Category: RUSSIA News
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Moody’s Declares Russia in Default
Moody’s ratings agency has confirmed that Russia defaulted on foreign debt for the first time in a century after bondholders did not receive $100 million in interest payments. “Missed coupon payment constitutes a default,” Moody’s said in a statement late Monday. Bloomberg had earlier reported that Russia has defaulted on its foreign debt after the […]
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Russia Restricts Pilot Exodus Following Mass Layoffs – Kommersant
Russian aviation authorities are preventing jobless pilots from finding work with foreign airlines, the Kommersant business daily reported Tuesday, citing five unnamed industry sources. Airlines have begun laying off Russian pilots in spring after most international flights were grounded due to the risk of aircraft seizures in line with Western sanctions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. […]
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Pro-Navalny Moscow Deputy Detained After ‘War Fakes’ Trial
Moscow opposition municipal deputy Ilya Yashin was detained late Monday a month after being found guilty of “discrediting” the Russian military, lawyers and journalists have said. Independent journalist Irina Babloyan said she and Yashin were on a walk at a park in central Moscow’s Khamovniki district when police officers took him in an unknown direction. […]
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G7 Denounces ‘War Crime’ as Russian Strike Kills Shoppers
A Russian missile strike on a crowded mall in central Ukraine killed at least 16 people Monday in what Group of Seven leaders branded “a war crime” at a meeting in Germany where they looked to step up sanctions on Moscow. The leaders vowed that Russian President Vladimir Putin and those responsible would be held […]
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At Least 13 Killed in Russian Missile Strike on Ukrainian Shopping Mall
A Russian missile strike on a crowded mall in the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk killed at least 13 people Monday, the regional governor said, updating an earlier toll. Video footage shows plumes of black smoke rising from the burning shopping center in the industrial city of Kremenchuk as dozens of rescuers rush around the […]
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At Least 10 Killed in Missile Strike on Ukrainian Shopping Mall
At least 10 people have been killed and dozens more injured after a Russian missile struck a busy shopping mall in central Ukraine, senior Ukrainian officials said Monday. Video footage shows plumes of black smoke rising from the burning shopping center in the industrial city of Kremenchuk as dozens of rescuers rush around the perimeter […]
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Russian Missile Hits Crowded Ukrainian Shopping Center, Kyiv Says
A Russian missile has struck a busy shopping mall in central Ukraine, officials in Kyiv said Monday, with at least two deaths and 20 injuries among the more than 1,000 civilians said to have been inside. Video footage shows plumes of black smoke rising from the burning shopping center in the industrial city of Kremenchuk […]
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Zelensky Urges G7 To Help End Ukraine War by Winter
President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday urged world powers to do their utmost to help end Russia’s invasion by the end of the year, as G7 leaders planned new sanctions and vowed to support Ukraine “as long as it takes.” US President Joe Biden and his counterparts from the Group of Seven rich nations, meeting for […]
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Pay Raises, More News and Tighter Control: Staff at Russian State TV Work Overtime Amid Ukraine War
“No war” and “They are lying to you” were not messages Russian viewers expected to see during a news bulletin on state-run television. But that was exactly what happened when producer Marina Ovsyannikova stormed a live broadcast waving an anti-war poster shortly after Russia’s attack on Ukraine. “The atmosphere was terrible at Channel One at […]
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Russian Demand Spikes for Pirated Microsoft Windows – Kommersant
Russia-based web searches for pirated Microsoft products including the Windows operating system have skyrocketed after the company halted sales in the country over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, the Kommersant daily reported Monday. The U.S. tech giant behind the software that runs on over 1 billion devices worldwide announced the suspension of new sales in Russia […]
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