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Major Kuzbass Coal Mine Halts Operations, Leaving Hundreds Without Pay

The suspension highlights growing instability in Russia’s coal heartland.

Financial Insecurity Is Russians' Top Reason Not to Start a Family – Poll

Among the 1,200 respondents aged 18 to 49, 79% chose financial circumstances as a deterrent to having children.

Leading Russian Coal Producer to Receive State Support Amid Deepening Industry Crisis

Mechel chief executive Oleg Korzhov said the industry is facing “significant difficulties,” and coal producers are bracing for a downturn in sales...

Mariupol Children Undergo Pro-Russian Indoctrination at St. Petersburg ‘Wellness Camps’

Billed as health and wellness retreats, the camps teach children to develop respect and love for the country that occupies their home city.

Prosecutors Seek Criminal Charges Against YouTuber Yury Dud Over ‘Foreign Agent’ Law Violations

The Moscow Prosecutor’s Office accused Dud of continuing to distribute content online without the required “foreign agent” disclaimer.

Sberbank Approves Record $10Bln Dividend Payout

The lender plans to continue paying 50% of its net profit in dividends through at least 2026, Kommersant reported.

Government Price Caps Put Russia’s Breadmakers in Jeopardy, Producer Warns

Bread prices rose 14.6% last year, a rate one and a half times faster than overall inflation. The government is now considering price caps to tame the...

‘Jesus of Siberia’ Cult Leader Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison

Sergei Torop, a former traffic officer who calls himself “Vissarion,” founded the Church of the Last Testament in 1991 after what he described as a...

FSB Recruits Ukrainian Teenagers for Espionage and Sabotage – FT

Kyiv says it has arrested nearly 200 teenagers in cases relating to espionage, arson and the placement of explosive devices organized by Russian intelligence...

Samara Region Police Open ‘Nazi Rehabilitation’ Probe After Teenagers Sing Ukrainian Song

Media reports linked the criminal investigation to a video of teenagers singing: “Our father is Bandera, Ukraine is our mother.”

Russian Advances Toward Sumy Continue – WSJ

“The enemy is losing 300 to 400 people per day across the region. But they can deal with that level of casualties,” one soldier told WSJ.

Russia Moves to Limit Exemptions for Military Conscripts

The government document on preparing citizens for military service calls for the share of exempt citizens to be reduced to 17.5% by 2030 and to 16% by...

Lavrov Warns West Against Backing ‘Color Revolution’ in Serbia as Protests Heat Up

Thousands of people protested in Belgrade over the weekend, demanding snap elections and an end to Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić’s rule.

Azerbaijan-Russia Rift Deepens After Deaths of Azeri Men in Police Arrests

Law enforcement authorities in Yekaterinburg on Friday arrested around 50 people tied to an “ethnic criminal group,” during which two men died.

Zelensky Signs Decree for Ukraine’s Withdrawal From Anti-Landmine Treaty

More than 160 countries signed the ban. But Russia is not among them and Ukraine says it cannot be bound by restrictions its enemy is not.

Wave of Russian Strikes Wounds 12 in Ukraine

The Russian army launched 477 drones and 60 missiles of various types, according to the Ukrainian Air Force.

Russian Strike on Ukraine's Odesa Kills 2, Wounds 14

Two people were killed when one of the drones struck a 21-story residential building, Odesa Governor Oleh Kiper said.

State of Emergency Declared in Izhevsk One Month After Oil Spill

The cause of the May 29 fuel leak has not yet been determined.

Putin Says Russia and Ukraine Nowhere Close on Peace Terms

But the president said that, despite the “absolutely contradictory” peace proposals, direct talks could help bring each side’s positions closer.

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