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Russia's UN envoy claims to be Ukrainian

Russia's permanent representative to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenzya, told a UN Security Council meeting that he is "Ukrainian," saying his parents were Ukrainian and that his family name comes from Zaporizhian Cossacks.

26 February, 12:48 AM

Russia plans to curb private couriers to prop up state mail giant

Russia is preparing legislative changes that would squeeze private delivery services and online marketplaces to prop up the loss-making state operator Russian Post, Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service said on Feb. 23.

23 February, 12:56 PM

Drone attack targets Moscow, all airports in the Russian capital closed

Russia’s capital Moscow came under a drone attack, with Mayor Sergey Sobyanin saying air defenses destroyed 10 drones heading toward the city on Feb. 22.

22 February, 05:52 PM

Rheinmetall CEO Papperger sees no Ukraine peace in 2026

Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger does not expect Russia’s war against Ukraine to end in 2026 because Moscow shows no interest in concluding the conflict, German broadcaster ntv quoted him as saying on Feb. 16.

16 February, 01:09 PM

Kremlin pushes peace narrative to hide unchanged war goals

Moscow is "ready for compromises" to end the war — but only if its unchanged demands are met, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov claimed in a manipulative statement reported by RBC-Russia propaganda outlet on Feb. 11.

11 February, 01:30 PM

Kadyrov’s son appears in public after car crash reports

Adam Kadyrov, the son of Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov, appeared in public for the first time since reports said he had been involved in a car crash, independent Russian news outlet Agentstvo reported on Feb. 10.

11 February, 04:50 AM

FSB associate detained over attempt on GRU general

Russia’s FSB detained an employee of an FSB-linked organization and his son on suspicion of involvement in an assassination attempt on the deputy head of the GRU (military intelligence), Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev.

11 February, 03:34 AM

Durov likens Russia to Iran after Telegram throttling

Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram messaging app, said that recent throttling of the service in Russia appear aimed at forcing citizens to switch to a competing government app “created for surveillance and political censorship.”

10 February, 09:19 PM

Russia sends diplomats barred from Europe to Africa

Moscow has started reassigning diplomats, cultural workers, and other officials who are barred from working in Europe to African countries, Estonian public broadcaster ERR reported on Feb. 10.

10 February, 08:09 PM

Russia: security guarantees for Moscow required in Ukraine peace deal

Any peace agreement to end the war in Ukraine must include security guarantees for Moscow as well, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said, Reuters wrote on Feb. 10.

10 February, 08:13 AM

U.S. security for Europe is over—report

The era in which Europe could flourish for decades under a U.S. security umbrella has ended, just as Russia aims to further destabilize the region, according to a Munich Security Conference report published on Feb. 9.

10 February, 04:39 AM

Moscow rushes to replace Starlink with substitutes

Russia is urgently supplying various satellite internet terminals to the front, hoping to replace Starlink after Kyiv and SpaceX found a way to prevent Russian troops from using the service, Serhii Beskrestnov, an advisor to Ukraine’s Defense Ministry, said in a Telegram post on Feb. 9.

10 February, 03:23 AM

Moscow court fines closed Ukrainian embassy over unpaid electricity

Moscow court has ordered Ukraine’s embassy in Russia — closed since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022 — to pay approximately $71,000 in alleged unpaid electricity bills, Russian state propaganda outlet TASS wrote on Feb. 8.

9 February, 12:56 PM

Russia sent billions in cash to prop up Iranian regime, report says

Russia’s state-owned Promsvyazbank began sending large sums of cash to Iran in August 2018, days after the United States reimposed sanctions on Tehran, The Telegraph reported on Feb. 6.

6 February, 09:33 PM

Lavrov claims secret European contacts with Russia on Ukraine war

Some European leaders are secretly contacting Moscow about ending the war in Ukraine, including phone calls and in-person visits they ask to keep confidential, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told state propaganda outlet RT on Feb. 5.

6 February, 12:18 PM

Assassination attempt targets top Russian GRU general in Moscow

An unidentified assailant shot and seriously wounded Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseev, first deputy chief of Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), in an apparent assassination attempt in northwest Moscow, Russian state news agency Interfax reported on Feb. 6, citing Investigative Committee spokesperson Svetlana Petrenko.

6 February, 11:53 AM

Macron’s aide met with Russian officials in Moscow, report says

Emmanuel Bonne, head of French President Emmanuel Macron’s diplomatic service, visited Moscow for talks with Russian officials on Feb. 3, Reuters reported on Feb. 4, citing sources.

5 February, 03:07 AM

Russia’s banking now in crisis, report says

The Russian banking systems has entered a crisis, on account of non-performing loans (NPL) constituting over 10% of bank assets, independent Russian newspaper The Moscow Times reported on Feb. 2.

3 February, 02:28 AM

Kremlin: Putin-Zelenskyy meeting possible only in Moscow

The Kremlin has ruled out any meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy outside Moscow, with spokesman Dmitry Peskov stating that Russia maintains its position on the location while remaining open to negotiations on the war in Ukraine, the TASS news agency reported on Feb. 2.

2 February, 02:42 PM

Zelenskyy: I can invite Putin to Kyiv — Moscow is not an option

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has confirmed his readiness to meet with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, while firmly ruling out the possibility of a meeting taking place in Moscow in an interview with journalists on Jan. 30.

30 January, 12:12 PM

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