NewsRussia’s Ministry of Digital Development proposes exemption allowing security officers and scientists to search “extremist materials” online23 March 2026
NewsRussia ramps up ship-to-ship oil transfers amid sanctions and freezing weather, experts point to weaker oversight and higher spill risks21 March 2026
NewsMacron announces seizure of Russian “shadow fleet” tanker Deyna in the Mediterranean20 March 2026
NewsFamily of former Epstein aide has close ties to Russian state structures, Explainer investigation finds20 March 2026
NewsPhoto of missing Belarusian opposition spokesperson Anzhalika Melnikava published from Minsk gym on anniversary of her disappearance19 March 2026
News“Roskomnadzor should be put on trial”: Belgorod governor voices locals’ complaints over internet shutdowns, says they have led to deaths19 March 2026
NewsU.S. to lift sanctions on several Belarusian banks and companies after Lukashenko releases 250 political prisoners19 March 2026
NewsVolgatransneft loses court case, ordered to pay $395 million in damages over 2024 fuel oil spill from wrecked tankers in Kerch Strait19 March 2026
NewsRussian pro-war blogger Ilya Remeslo locked up in a psych ward after criticizing Putin19 March 2026
NewsNorth Korea supplied Russia with military aid worth up to $14.6 billion, report finds19 March 2026
NewsTwo Russian tankers carrying oil and diesel are bound for Cuba, one nearing U.S. military blockade18 March 2026
NewsPolitical prisoner Vladimir Osipov dies in a pretrial detention center following prison sentence for “spreading army fakes”18 March 2026
NewsRussian Human Rights Council complains to Oscars and UNESCO over the film “Mr. Nobody Against Putin”18 March 2026
NewsPolish court approves extradition to Ukraine of Russian archaeologist Alexander Butyagin, accused of illegal excavations in occupied Crimea18 March 2026
NewsEighteen oil tanks catch fire after drone attack on depot in Russia’s Krasnodar Region, Astra reports17 March 2026
NewsUkraine agrees to EU-backed repairs of Druzhba pipeline to resume oil flows to Hungary and Slovakia17 March 2026
NewsFifteen of the world’s 25 largest methane “mega-leaks” occur in Turkmenistan, says UCLA’s STOP Methane Project 17 March 2026
NewsPutin’s sparring partner and strategic supplier Vasily Shestakov hunts in Spain, unhindered by Western sanctions17 March 2026
NewsRussia will no longer be able to enlist Kenyans to fight in Ukraine, foreign minister says16 March 2026
NewsPutin expands secrecy rules, allowing defense conglomerate Rostec and other state corporations to hide reporting data16 March 2026
NewsNorth Korea supplied Russia with up to 11 million pieces of ammunition in violation of sanctions, investigation finds16 March 2026
NewsExperience from previous wars in the Gulf shows that pollution from attacks on oil facilities can persist for decades, ecologists say16 March 2026
News“Mr. Nobody Against Putin” wins Oscar for best documentary with story of propaganda in Russian schools during invasion of Ukraine16 March 2026
NewsCourt in Sweden orders arrest of the captain of Russian “shadow fleet” tanker Sea Owl I16 March 2026
NewsRussia’s Matryoshka bots spread disinfo about Ukraine-Hungary tension, allege “thousands” of attacks on Hungarians by Ukrainian refugees14 March 2026
NewsRussian LNG carrier Arctic Metagaz remains adrift in Mediterranean after being attacked by Ukrainian sea drone over a week ago13 March 2026
NewsSanctioned Russian mining project in the Arctic is linked to Kazakh billionaires and the family of Deputy PM Yury Trutnev, Arctida reports13 March 2026
NewsAntiwar artists are preparing to push back against Russia’s participation in the Venice Biennale13 March 2026
NewsFormer Russian political prisoner Alexei Moskalev and his daughter Masha enter France on humanitarian visas13 March 2026
NewsICC opens investigation into Belarusian authorities over politically motivated deportations after 2020 protests13 March 2026
NewsRussia’s February oil export revenues fell to their lowest levels since the start of the war in Ukraine, IEA report says13 March 2026
NewsKazakhstan court overturns deportation of 17-year-old Timur Turkov, who fled Russia over his antiwar views13 March 2026