Sources: The Guardian
Police in Baku, Azerbaijan, raid the office of the Russian state-owned news agency Sputnik, alleging its operations in Azerbaijan are via "illegal financing" after its official accreditation was revoked in February. 2025-06-30
The United States and Russia start talks in Saudi Arabia about the war in Ukraine without European or Ukrainian participation. 2025-02-18
Russia launches one of its largest attacks on the Ukrainian energy infrastructure since the conflict began, with about 290 missiles fired and drones striking multiple regions. The Russian Defense Ministry claims that the attack was in response to a recent Ukrainian ATACMS attack on Taganrog-Central air base in Rostov Oblast, Russia. 2024-12-13
Russia tells its citizens to leave Syria on commercial flights while they still can amid rebel advances in the country. 2024-12-6
Two people are killed and six others are injured in Russian overnight drone strikes on the Kharkiv and Dnipro regions of Ukraine. 2024-05-4
RT France, the French arm of the Russian state media network RT, ceases operation following the freezing of their bank accounts by the Direction générale du Trésor. 2023-01-21
Russia reports a record for the second consecutive day of 57,212 new COVID-19 cases, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 11.04 million. 2022-01-22
Moscow describes Tokyo's decision to impose further sanctions on Russia in the wake of the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 as an "unfriendly step" that may harm "the entire system of relations" between Russia and Japan. 2014-07-29
One of the Grozny-City Towers, the tallest building in Chechnya, Russia, is damaged in a large fire. 2013-04-4
Insurgency in the North Caucasus: The Chechen rebel leader Doku Umarov orders his subordinates to halt attacks on the civilian population of Russia, while leaving military and security personnel as legitimate targets.2012-02-3