Russia: Recent Russian News Reports - Page 34

Mar 25, 2022 11:05 AM CDT

US, EU Announce Massive Energy Deal

Bloc is trying to cut reliance on Russia

(Newser) - Some of the hit to Russian exports from its invasion of Ukraine is going to become permanent. The US and the European Union have reached a deal that will reduce Europe's long-term reliance on Russian energy, the BBC reports. The EU currently gets around 40% of its liquefied natural...

Moscow Accused of Forcibly Removing Civilians to Russia

Ukraine Says Russia Has
Taken 400K Civilian 'Hostages'

Mar 25, 2022 4:32 AM CDT

Ukraine Says Russia Has Taken 400K Civilian 'Hostages'

Moscow accused of confiscating passports of Mariupol residents

(Newser) - Ukraine is accusing Moscow of forcibly removing hundreds of thousands of civilians from shattered Ukrainian cities to Russia to pressure Kyiv to give up. Lyudmyla Denisova, Ukraine’s ombudsperson, said 402,000 people, including 84,000 children, had been taken against their will into Russia, where some may be used...

Biden: I'd
Be 'Lucky'
if Trump Is
Nominee

Mar 24, 2022 2:00 PM CDT

Biden: I'd Be 'Lucky' if Trump Is Nominee

He also suggests Russia should be ejected from the G20

(Newser) - President Biden said Thursday he thinks Russia should lose its place in the Group of 20. At a news conference in Brussels after meetings with NATO allies over the invasion of Ukraine, Biden said he backed the ejection of Russia from the world forum but said it's up to...

Russian
Journalist,
a Putin Foe,
Killed in Ukraine

Mar 24, 2022 11:15 AM CDT

Russian Journalist, a Putin Foe, Killed in Ukraine

Oksana Baulina worked to expose corruption inside Russia

(Newser) - Another journalist has been killed in Ukraine, this one hailing from Russia. Oksana Baulina died Wednesday during shelling in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, the BBC reports. The 42-year-old, who previously worked as a producer for jailed Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation, had been reporting for an...

Ukrainian Armed Forces:
'Occupiers Are Burning'

Mar 24, 2022 7:54 AM CDT

Ukrainian Armed Forces: 'Occupiers Are Burning'

Officials claim to have sunk Russian tank-landing ship, damaged others in Berdyansk

(Newser) - The Russian-controlled port of Berdyansk in southern Ukraine is burning. Videos shared on social media Thursday morning showed the port on the Sea of Azov, about 50 miles southwest of besieged Mariupol , where several Russian warships were docked, in flames as the Ukrainian Navy claimed to have sunk a Russian...

Russian Military Leaders Aren't Taking Calls From Americans

Russian Military Chiefs
Aren't Taking Calls From US

Mar 24, 2022 6:59 AM CDT

Russian Military Chiefs Aren't Taking Calls From US

'We must avoid a scenario of NATO and Russia sleepwalking into war'

(Newser) - Despite the clear risk of escalation, Russian military leaders have been ghosting their American counterparts since the invasion of Ukraine began. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Wednesday that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley have been trying to set up calls with Russia'...

NATO Says Up to
15K Russian Troops
Dead in Ukraine

Mar 23, 2022 3:30 PM CDT

NATO Says Up to 15K Russian Troops Dead in Ukraine

High end of estimate equals Soviet toll from 10 years of war in Afghanistan

(Newser) - NATO estimated on Wednesday that 7,000 to 15,000 Russian soldiers have been killed in four weeks of war in Ukraine, where fierce fighting by the country's fast-moving defenders has denied Moscow the lightning victory it sought. By way of comparison, Russia lost about 15,000 troops over...

US Now Unequivocal: Russia
Has Committed War Crimes

Mar 23, 2022 1:28 PM CDT

US Now Unequivocal: Russia Has Committed War Crimes

Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the formal determination

(Newser) - The Biden administration on Wednesday made a formal determination that Russian troops have committed war crimes in Ukraine and said it would work with others to prosecute offenders. "Today, I can announce that, based on information currently available, the US government assesses that members of Russia’s forces have...

Russia Finally
Gives US Access
to Brittney Griner

Mar 23, 2022 9:40 AM CDT

Russia Finally Gives US Access to Brittney Griner

State Department rep says WNBA star appears to be in 'good condition'

(Newser) - An American official has now laid eyes on WNBA champ Brittney Griner in Russia, and she's reportedly "in good condition." TMZ reports State Department rep Ned Price on Wednesday told CNN that the US has been granted consular access to Griner by Russia, and that a US...

Biden Heads to Europe for
'Giant Meeting of NATO'

the rundown

Mar 23, 2022 9:15 AM CDT

Biden Heads to Europe for 'Giant Meeting of NATO'

New sanctions against Russia are expected

(Newser) - President Biden is headed to Europe Wednesday for a four-day trip that has Russia and the Ukraine at its nexus. As national security adviser Jake Sullivan put it to reporters on Tuesday, per the AP , "This war will not end easily or rapidly. For the past few months, the...

Banned Chess Grandmaster:
'I Regret Nothing'

Mar 22, 2022 5:46 PM CDT

Banned Chess Grandmaster: 'I Regret Nothing'

Sergey Karjakin was suspended for supporting invasion of Ukraine

(Newser) - A chess grandmaster who publicly supported Russia's invasion of Ukraine has been taken off the board for at least six months. The International Chess Federation says Sergey Karjakin has been banned from competition for bringing the game into disrepute, AFP reports. The ruling noted that the 32-year-old grandmaster posted...

As Belarus' Ambassador
Left Ukraine, a Biting Gift

Mar 22, 2022 4:22 PM CDT

As Belarus' Ambassador Left Ukraine, a Biting Gift

A border guard tossed 30 pieces of silver at Igor Sokol

(Newser) - The indications that Belarus will join Russia in its war against Ukraine may be building. Belarus, which al-Jazeera calls "Russia’s oldest and staunchest post-Soviet ally," has removed all its diplomats from Ukraine in the past few days. As Belarusian Ambassador Igor Sokol passed through a border checkpoint,...

Putin's Goal:
Avoid Being
'Jailed, Exiled
or Killed'

opinion

Mar 22, 2022 1:15 PM CDT

Putin's Goal: Avoid Being 'Jailed, Exiled or Killed'

Russia's president is unlikely to compromise with Ukraine, analysts say

(Newser) - The media has reported on peace talks between Ukraine and Russia—including fresh headlines just this weekend—but as Vladimir Putin targets Ukrainian civilians in a ruthless assault, he seems unlikely to cede ground at the bargaining table. "Putin's own penchant for risk and the patterns evident in...

Navalny Quotes The Wire
After Receiving Sentence

UPDATED

Mar 22, 2022 8:55 AM CDT

Navalny Quotes The Wire After Receiving Sentence

Putin critic gets 9 years after fraud conviction

(Newser) - Update: A Russian court sentenced Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny to nine years in a maximum security prison Tuesday after convicting him of fraud, reports the AP . It wasn't clear whether it would be concurrent with the shorter sentence he's already serving. Navalny's Twitter account responded with a...

Ukraine: Russia 'Wasting Time'
With Demand for Surrender

Mar 21, 2022 3:18 AM CDT

Ukraine: Russia 'Wasting Time' With Demand for Surrender

Russia had said local officials would face a 'military tribunal' if 5am deadline passed

(Newser) - Mariupol is still under siege from Russia, and Moscow on Sunday demanded residents of the Ukrainian city lay down their arms and raise white flags in order to be guaranteed safe passage out of the city. A deadline of 5am local time Monday was given—and not met, the Guardian...

Russian Astronauts Board
ISS Wearing Surprising Outfits

Mar 19, 2022 10:30 AM CDT

Russian Astronauts Board ISS Wearing Surprising Outfits

Were they wearing Ukraine's colors on purpose, or was it a coincidence?

(Newser) - For the first time since Russia invaded Ukraine last month, a trio of Russian astronauts arrived at the International Space Station. But when the ISS hatch opened to let them in, their appearance raised some eyebrows, reports Space.com . Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveyev, and Sergey Korsakov blasted off in their...

Zelensky: Peace Talks, or
Russia Will Suffer 'Huge' Losses

THE RUNDOWN

Mar 19, 2022 8:29 AM CDT

Zelensky: Peace Talks, or Russia Will Suffer 'Huge' Losses

'Several generations will not be enough to rebound,' Ukrainian president warns

(Newser) - Vladimir Putin may have rallied a crowd in Russia on Friday to seemingly support his invasion of Ukraine, but Volodymyr Zelensky was not impressed. In fact, in an overnight video , the Ukrainian president accused Russia of spurring a "humanitarian catastrophe" and once more implored the Russian leader to sit...

Burger King on
Staying Open
in Russia: It's
Complicated

Mar 18, 2022 2:47 PM CDT

Burger King on Staying Open in Russia: It's Complicated

Parent firm RBI says its hands are tied, because franchise partner has 'refused' to shutter eateries

(Newser) - McDonald's is shuttering operations in Russia due to the country's invasion of neighboring Ukraine, so it's not surprising that Burger King would try to follow suit. But there's now a wrench in those plans, as the latter fast-food giant is seeing its efforts stymied by a...

After Theater Bombing, Rescue
Services 'No Longer Exist'

Mar 18, 2022 1:29 PM CDT

After Theater Bombing, Rescue Services 'No Longer Exist'

With 130 survivors but 'hundreds' still buried in rubble, things still look dire in Mariupol, Ukraine

(Newser) - The search for survivors continued Friday in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol, where Russian forces have been accused of targeting civilians by bombing a mosque , a maternity hospital , and, most recently, a theater . Lyudmyla Denisova, Ukraine's human rights chief, told the Washington Post that 130 people have been...

Putin's
'Chilling'
Language
Raises Alarms