Russian Ruble Surges, Becoming World’s Best-Performing Currency – The Moscow Times
The Russian ruble was bolstered to US dollars at 82.3 on Wednesday, making it the world’s best performing currency, and even the traditional safe haven of gold. Data compiled by Bloomberg shows that since the beginning of this year, the ruble has bolstered 38% against the dollar in the commercial market show. According to the […]
Top Trump adviser says Putin open to ‘permanent peace’ with Ukraine after ‘compelling’ talks with Russian leader
President Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkov, said his high-stakes talks with Vladimir Putin were “persuasive” and argued that Russian leaders were open to “permanent peace” deals with Ukraine. Witkov sat with Putin in St. Petersburg last Friday. Russian President Vladimir Putin will shake hands with President Donald Trump’s envoy, President Steve Witkov, during a meeting […]
Ballerina finally comes home after spending 15 months in grim Russian prison
She came from Russia and had nothing but love. When Russian-American ballerina Xenia Karelina got off a Maryland plane 15 months later in Grimm Russia's prison on Thursday, she landed in the waiting arm of her overjoyed but uneasy fiancee, champion boxer Chris Van Harden. Van Hilden told the Post he was overwhelmed by nerves […]
Russian scientist working at Harvard Medical School, Kseniia Petrova, detained by Ice at Boston airport
According to colleagues and reports, Russian scientists working at Harvard Medical School are in custody by federal immigration officials. The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency is detaining Russian scientists from Harvard Medical School. Getty Images Kseniia Petrova is currently being held at the US Immigration Customs Facilities facility in Louisiana after returning from a […]
Russian scientist detained by Ice at Boston airport
A Russian scientist who worked at Harvard Medical School was taken into custody at Boston Logan International Airport, where he was about to return from a trip to Paris on February 16th. Kseniia Petrova, bioinformatician at the Kirschner Lab, had regained the frog embryo at the request of a professor at Harvard University, a French […]
Ukraine war briefing: Strike into Belgorod ‘destroys four Russian helicopters’ | World news
Ukrainian special forces said on Monday that they had destroyed four military helicopters in Russia's Belgorod region.. The Special Operations Command released drone footage and “worked with the Ministry of Defense, missile forces and artillery GUR to destroy two enemy KA-52s and two MI-8 helicopters in the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation.” The strike […]
Jessica Aber, US attorney found dead at 43, was in charge of cases targeting CIA leaks, Russian fraud
The former US lawyer for the Eastern District of Virginia, found dead on Saturday morning, was in charge of some of the largest cases targeting leaks of the CIA and Russian citizens. Authorities are investigating Jessica Aber's cause of death after the 43-year-old was discovered by an Alexandria Police Department official not responding at her […]
Ukrainian family killed in Russian airstrikes despite partial cease-fire
Russia launched a drone strike of 179 people in Ukraine on Saturday, killing at least three people despite a partial ceasefire being launched a few days ago. The 17-year-old girl and her parents were killed in an overnight attack in the southeastern city of Zaporia. The girl and her father were pulled out from under […]
Poland Charges Ex-Minister For Releasing Plan for a Russian Invasion
WARSAW, Poland (AP) – Polish prosecutors filed charges against the former defense minister on Friday, accusing him of exceeding his authority when he declassified some of the national defense plans prepared years ago under the early government led by Prime Minister Donald Task. Task's government accused former defense minister Marius Blastzak of betraying national interests […]
Three Killed in Russian Attacks on Ukraine Despite Limited Truce
Kiev, Ukraine (AP) – Russia launched a drone attack on Ukraine's Zapolijazia urban city, killing three people and injuring 12 people, Ukrainian officials said on Saturday despite agreeing to a limited suspension. Zaporizhzhia was hit by 12 drones, police said. Regional Ivan Fedorov said the attack on Friday night brought home buildings, cars and communal […]