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Top Strong Armenia candidate Narek Karapetyan investigated on suspicion of holding Russian citizenship

“Hypersonics case” becomes Russia’s largest treason case against scientists, with 8 defendants over the age of 60

Russia’s Defense Ministry publishes videos of college dropouts who became drone operators: “It’s incredible! You soar like a bird”

Exhibition of Orthodox icons painted on Russian soldiers’ body armor plates from Bakhmut and Avdiivka opens in Moscow

Kazakh businessman with ties to Russian banking sector moves to acquire international mining group ERG

Kyrgyzstan suspends 50 companies for the first time over sanctions-risk transactions with Russia

Russian prosecutors reject political prisoner Azat Miftakhov’s torture report

Denmark still building fuel facility for Ukrainian drone and missile maker Fire Point despite co-owner’s claim contract was frozen

President Zelensky calls the largest attack on Moscow and Moscow Region “justified,” urges an end to the war

Moldova’s Maia Sandu links Putin’s decree on Russian citizenship for residents of Transnistria to recruitment effort for the war in Ukraine

German company used Turkey and other countries to supply dual-use goods to Russia for 4 years

Judge who declared LGBTQ+ people “extremists,” Navalny allies “terrorists,” and legalized the Taliban to head Russian Supreme Court panel

World Gymnastics allows Russian athletes to compete under national flag and anthem for the first time since 2022

Russia secures another Airbus despite sanctions on aviation sector

“I can no longer bear to live”: Veteran Russian rights activist Nina Litvinova takes her own life, citing war and repression in suicide note

Russian Groza combat drones are made by firms linked to gardening equipment brands, Systema reports

Russian activist ordered to leave Germany despite pending asylum application

U.S. pushes to restart Belarusian potash exports through Lithuania, foreign minister says

Death toll from Russian strike on Kyiv rises to 24, including 3 children, as rescuers complete search at apartment building

Kremlin-linked Matryoshka bot network spreads disinfo about a looming hantavirus pandemic in Europe, despite scientists pointing to low risk

Russian forces launch record 1,400 drones at Ukraine over 24 hours

Russia’s penitentiary system admits inmate numbers are falling due to military recruitment for the invasion of Ukraine

Canadian intelligence met with Quebec firearms manufacturer Cadex after The Insider and Global News found its rifles reached Russian snipers

Hungarian Foreign Ministry condemns Russian attack on Ukraine’s Zakarpattia, summons Russian ambassador for the first time

Russian oil product shipments by sea hit one-year high in April as overall crude exports rise

Russia’s State Duma passes bill allowing Putin to send troops to “protect” Russians arrested abroad

Russia’s ruling party proposes citizenship for foreigners convicted over support for Moscow

BBC reports first known death of Russian college student recruited into drone forces

Russia’s Ursa Major, which sank in 2024, was likely targeted by Western forces to prevent transfer of nuclear technology to North Korea

Professor Igor Efimov, who helped develop one of TIME’s best inventions of 2025, declared “foreign agent” in Russia

The Insider counts 363 lawsuits worth $265 million against Russian aircraft maker Yakovlev as production of SJ-100 and MC-21 pushed to 2027

Euroclear transfers €6.6 billion to Ukraine from proceeds of frozen Russian assets

Putin secretly awarded North Korean generals for operation in Russia’s Kursk Region, NK News reports

Artist Vladimir Yarotsky jailed for posting a caricature of Putin dies in prison

Man in Kaliningrad burns himself alive at WWII memorial on anniversary of full-scale invasion of Ukraine, authorities cover up his death

Hungary returns seized Oschadbank gold and over $80 million in cash to Ukraine, Zelensky says

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