Mikhail Pichugin, 46, set off in the Sea of Okhotsk on an inflatable dinghy and was later found around 620 miles from his starting point.
The vessel’s owner, Norwegian shipping company Silver Sea, told reporters that it “did nothing wrong.”
Authorities released a video of the man apologizing for his online comments and “warning” others against making similar “rash actions.”
The journalists were accused of extorting a business executive in exchange for suppressing critical coverage.
U.S. officials believe the soldiers could now be undergoing additional training or that Russia may be exploring ways to deploy them to avoid heavy casualties.
Russia’s military said two of its long-range bombers flew over international waters in the Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk.
Investigators claimed that eight women, whose bodies were said to have been found in a basement, were raped before being killed.
“A couple dozen” young female Rosneft employees also appear on escort websites or are listed as escorts in leaked databases, Team Navalny said.
Among the dead were three couples — men and women between the ages of 61 and 74 — Ukrainian prosecutors said.
The detainees reportedly included three former deputies of the state-owned corporation Rosnano, which Chubais led for over a decade.
The suspected arms trafficker was said to be part of a criminal group that has shipped more than 300 weapons from the United States to Russia since April 2022.
“Why do we need to copy Trump? We’re serious people, after all,” said a Russian lawmaker who criticized the suggestion.
Some are calling it the biggest challenge for financing civil society since the Kremlin introduced its “undesirable” organization law in 2015.
Lena Patyayeva staged a protest on Wednesday, criticizing what she described as authorities’ sluggish investigation into the disappearance of her friend Seda Suleimanova.
Berlin has banned direct imports of Russian gas but continues to import it via third parties elsewhere in Europe.
Russian senator and billionaire Suleiman Kerimov is among Russia’s wealthiest individuals, with a net worth of $9.84 billion.
A rise in detentions of Russian asylum seekers has fueled debate over whether the practice is discriminatory or merely how the system works for all migrants.
Serbian protesters have regularly taken to the streets since the deadly collapse of a train station roof in November.
State media reported that champion skating couple Yevgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were among those on board the crashed American Airlines plane.
“It’s madness,” one official told The Financial Times. “How stupid could we be to even think about that as an option?”
By classifying their companies as micro-businesses, billionaires can conceal cash flows and avoid strict reporting requirements.
The SBU said it seized almost 500,000 metric tons of bauxite and alumina that were stored at a Deripaska-owned plant that Ukraine nationalized.
Journalist Andrea Lucidi said he wanted to live in Russia because he views it as a “second home.”
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas urged the bloc to strengthen its ability to counter threats in space.
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong warned that the response would be “unequivocal” if Moscow did not treat Mr. Jenkins in accordance with international law.
Hundreds of people remain cut off behind the front line, with frustration growing over the lack of information from local authorities.
The incident took place around 190 miles southwest of Moscow when five rangers tried to arrest the 64-year-old man at his home.
The earworm-filled track, which has 66 million views on YouTube, has drawn criticism in both Russia and Europe.
Gagik Grigoryan was in 11th grade when he was arrested in October 2023 and added to Russia’s list of “terrorists and extremists” days later.
Exclusive: Ukrainian and European sources told MT that Moscow’s forces took control of the strategically important hilltop city.
Russia sent its first high-level delegation to the war-torn country on Tuesday, with Moscow keen to retain two military bases in Syria.
“We don’t really know what Carlson meant when he said that,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
The number of permanently inaccessible websites in 2024 was twice that of the previous year and nearly five times higher than in 2022.
Prosecutors reportedly reviewed Domodedovo’s privatization documents from the 1990s before filing the lawsuit.
Most of the drones were downed over the western border regions of Kursk and Bryansk, Russia’s Defense Ministry said.
“If [Zelensky] wants to participate in the negotiations, I will send people to take part,” the Kremlin leader told a state TV journalist.
Offers for ESPO Blend crude supplies to China in March rose to premiums of $3 to $5 per barrel above Brent Crude.
Maladaeva discusses her journey as an activist, Indigenous people’s view of Russia’s “liberal opposition” and the future of Buryatia.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry claimed the man was a Ukrainian citizen with permanent residency in Sweden.
Major gaming companies like Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony suspended sales and services in Russia shortly after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
The visit comes as Moscow looks to secure the fate of its bases in Tartus and Khmeimim.
ING said it will incur a loss of 700 million euros as part of its exit from the Russian market.
The Central Bank's key rate of 21% is driving up business debt burdens.
Authorities claim that CEO Vladimir Lukin and several associates inflated the cost of government construction contracts for border defenses.
Russian forces initially seized Dvorichna in early 2022 before it was re-taken by Kyiv months later in a shock counteroffensive.
The Belarusian company Integral is producing microchips needed to build rockets using Western equipment, components and raw materials, an investigation has found.
Police first arrested Vladimir Yefimov shortly after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine and charged him with “discrediting” the Russian military.
Russia has been warming at more than twice the global average since 1976.
Seleznev was jailed for two social media posts criticizing the Russian military’s crimes in Bucha, Ukraine.
“Contacts with the new administration have not started,” Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told state media.
