The site lost its connection to the grid on Sept. 23, marking the longest outage of external power supply to the facility since Russia invaded Ukraine.
The Avangard factory, located in the city of Sterlitamak, reportedly produces weapons and ammunition for Russia's war in Ukraine.
Zelensky left empty-handed as Trump eyes a fresh diplomatic breakthrough on the back of last week's Gaza peace deal.
“They were repelling Ukrainian attacks so actively that they ended up shooting down their own plane,” Navy spokesman Dmytro Pletenchuk said.
The decision comes days after Italy's top court made a similar ruling, refusing to extradite another Ukrainian suspect to Germany over the incident.
Putin is sanctioned by the West and wanted by the ICC on war crimes charges. That could complicate his travel to Hungary.
Mikhail Kriger has been on a dry hunger strike for more than a week in protest of his treatment by prison authorities.
The Russian army is grinding through eastern Ukraine in costly meter-for-meter battles for small settlements.
Moscow has ramped up efforts to control education since launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
The decision ended a tug-of-war over Yukos, which broke up in the early 2000s after the arrest of former tycoon owner and Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
Media reports said the shooter was a conscript.
RIA Novosti correspondent Ivan Zuev was killed on assignment in the occupied part of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region.
Trump has remained vague on whether he will provide Ukraine with the long-range missiles it seeks.
Kirill Dmitriev said the $8 billion project could be completed within eight years by Musk’s Boring Company.
Media had earlier reported that prisoners' rights activist Vladimir Osechkin was the target of a "liquidation plot."
In his latest abrupt pivot on Russia's invasion, Trump said he expected to meet Putin in Budapest for what would be their second summit since his return to power.
Shaman was among a group of Russian singers and dancers invited to perform before Kim at an event marking the 80th anniversary of North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party.
NATO defense ministers met for the first time since aerial incursions across Europe heightened concerns about potential Russian aggression beyond Ukraine.
“This year, we received over 40,000 applications, twice as many as in the previous period,” the head of Rossotrudnichestvo said.
According to sources cited by RBC, Colonel General Alexander Fomin will be succeeded by Vasily Osmakov, the first deputy minister of industry and trade.
Russia's regions have enticed men to sign up for war with steep bonuses. But at least three regions have quietly decreased these payments.
More than 384,000 drivers were caught driving under the influence in Russia in 2024, according to official data.
Georgia’s Finance Ministry said that the group of Russians had been running a virtual asset service through an unregistered office and using so-called “courier” networks without authorization from Georgia’s National Bank.
Diana Loginova was filmed earlier this week leading a crowd in central St. Petersburg in singing the lyrics to the exiled rapper Noize MC’s hit song “Swan Lake Cooperative.”
Alexander Bortnikov also alleged that Britain and Ukraine were plotting an attack on TurkStream, the only route delivering Russian gas to Europe.
U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had “assured” him India would end its purchases of Russian oil.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said after a meeting with Japan's finance minister that the White House expects Japan to stop importing Russian energy.
A single administrative violation of “foreign agent” regulations will now be enough for Russian authorities to seek criminal prosecution.
The ongoing Ukrainian drone attacks on Russia’s energy infrastructure have reduced fuel exports to their lowest levels since the invasion of Ukraine.
The British government accused Rosneft and Lukoil of either benefiting from or supporting the Russian government through their business dealings.
The alliance launched Baltic Sentry following several incidents of subsea cables being damaged or cut in suspected acts of Russian hybrid warfare.
Much of the cross-border business dealing reportedly involves the logistics and transportation sectors tied to Russian Railways, the state-owned monopoly that remains under Western sanctions.
Konstantin Strukov’s former company, the gold producer Yuzhuralzoloto, was accused of systemic violations that led to an April 2024 dam collapse, which released toxic waste into nearby rivers and contaminated farmland.
Hanno Pevkur said Russia is using actions within its territory, including the Saatse Boot, to provoke Estonia and other NATO countries.
Sources told Reuters that Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa will request the handover of Bashar al-Assad for trial over alleged crimes against Syrians.
Governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev said his angry outburst stemmed from what he described as the official’s “disrespect for the memory of our heroes.”
Russia’s Embassy said the documents were compiled from declassified Soviet sources and delivered at Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna’s request for an “additional investigation.”
The revision marks a 0.3 percentage-point downgrade from the IMF’s July estimate of 0.9% annual GDP growth.
The Moscow Times spoke to five residents of Russia’s second-largest city about how the war has transformed their everyday lives.
Andrei Zhiltsov leads the regional branch of the People’s Front, a movement established by Vladimir Putin in 2011 to promote national unity and social initiatives.
The ECHR accused Russia of preventing people from freely entering the breakaway territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Kriger declared a hunger strike in protest of his repeated placement in solitary confinement.
Authorities said the woman was killed in the village of Belitsa, around 25 kilometers from the border with northeastern Ukraine’s Sumy region.
Viktor Momotov resigned from the Russian Supreme Court last month after being charged with illegally operating hotels while serving in public office.
Ukrainian authorities in the southern Kherson region said no one was killed in the combined drone and artillery attack on the aid convoy.
The FSB security service accused the Russian Anti-War Committee of forming a “terrorist” group and plotting to overthrow the government in Moscow.
The vote ended in a spat between Chechen officials and pro-war bloggers, accusations of rupturing national unity and even claims of foreign meddling.
The bronze mask is part of a sale featuring more than 200 works of Russian and Eastern European art dating to the 19th century.
To people from the Caucasus, Muslim Murdiev’s arrest offered validation to their experiences of facing systemic discrimination in their own country.
Four people were arrested in connection with the alleged bomb plot, including three Russian citizens and a Central Asian national.
