The Moscow Times

While the disruptions have sparked widespread public frustration, many Russians have turned to humor to cope with the crisis.

Another 18 people were said to have been wounded in the afternoon attack on an open-air market in the city of Tokmak.

The survey, conducted between June 22 and June 28, shows Putin’s job approval rating dropping to 66.9%, down from 70.4% the prior week.

In May, a judge sentenced Ksenia Belousova to three years and 25 days in prison after finding her guilty of offending the feelings of religious believers.

Alexander Neradko led Rosaviatsia from 2009 until he was removed for undisclosed reasons in September 2023.

Two of those wounded and hospitalized were identified as Rylsk District head Vladimir Kovalchuk and Sergei Besedin, the director of a municipal maintenance department.

Major General Alexander Dembitsky headed a recently created army corps within the Leningrad Military District, RBC reported.

Authorities in the Belgorod and Bryansk border regions reported one death each during overnight air attacks.

Putin first proposed holding hockey matches between Russian and American players during a phone call with Trump in March 2025.

The Booker Prize will be renamed the Bukhman International Booker Prize and the prize money for the winning author and translator will be doubled.

Though United Russia is expected to dominate, the elections could offer insight into how the war in Ukraine has affected Russian politics.

Elena Perepelitsa was detained in connection with donations she allegedly made to a banned organization, the party said.

Belarusian state media reported that the bus was carrying 19 passengers and the two drivers when it was struck on the Russian side of the border at around noon local time.

The average price of gasoline in the Crimean port city reached the equivalent of $5.80 per gallon on June 29, according to new Rosstat data.

Long-delayed funeral processions for Iran’s late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will begin on Saturday in Tehran and conclude on July 9.

Earlier, the EU had threatened to include the Kulevi refinery in its 20th sanctions package over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Serhii K. is accused of acting on behalf of Ukrainian government entities alongside other military personnel to sabotage the undersea pipelines in 2022.

The diplomatic mission said one of the drones was carrying a “fake improvised explosive device” when it fell onto its premises.

Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed it hit military and energy facilities in Ukraine in retaliation for recent attacks on its own infrastructure.

The strike targeted a bridge crossing the Malyi Kalchyk river near the village of Hranitne, Kremlin-backed authorities said.