Citizens of Russia and the Republic of Belarus will not compete at the Winter Youth Olympics in South Korea in 2024 – IOC
Category Eastern Europe
The fortunes of the richest Russians increased by $50 billion in 2023, Bloomberg has calculated
Lukoil founder Vagit Alekperov became the richest - by $9.29 billion, his fortune increased to $24.7 billion.
An exhibition about the “heyday” of Mariupol after its occupation by Russia is being prepared in Italy
The organizers published a corresponding announcement on Facebook. It claims that Mariupol was allegedly under occupation for 8 years, but now it has become "a symbol of the uprising against the Kyiv junta" and is actively developing.
Russia plans to purchase short-range ballistic missiles from Iran, WSJ quoted U.S. officials as saying
According to the sources, the parties are already close to concluding an agreement and, if successful, missiles from Iran could arrive in Russia this spring.
Putin has authorized citizens of Ukraine, as well as citizens of Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and Yemen, to obtain Russian citizenship in a simplified procedure
The new rules do not require knowledge of the Russian language, study of history, legislation, and do not require prior residence in Russia for five years.
On the night of January 4, a Su-34 military plane burned down at the Shagol airfield in Chelyabinsk, Ukrainska Pravda reported, citing sources in the security services
According to the UP source, the Defense Ministry’s GUR is behind it.
The head of the Kazakh community in Moscow, Polat Dzhamalov, has been prosecuted for “fakes” about the Russian army
The case was opened back in September, when Jamalov wrote on social networks about the Russian army’s losses in Ukraine.
Ex-police chief of Yekaterinburg, sentenced to 9 years for bribery, died in the war in Ukraine
Major-General of Internal Affairs Igor Trifonov was convicted in 2022. After the verdict, he was stripped of his rank and the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" II degree.
Putin uses election to show he is still in charge – The Guardian
The outcome of Russia's presidential election is a foregone conclusion, but the visibility of democracy is still important to Putin.
Russian fraudster detained in Argentina
Argentine police have detained a Russian woman Lyudmila Avdyukhina, who was on the international wanted list for a series of scams worth 2 million dollars.
