Russia Desk

The Russia Desk leads The Eastern Herald's coverage of Russia, the war in Ukraine, NATO's eastern flank, and the post-Soviet space. The desk has reported continuously on the Russia-Ukraine conflict since its full-scale expansion in February 2022 and verifies through Kremlin statements, NATO briefings.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during a press conference amid controversy over Politico Europe's refusal to publish his article

Lavrov Says Russia Will Work With Allies to Blunt Western Pressure

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Russia and like-minded nations would keep countering Western sanctions and pressure he described as violations of the UN Charter, in remarks to a Moscow legal forum.

June 29, 2026

by Russia Desk

Nakhimov Square in Sevastopol, Crimea, the city at the centre of Ukraine's 40-day drone pressure campaign and now under a state of emergency

Russia Downs 660 Drones as Zelensky Launches Formal 40-Day Crimea Campaign

Ukraine launched 660 drones overnight in the heaviest barrage of the war as Zelensky formally approved a 40-day SBU campaign targeting Crimea's military infrastructure. Russia claimed to intercept all of them and declared a peninsula-wide state of emergency.

June 29, 2026

by Russia Desk

Ukrainian drone strikes have targeted Russian energy infrastructure, including the Moscow Oil Refinery

Ukraine Strikes the Moscow Refinery Again, and Russia Promises a Heavier Reply

Ukraine struck the Moscow Oil Refinery for the second time in a week, part of a

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova comments on Armenia's decision to delay initiatives involving Moscow.

Zakharova Says Armenia Is Shelving Some Russia-Linked Initiatives

Russia has delayed or frozen several initiatives involving Armenia because of decisions taken in Yerevan, according

The bathyscaphe lost in the Atlantic lacks oxygen

Disappeared in the North Atlantic Ocean bathyscaphe “Titan”, which dived towards the wreck of the “Titanic”, lacked oxygen: this stems from calculations US Coast Guard, that the oxygen supply inside the underwater

June 22, 2023

News

Ilya Titov: In the next two years, no country will be able to overtake China in terms of car export share

China topped the global car export rankings in the first quarter of this year. This is reported by journalists from the publication Expert, with reference to data from the Association of Korean

June 22, 2023

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Geneticists have discovered why astronauts in weightlessness are more likely to get sick

Scientists have found out why astronauts in orbit have a sharp decrease in immunity and health problems begin. The reason for everything is the work of leukocyte genes, which significantly alter their

June 22, 2023

News

“He brought a machine gun and a German head.” What kind of prisoners were sent to war

Both during the First World War and during the Great Patriotic War, prisoners of Russian and Soviet penitentiaries wrote petitions to send to the front. However, contrary to popular belief, they were

June 22, 2023

News

Media Council expands cooperation with Chinese universities

Chinese students again became participants in the SputnikPro educational project. This time, Dalian University of Foreign Studies joined the project. For more than 50 students of the Institute of Journalism and Communication,

June 22, 2023

News

Authorities of the Kherson region and Crimea reported damage to the bridge between the regions

The Ukrainian armed forces fired at bridges on the administrative border between the Kherson region and Crimea, using, according to preliminary data, Storm Shadow missiles, reported Acting Governor of Kherson region Volodymyr

June 22, 2023

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Biden’s statement on ‘dictator’ Xi Jinping surprised US officials

Senior US officials were caught off guard when US President Joe Biden called Chinese President Xi Jinping a dictator. According to NBC News, officials have privately tried to clarify that the US

June 22, 2023

Government and Politics·News

Disappeared on the way to the bathyscaphe “Titanic” was supposed to collect DNA samples near the sunken ship

Bathyscaphe “Titan”, which disappeared in the Atlantic Ocean on the way to the wreck of the “Titanic”, had to take water samples from the crash site of the ship. How writing newspaper

June 22, 2023

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Attack on the Chongar Bridge. What is known

On the morning of June 22, the head of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, announced an attack on the Chongar bridge, located on the administrative border between the Kherson region and the peninsula. Acting

June 22, 2023

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Cosmetologist RF Entel spoke about the causes of wrinkles in youth

Cosmetologist, dermatovenereologist of the clinic of aesthetic medicine “Time of Beauty”, candidate of medical sciences Tatyana Entel told “Izvestia” about the causes of wrinkles in youth. According to the expert, the appearance

June 22, 2023

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Lavrov Says Russia Will Work With Allies to Blunt Western Pressure

Russia Downs 660 Drones as Zelensky Launches Formal 40-Day Crimea Campaign

Ukraine Strikes the Moscow Refinery Again, and Russia Promises a Heavier Reply

Zakharova Says Armenia Is Shelving Some Russia-Linked Initiatives

The bathyscaphe lost in the Atlantic lacks oxygen

Ilya Titov: In the next two years, no country will be able to overtake China in terms of car export share

Geneticists have discovered why astronauts in weightlessness are more likely to get sick

“He brought a machine gun and a German head.” What kind of prisoners were sent to war

Media Council expands cooperation with Chinese universities

Authorities of the Kherson region and Crimea reported damage to the bridge between the regions

Biden’s statement on ‘dictator’ Xi Jinping surprised US officials

Disappeared on the way to the bathyscaphe “Titanic” was supposed to collect DNA samples near the sunken ship

Attack on the Chongar Bridge. What is known

Cosmetologist RF Entel spoke about the causes of wrinkles in youth

Radical Islam is being appreciated by Indian authorities too

Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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