A correspondent working for the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) in Russia has been arrested in the city of Ekaterinburg in the Urals, the FSB security service announced on Thursday.Evan Gershkovich, who previously worked for the Moscow Times and AFP in the R…
Russian athletes have undoubtedly made their mark on sports worldwide – so much so that some moves in their chosen disciplines have been named in their honor because of the way they popularized or introduced them. Here, we look at five sports moves nam…
The West will not succeed in its attempts to drag Türkiye into a conflict with Russia, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said.“We’re experiencing a world marked by crises and wars. We’ve been able to build a strong, independent Türkiye in this environ…
A senior bishop in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) has issued a strongly-worded rebuke to President Vladimir Zelensky over his role in a crackdown that is gripping the country’s largest religious denomination.“I am telling you, Mr President, and yo…
Major oil companies have made record profits as a result of the conflict in Ukraine and should pay to rebuild the country’s war-torn infrastructure, Ukrainian Minister of Energy German Galushchenko said on Wednesday in an interview with Politico.Accord…
Ukraine has made great progress on its EU-accession path and now the bloc has to reform itself to incorporate the country into its membership, Kiev’s top diplomat Dmitry Kuleba has said.The foreign minister made the remarks on Thursday as he spoke at a…
Ukrainian-speaking children in Russia should be provided with opportunities to study their native language, Russian Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova has said.In an interview with RIA Novosti published on Thursday, Moskalkova touched on the …
A counteroffensive by Ukraine that has been much-anticipated should not be considered as a make-or-break moment in its conflict with Russia, Kiev’s Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba has said, urging his country’s foreign backers to maintain their support …
On this episode of The Cost of Everything, we take a closer look at the surprising cost of global infertility. While many so-called experts complain about overpopulation, more and more countries are falling below replacement fertility rates. Host Chris…
The Bank of Russia had been preparing for an escalation of Western sanctions since 2014 and was beefing up additional funds as a hedge against future restrictions on its foreign exchange reserves, the regulator revealed on Wednesday.Amid “increasing ge…