Sources: RIA Novosti
The Indian Central Bureau of Investigation arrests four people linked to a network of human traffickers who have been luring young men to go to Russia with the promise of jobs or university admission, then forcing them to fight in the war in Ukraine. The Ministry of External Affairs is working with Russia to secure discharges for 20 Indian nationals in the Russian Army. 2024-05-8
The Russian Federal Assembly amends its mobilization laws, raising the age limits for conscription to 70 years old from 65 for the highest-ranking officers of the armed forces. 2023-07-18
Google's Russian subsidiary announces its intention to file for bankruptcy after Russian authorities seize the company's bank account. 2022-05-18
"Pokémon Go" suspends operations in Russia and Belarus following the invasion. 2022-03-12
Pro-European Union candidate Maia Sandu defeats pro-Russian incumbent Igor Dodon to be elected the first female President of Moldova. 2020-11-15
Michael Cohen, the former lawyer of U.S. President Donald Trump, is sentenced to three years in prison for making illegal hush money payments to two women with whom Trump allegedly had affairs, and a concurrent sentence of two months for making false statements to Congress about a possible Trump Tower deal in Russia. 2018-12-12
UK Leader of the Opposition Jeremy Corbyn of Labour asks to see "incontrovertible evidence" before accepting Russia was responsible. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson responds, saying it is "quite extraordinary" to question Russian involvement. 2018-04-15
Alleged Russian government-backed hackers stole highly classified U.S. cyber secrets in 2015 from the National Security Agency after a contractor put information on his home computer. The entrance to the computer was speculated to have possibly been through an installed Kaspersky Lab antivirus. U.S. rules governing federal computers now ban installation of Kaspersky Lab software. 2017-10-5
The People's Republic of China and Russia begin joint naval exercises in the Sea of Japan. 2013-07-5
The ".рф" (".rf" - Russian Federation) Cyrillic country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is officially launched, the fourth internationalized country code. The first two web sites available on “.рф” are 2010-05-13