Sources: The Moscow Times'' in Russian
The Russian Roskomnadzor restricts access to the instant messaging service Telegram, citing alleged failures to remove prohibited material and protect personal data, and triggers nationwide service disruptions reported by users. 2026-02-10
Hackers from the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine escalate "massive" cyberattacks on Russia's largest banks, prohibiting any cash or credit transactions. Cyberattacks also target Russian public transport systems, internet and mobile providers, and social networks. 2024-07-27
The trial of American basketball player Brittney Griner begins in Moscow, Russia. Griner was detained at a Moscow airport in February and could face up to ten years in prison if she is convicted on drug charges. 2022-07-1
Sources in Russia's defense industry report that Russia will be carrying out three tests of the RS-28 Sarmat hypersonic ICBM during the third quarter of 2021 at the Kura Missile Test Range in Kamchatka Krai as part of flight design tests. Two of the tests are expected to test maximum capabilities for the ICBM with a specified range of 18,000 km and speeds of around Mach 20, prior to final deployment with the armed forces in 2022. 2021-05-10
The United States accuses Russia of bombing U.S.-backed forces in southern Syria near al-Tanf close to the Iraq and Jordan borders. 2016-06-16
Syria's government says a U.S.-led military coalition airstrike on a Syrian Army camp in the eastern Deir ez-Zor Governorate, killed three Syrian soldiers and wounded 13 others. A senior U.S. military official denied responsibility for the airstrike and said that the U.S. is certain it was a Russian airstrike. 2015-12-7
Exiled Russian business oligarch Boris Berezovsky is found dead at his home in Surrey, England. 2013-03-23
Gazprom completes building the second leg of the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline connecting Russia, Germany and neighbouring countries. 2012-08-29
Russia starts commercial natural gas deliveries to Central Europe via the Nord Stream, the world's longest submerged pipeline. 2011-11-8
Russian businessman Vasily Bukhtienko, who established a Joseph Stalin museum in Volgograd, is beat to death by electric shocks. 2010-04-30