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[ad_1] MOSCOW — A Moscow city court on Tuesday dismissed American journalist Evan Gershkovich’s appeal to be released from a high-security jail where he is being held on espionage charges. Gershkovich’s defense team had requested that the Wall Street Journal correspondent be transferred to house arrest, another jail or released on bail. Although the…
[ad_1] Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday condemned Russians forces as “beasts” over the execution of a Ukrainian soldier, who appeared to be beheaded while still alive in a video published on social media. Zelenskyy’s reaction comes as Kyiv is ramping up diplomatic pressure over Moscow’s presence in international forums ranging from the U.N. Security…
[ad_1] The pope’s Easter message is known by its Latin name, ”Urbi et Orbi,” which means “to the city and the world.” Since Russia invaded neighboring Ukraine in February 2022, Francis has repeatedly called for the fighting to end and sought prayers for the “martyred” Ukrainian people. Ukrainian diplomats have complained that he hasn’t come…
[ad_1] San Francisco: Microsoft will pay $3 million in penalty in the US for selling software to sanctioned companies in Russia, Cuba, Iran and Syria from 2012 to 2019. The majority of the apparent violations involved blocked Russian entities or persons located in the Crimea region of Ukraine, and occurred as a result of the…
[ad_1] London: The Russian rouble has fallen to its lowest value for a year, since shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine, according to a media report. The currency slid to 82 roubles against the US dollar on the Moscow Stock Exchange (MOEX), BBC reported. Russia has been hit with massive economic sanctions since it began an…
[ad_1] Moscow: More than 220 miners working underground at the Obukhovskaya coal mine in southern Russia’s Rostov region have been evacuated after smoke occurred at the mine. The smoke occurred at a substation of the coal mine but caused no open fire. A ventilation system has been activated, TASS news agency reported on Sunday, citing…
[ad_1] Russian military. St Petersburg: A military blogger, who used to report on the situation in Donbass region where the Russian and Ukrainian forces are currently fighting, was killed in an explosion in a cafe in St Petersburg on Sunday, reports said. Blogger ‘Vladlen Tatarsky’ (real name Maksim Fomin), was killed in the incident at…
[ad_1] Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is escorted by officers from the Lefortovsky court to a bus, in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 30, 2023. | Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP Photo Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, the State Department said Sunday, calling for the release of Evan Gershkovich, the Wall…
[ad_1] An explosion in St. Petersburg killed Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky on Sunday, according to media reports. The Russian Interior Ministry confirmed the incident, the BBC reported. It is not clear who was responsible for the blast. At least 16 people were injured in the attack at the Street Bar Cafe, according to the…
[ad_1] MOSCOW — Jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is “cheerful” and doing well as he sits in pre-trial detention, a Russian prison watchdog claimed Monday — the first report on his condition since his arrest on espionage charges. “At the time of my visit, he was cheerful, there were a lot of jokes…