Sources: rferl
Russian president Vladimir Putin signs a law allowing the government to disregard criminal judgments issued by foreign or international courts that lack a treaty basis or a United Nations Security Council mandate. 2025-12-29
Russia's defense ministry says it repelled a Ukrainian aerial drone attack over the Black Sea. 2023-09-5
Russia blocks access to the websites of foreign government-sponsored corporations BBC News, Voice of America, Deutsche Welle and Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty for spreading so-called "false information" about the "special military operation" in Ukraine. Russia also blocks access to Facebook and Twitter for the same reason. 2022-03-4
U.S. President Joe Biden rules out deploying American troops unilaterally to Ukraine in order to deter a potential Russian invasion, saying that the option "was not on the table". 2021-12-8
The European Union accuses Russia of "weaponizing" gas prices in order to "bully" Moldova after negotiations between the two countries failed following the expiration of a Moldovan contract with Gazprom. The Kremlin denied the accusations. 2021-10-28
Six people are killed and around 20 more are wounded in a mass shooting at Perm State University in Perm, Perm Krai, Russia. The gunman, an 18-year-old student at the university, has been arrested. 2021-09-20
The Verkhovna Rada passes a law banning registration of the Sputnik V vaccine developed by Russia. 2021-01-29
The Syrian Army's Tiger Forces with Russian air support enters and takes control of the city of Saraqib, and the nearby town of Sarmin, after rebel forces withdrew from the area. 2020-02-6
A knife fight between students breaks out in a school in Perm, Russia. Twelve injured are reported, with three of them in serious condition. 2018-01-15
NATO announces it will hold a meeting of the NATO–Russia Council at the ambassadorial level at NATO headquarters in Brussels in the next two weeks after a two-year break since NATO cut all practical cooperation with Russia in 2014. 2016-04-8