Allies of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said on Friday that it was still unclear where he was after prison authorities said he was no longer in the penal colony where he had been serving his sentence. Navalny, a former lawyer who rose to prominence by lampooning President Vladimir Putin’s elite and alleging vast … Read more
Picture Alliance | Getty Images LONDON — Fake TikTok accounts have spread disinformation on Russia’s war in Ukraine to millions of people, new data from the Chinese social media giant shows. Posts on the video-sharing site targeted Ukrainian and Russian users, as well as many across Europe, with content designed to “artificially amplify pro-Russian narratives” … Read more
By Raf Casert and Samuel Petrequin | Associated Press BRUSSELS — The European Union decided Thursday to open accession negotiations with Ukraine, a momentous moment and stunning reversal for a country at war that had struggled to find the backing for its membership aspirations and long faced obstinate opposition from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. … Read more
This incident resurfaced past speculations, particularly in Western media, regarding Putin’s potential use of body doubles in certain public appearances, purportedly due to alleged health concerns. Moscow: The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, appeared briefly lost for words on Thursday when confronted with an AI-generated version of himself. A video of Putin’s interaction with his ‘double’ … Read more
By Harriet Morris | Associated Press MOSCOW — Emboldened by battlefield gains and flagging Western support for Ukraine, a relaxed and confident President Vladimir Putin said Thursday there would be no peace until Russia achieves its goals, which he says remain unchanged after nearly two years of fighting. It was Putin’s first formal news conference … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow was in talks with the United States over detained Americans Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan. In his end-of-year news conference on Thursday, Putin said he hoped to “find a solution” even though “it’s not easy.” His comments come after the U.S. State Department said last week that Russia had … Read more
By Jennifer Henderson | CNN A man has been indicted for being a stowaway on a flight from Copenhagen, Denmark, to LAX on November 4, according to court documents obtained by CNN. Sergey Vladimirovich Ochigava, believed to be a Russian citizen, has been charged with being a “Stowaway on Aircraft.” According the complaint, Ochigava arrived at the Customs … Read more
Seoul — South Korea’s military said Thursday it scrambled fighter jets as two Chinese and four Russian military planes entered its air defense zone, an area wider than the country’s airspace. The Chinese and Russian planes entered and exited the Korea Air Defense Identification Zone (KADIZ) in the East Sea, also known as the Sea … Read more
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy Viktor Kovalchuk | Getty Images BRUSSELS — European heads of state are gearing up for a difficult two-day gathering where support for Ukraine is at the top of the agenda, but internal divisions threaten any significant action toward Kyiv. The meeting comes at a crunch time for Ukraine, as President … Read more
Notably, Tsareva’s body was discovered by her father after he lost contact with her for a few days and went to check-up on her Tsareva was in charge of content on Komsomolskaya Pravda’s website- the biggest news website in Russia with 83.9 million readers in October 2023. Moscow: Anna Tsareva, the deputy editor of Russian … Read more
