeting of the Asia-Pacific…
Unearthed Watchdog Report Reveals US Weapons Meant For Ukraine Fell Into The Hands Of Russians, Criminals
Unearthed Watchdog Report Reveals US Weapons Meant For Ukraine Fell Into The Hands Of Russians, Criminals Micaela Burrow on July 21, 2023 Russian organized crime groups, Ukrainian crooks and unauthorized volunteer battalions…
Ukraine reports gains, says Russians ‘doing everything’ to hold positions
KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine reported more gains in the early stages of its counteroffensive on Tuesday, but said Russian forces were “doing everything” they can to defend the territory they have occupied.…
US charges two Russians in hack of Mt. Gox crypto exchange
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has charged two Russian nationals in the hack of collapsed cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox, one of the world’s earliest, biggest and most widely publicized…
How Russians end up in a far-right militia fighting in Ukraine
By Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska WARSAW (Reuters) – Danil Yugoslavsky had long hated Vladimir Putin. The tech worker says he protested for fair elections in Russia for several years before he left his homeland…
Russians pound frontline positions in Bakhmut, Ukraine military says
(Reuters) – Russian forces pounded the city of Bakhmut, the months-old focal point of their attempts to capture the eastern Ukrainian industrial region of Donbas, and the head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary…
‘Too much for him’: Russians react to Biden’s 2024 reelection bid
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Muscovites reacted with indifference to U.S. President Joe Biden’s announcement on Tuesday that he would seek reelection in 2024, with some questioning whether he was too old for the…
NASA chief sees Russians and Americans together on space station through 2030
By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) – NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on Tuesday condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, but said in Ottawa that he expected Russians and Americans to work…
Russians moved more FX holdings to foreign banks in 2022 -central bank
By Elena Fabrichnaya MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russians’ foreign currency holdings at foreign banks exceeded those held at domestic ones last year, the central bank said on Tuesday, in a shift driven by…
Lovin’ it! Russians give Big Mac replacement the thumbs up
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The signature sauce has changed and the ingredients have been tweaked, but the “Big Hit”, which went on sale in Russia this week, is a tasty alternative to the…
U.S. State Department sanctions target Russian cabinet ministers, nuclear arms institutes
By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department on Friday marked the first anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine by sanctioning more than 60 top Russian officials, including cabinent ministers…
Russians switch to used cars as sanctions pummel auto sector
By Gleb Stolyarov and Alexander Marrow MOSCOW (Reuters) – Spending on new cars in Russia more than halved last year as the auto industry felt the full force of Western sanctions over…
How sanctions complicated day-to-day banking for Russians
By Alexander Marrow and Elena Fabrichnaya MOSCOW (Reuters) – Financial sanctions against Russia have strangled its banks’ profits and wrecked many lenders’ international operations, but one year after Moscow sent its troops…
Russians’ deposits with foreign banks jumped to almost $82 billion in Jan-Nov
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russians’ deposits with non-resident banks increased by around 2.5 times between January and November last year to almost 5 trillion roubles, around $82 billion according to the exchange rate…
American released in transfer between Ukraine, Russians -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. citizen has been released as part of a prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine, where the war is not likely to wind down before year’s end, White…
U.S. charges five Russians, two Americans with conspiracy on behalf of Russia
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Tuesday unsealed a 16-count indictment charging five Russian nationals and two U.S. nationals with conspiracy related to a global procurement and money-laundering scheme…
Ukraine says around 60 Russians killed in long-range shelling attack
(Reuters) – Around 60 Russian soldiers were killed in a long-range Ukrainian artillery attack this week, Kyiv said on Saturday, the second time in four days that Ukraine claimed to have inflicted…
Russian’s Lavrov taken to hospital after arriving for G20 summit – AP
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was taken to hospital after arriving in Indonesia’s Bali for the G20 summit, the Associated Press reported on Monday, a report that…
Russians engaging in mass theft of medical equipment, says Zelenskiy
(Reuters) – Russian forces in the occupied Ukrainian region of Kherson are engaged in mass theft of medical equipment and ambulances in a bid to make the area uninhabitable, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy…
Russians dig in to defend key city of Kherson, Ukrainian forces say
By Jonathan Landay FRONTLINE NORTH OF KHERSON, Ukraine (Reuters) – Squatting in a weed-choked irrigation canal, concealed from prowling enemy drones by overhanging trees, the Ukrainian soldier dismissed media reports that reclaiming…
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