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Protesters in Bucharest rally in solidarity with Ukraine holding flags and signs

Ukraine Drones Strike Wildberries Warehouses Near Moscow, Targeting Russia’s Amazon

Ukrainian drones struck two Wildberries logistics warehouses near Moscow on Monday night, killing at least eight people and leaving marketplace sellers facing more than $1 billion in losses. Reuters confirmed the Kremlin

July 22, 2026

by Russia Desk

Artillery shells at a NATO ammunition plant, as Europe faces a cotton linter shortage threatening nitrocellulose propellant production

NATO Faces Critical Ammunition Crisis as Cotton Linter Shortage Empties Propellant Stocks

NATO has acknowledged cotton linter shortages as a critical obstacle to its ammunition build-up, with Europe's nitrocellulose production at just half the target capacity. Germany and Poland are expanding facilities, but the supply gap may prove too wide before reserves

July 21, 2026

by Russia Desk

Ukrainian President Zelensky reviewing candidates to replace Commander-in-Chief Syrsky

Zelensky Reviews 11 Candidates to Replace Syrsky, Drapaty Emerges as Frontrunner

Ukrainian President Zelensky is reviewing 11 candidates to replace Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrsky, with General Mykhailo Drapaty

Aftermath of Russian strikes on Ukrainian ports and vessels in the Black Sea, July 2026

Russian Strike on Corn Ship Off Odesa Kills 10, Including Four Indian Sailors

A Russian missile strike hit a Turkish-owned civilian corn ship departing Odesa on Monday, killing 10

Metropolitan Pavel said the brothers will defend the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra to the end

The brothers of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra will not leave the monastery and will defend their rights to live and pray within the walls of the monastery to the end. Metropolitan Pavel, vice-manager

March 29, 2023

News·Religion

Scientists have learned about the destruction of the Earth’s ozone layer by geomagnetic storms

St. Petersburg University Physicists: Magnetic Storms Can Destroy a Quarter of Earth’s Ozone Layer in One Day During the day, during geomagnetic storms, up to a quarter of the Earth’s ozone layer

March 29, 2023

News

Without kokoshniks, earflaps, bears: the IOC banned athletes and spectators from anything Russian

The Russian Olympic Committee has found the new requirements imposed on athletes from the Russian Federation to participate in the Olympic Games unacceptable. Athletes from Russia and Belarus must all wear white.

March 29, 2023

News

ROOF FEST opens the rooftop concert season

ROOF FEST opens the season in two capitals. This is the twelfth summer festival to be held in Saint Petersburg and the eighth in Moscow. Singer Elka will open the season on

March 29, 2023

News

Patrushev said the Russian Federation remains committed to the statement on the inadmissibility of nuclear war

Russia remains fully committed to the “Nuclear Five” declaration of January 3, 2022 on the inadmissibility of nuclear war. This was stated by Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation

March 29, 2023

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Alena Trunova: only 7-8% of young people in Pskov are unemployed

Less than 10% of young people living in the Pskov region are unemployed. As the correspondent of “The Eastern Heraldin Pskov” reports, it was during a briefing in the press center of

March 29, 2023

News

Zelenskyy believes that in case of defeat in Bakhmut, Ukraine will be pushed into an “unacceptable compromise”

If Ukraine is defeated in Bakhmut (Artemovsk (Bakhmut) ), then the world community will begin to push Kiev towards an “unacceptable compromise” with Russia. Such notice Express Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyyy in

March 29, 2023

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Russia condemns US statements on support for special tribunal against Russia

Washington’s words about supporting the special tribunal against Russia are a sham. So said the Russian Embassy in the United States. “We have listened to regular statements from a number of administration

March 29, 2023

News

Landfill rehabilitation in Zaozersk more than 50% complete

In Zaozersk, work continues on the rehabilitation of a licensed MSW landfill. The readiness of the drainage system is estimated at 80%. On Wednesday, March 28, the press service of the government

March 29, 2023

News

Roskachestvo found E. coli in 40% of Philadelphia rolls

Roskachestvo found E. coli in 40% of the Philadelphia rolls examined. About this in interview “Izvestiya” said the head of the organization Maxim Protasov. The rolls in the study were purchased from

March 29, 2023

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Ukraine Drones Strike Wildberries Warehouses Near Moscow, Targeting Russia’s Amazon

NATO Faces Critical Ammunition Crisis as Cotton Linter Shortage Empties Propellant Stocks

Zelensky Reviews 11 Candidates to Replace Syrsky, Drapaty Emerges as Frontrunner

Russian Strike on Corn Ship Off Odesa Kills 10, Including Four Indian Sailors

Metropolitan Pavel said the brothers will defend the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra to the end

Scientists have learned about the destruction of the Earth’s ozone layer by geomagnetic storms

Without kokoshniks, earflaps, bears: the IOC banned athletes and spectators from anything Russian

ROOF FEST opens the rooftop concert season

Patrushev said the Russian Federation remains committed to the statement on the inadmissibility of nuclear war

Alena Trunova: only 7-8% of young people in Pskov are unemployed

Zelenskyy believes that in case of defeat in Bakhmut, Ukraine will be pushed into an “unacceptable compromise”

Russia condemns US statements on support for special tribunal against Russia

Landfill rehabilitation in Zaozersk more than 50% complete

Roskachestvo found E. coli in 40% of Philadelphia rolls

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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