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Bianna Golodryga speaks with Julia Loktev and Anna Nemzer, the co-directors of the new documentary “My Undesirable Friends,” on the lives of journalists in Russia before the invasion of Ukraine.
Belarus and Iran signed have new agreements to boost bilateral ties in areas including defense. Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed a package of 13 documents on Wednesday covering areas such as industry,
Russian state media footage shows the M113 armored personnel carrier driving into combat in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Britain on Wednesday sanctioned financial networks it said were being used by Russia to evade existing Western sanctions, including Kyrgyz crypto networks, as it ramps up pressure on Moscow over the war in Ukraine.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska man might have walked away as the biggest winner of last week’s high stakes summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage. He rode off with a new motorcycle, courtesy of the Russian government.
Russia’s oil output and exports will remain steady this year even as the industry goes through its most challenging period since the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a Moscow-based consultant.
The U.S. has pivoted policy to focus more northward. In 2018, it resuscitated the U.S. Navy's Second Fleet to counter Russia, including in the Arctic, closely linked with the establishment of NATO's newest command, the Virginia -headquartered Joint Force Command Norfolk.
In the library of Sumy State University (SSU), 15,000 books burned down in a Russian attack on 18 August. Since April 2025, when Russia struck the Congress Centre of SSU, the university has lost 45,000 books.