Choosing the best place to live often comes down to more than just statistics and headlines. Oftentimes, it’s about the lifestyle, opportunities, and freedoms that define daily life. Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, has recently signed a decree that allows foreign citizens to apply for temporary residency if they share the nation’s traditional spirit. But how […]
The US has authorised countries to buy sanctioned Russian oil and petroleum that is currently loaded on vessels at sea in an attempt to curb the economic impact of the US-Israel war with Iran. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said it was a temporary measure to “promote stability in global energy markets” during the war. […]
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of “doing everything it can” to prevent a meeting with Vladimir Putin to try to end the war. US President Donald Trump has sought to bring the two leaders together, but he said on Friday, “that’s like oil and vinegar… they don’t get along too well”. Russian Foreign […]
Donald Trump has said that he is disappointed but not done with Vladimir Putin, in an exclusive phone call with the BBC. The US president was pressed on whether he trusts the Russian leader, and replied: “I trust almost no-one.” Trump was speaking hours after he announced plans to send weapons to Ukraine and warned […]
The foreign ministers of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will visit Moscow this week as the Sahel nations and Russia seek to strengthen ties, the three African countries’ foreign ministries said in a joint statement on Tuesday. The West African nations, run by juntas that have taken power in coups in recent years, have formed […]
Dutifully performing its role in a highly-choreographed display of political theatre, Russia’s highest court on Monday approved constitutional changes that opened the way for President Vladimir V. Putin to crash through term limits and stay in power through 2036. With a dense 52-page ruling clogged with legalese, the Constitutional Court removed one of the last, albeit very flimsy potential […]
The Russian trolls are back — and once again trying to poison the political atmosphere in the United States ahead of this year’s elections. But this time they are better disguised and more targeted, harder to identify and track. And they have found an unlikely home, far from Russia itself. In 2016, much of the trolling […]
A Russian billionaire was killed in a road collision while walking his dog in England last week, it has been confirmed. Surrey Police released a statement on Thursday confirming that Dmitry Obretetskiy, 49, died on November 30, following an incident in Oxshott, a village near London, on November 25. Obretetskiy, the latest in a series of […]
In 2018, a highly regarded Russian pilot Taras Shelest turned out to be a fraud. Despite having never attended aviation classes and instead faking his diploma, Shelest allegedly flew thousands of people all around the world for several years, until a bizarre incident finally exposed him. In August of 2015, Shelest was a co-pilot on […]
