Category: Russia

Court Upholds EU Ban on TV Channel Russia Today

The European General Court found that the bloc's ban aided efforts to uphold 'public order and...

Russia Offers Fast-Track Citizenships to Ukrainians

Ukraine's Foreign Minister said 'attempts to impose' Russian citizenship are 'doomed'

Russia Releases New Sanctions that Charge Francis Fukuyama, Mitch McConnell and Others with 'Shaping Russophobic' Policies

Sanctions were also issued against Jill Biden and Ashley Biden

Kremlin calls Lithuania’s Ban on Transit to Kaliningrad ‘Unprecedented’

Kaliningrad is a Russian territory that borders Lithuania, Poland and the Baltic Sea

UK Sanctions Head of Russian Orthodox Church, Children’s Rights Commissioner

‘Today we are targeting the enablers and perpetrators of Putin’s war who have brought untold...

Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Says Officials Should Not Have Attended Event at Russian Embassy

'We don't look at Canada through the adversarial optic,' the Russian ambassador to Canada said in...

Vladimir Putin Vows Iron Curtain Will Not Fall on Russian Economy

The European Union has issued a number of economic sanctions against Russia following its...

EU Grants Hungary Exemption from Oil Embargo

The bloc intends to cut off 90% of Russia fuel imports by the end of the year

US Embassy in Kyiv Will Resume Operations

The State Department evacuated the embassy on Feb. 12 prior to Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Ukraine Ends Fighting in Mariupol, Russia Claims 'Mass Surrender'

The development comes eight-weeks after Russia began its invasion of Ukraine

EU Hears Plan for Russian Oil Embargo

The sixth sanction package could be passed this week

Hungary and Slovakia Say They Cannot Support EU Sanctions on Russia Energy

Both nations rely heavily on Russian oil imports

Russia Will Leave the International Space Station, Cites International Sanctions

Russian officials had previously indicated they would continue to use the space station for two...

Marine Veteran Reported as First American Killed in Russia-Ukraine Conflict

The US government has not confirmed the claim

Russia Ends Gas Exports to Poland and Bulgaria

A Ukrainian official compared the pause to blackmail

Zelensky Accuses Putin of Violence During Orthodox Easter

‘The Orthodox world has seen that for the Russian invaders Easter means nothing,’ the Ukrainian...

Putin Claims Mariupol Has Fallen, Prevents Troops from Storming Final Holdout

Ukrainian soldiers and civilians are reportedly still holding a steel mill in the city

Russian Defense Ministry Says They Have Test Launched Nuclear-Capable Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, the Sarmat

Head of Ukraine's Orthodox Church Asks Followers to Avoid Church on Easter Night

The U.N. Secretary-General has urged Russia and Ukraine to observe a ceasefire during the...

Lithuanian Lawmakers Ban Display of Letter ‘Z’ As Russian Military Symbol

The ban was passed as an amendment to an existing law prohibiting Soviet and Nazi symbols

Boston Marathon Returns, Runners from Russia and Belarus Barred from Competing

The marathon's organizational body offered registered Ukrainian runners the chance to defer...

Russia Says 'Nuclear-Free Status of the Baltic' Will Be Impossible if Finland and Sweden Join NATO

The statement comes after the nations’ Prime Ministers met to discuss their mutual national...

Head of Russian Orthodox Church Said Soldiers Should Defend Country 'As Only Russians Can'

The Eastern Orthodox Church has been divided over Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Biden Says Putin Should Be Tried for War Crimes for Killing Ukrainian Citizens

Biden said he did not consider the attack a genocide