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Russians Declare Emergency in Crimea as Oil Spill Reaches Sevastopol

(AP) – Russian-appointed officials in Moscow-occupied Crimea announced a regional state of emergency Saturday after oil was detected on the coast of Sevastopol, the peninsula's largest city. Fuel oil spilled from two tankers caught in a storm nearly three weeks ago in the Kerch Strait near eastern Crimea, about 250 kilometers (155 miles) from Sevastopol […]

FACT CHECK: Image Claims To Show Mariupol Being Rebuilt By The Russians

image Shared by X It claims to show Mariupol being rebuilt by the Russians. This is Mariupol 🇷🇺 Two years after one of the heaviest urban battles in recent history, Russia has rebuilt its city. New homes, schools, churches, and sports facilities. Russia has done more for Mariupol in the last two years than Ukraine […]

Vladimir Putin Tells Russians In New Year Address

In his New Year's address, President Vladimir Putin told the Russian people that Russia would move forward with confidence in 2025, but he did not make specific promises on the economy or the war in Ukraine. At a time when many ordinary people are worried about rising prices and the central bank's 21% interest rate […]

Russians Grapple with Massive Black Sea Oil Spill

Two Russian oil tankers wrecked in the Kerch Strait over the weekend, covering about 40 miles of Black Sea coastline with heavy oil. Several towns along the coast have declared a state of emergency, while furious Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused Russia of causing an environmental catastrophe by sending two “old and poorly maintained” ships […]

Russians made viral video falsely accusing Harris of a hit-and-run: Microsoft

Microsoft says Russians created a video falsely accusing Vice President Harris of hit-and-run. Around Tuesday Report According to the Microsoft Threat Analysis Center (MTAC), Russians recently “created and distributed two fake videos aimed at discrediting Ms. Harris and inciting controversy surrounding her campaign.” One of the videos “used actors to make a false claim that […]

Russians Urged To Have Sex During Work Breaks Amid Country’s Declining Birth Rate

Russia's birth rate hits lowest since 1999 Russian President Vladimir Putin has reportedly encouraged Russians to have intimate encounters during lunches and coffee breaks at work to combat the country's declining birthrate. The initiative comes as Russia's birth rate is currently around 1.5 children per woman, well below the 2.1 needed to maintain a stable […]

DOJ Indicts Russians Who Funded Lauren Chen’s Company

The Department of Justice unsealed an indictment on Wednesday alleging that two Russian nationals working in President Vladimir Putin's administration misappropriated millions of dollars to a media company run by anti-Trump conservative influencer Lauren Chen. ” Indictment The trial, which was opened in the Southern District of New York, charged Moscow residents Kostyantyn Kalashnikov and […]

Ukraine war briefing: Backlash at freed Russians calling for eased sanctions and negotiation | Ukraine

Ukrainians responded angrily Released Russian political prisoners call for easing sanctions affecting ordinary Russians He called for both sides to enter into negotiations. Vladimir Kara-Murza, who was serving a 25-year sentence, called on Western countries to consider whether sanctions against ordinary Russians were “unfair and counterproductive”. Ukrainian MP Irina Gerashchenko also responded, saying: “I no […]

Putin welcomes Russians freed in prisoner swap with Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan

President Vladimir Putin gave Russian citizens freed in a historic prisoner swap with Western countries a hero’s welcome on Thursday as they disembarked from a plane in Moscow, promising them state rewards and talks about their future. As part of the largest East-West prisoner swap since the end of the Cold War, eight people were […]