The Moscow Times

Putin "stressed that Russia condemns Israel's actions, which violate the UN Charter and international law," the Kremlin said.

The news raises questions over safety risks for Russian artists in exile and ethical risks for Ukrainian artists. But the gallery defends its choice.

The advances are the latest signal of Moscow's battlefield momentum despite calls from the U.S., Europe and Ukraine for a ceasefire.

The case will now be handed over to prosecutors, who will decide whether to press charges against the ship’s captain, chief mate and second mate.

Russia said last week that it would unilaterally transfer the bodies of 6,000 Ukrainian soldiers, a move Ukraine has described as an “exchange.”

Officials said eight laser systems of varying power levels were tested, including compact mobile units and high-power stationary devices.

Activists blocked off part of a highway to protest Andrei Turchak’s plans for scrapping the two-tier system of local self-government.

Russia’s Defense Ministry also said its troops had captured two more villages in the eastern Donetsk region, which Moscow claims to have annexed.

“You’re f****** murderers,” the woman said in a video, adding that if all Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine died tomorrow, she would “drink some wine.”

The Russian stock exchange rose slightly at the start of trading Friday, with oil and gold companies seeing the biggest increases in share prices.

Major Russian airlines, including Aeroflot and Red Wings, had earlier canceled flights to Iran and Israel due to safety concerns.

Ksenia Petrova was formally charged last month with attempting to smuggle frog embryos and embryonic samples into the United States.

An investigation identified six sites where civilians were illegally detained and tortured between 2022 and 2024, though the actual number may be higher.

Two other people were injured in the attack, authorities said, including a man and the two-year-old boy’s grandmother.

In a country where queerness has been legally equated to terrorism, the line between what is acceptable and what is not has blurred.

Russia’s Defense Ministry confirmed that a group of its servicemen had been returned from Ukraine and were now in neighboring Belarus.

Economists had widely forecast a continued slowdown in monthly price growth for May.

Dozens of strategic bombers have been moved to more remote airbases across the country after "Operation Spider's Web," satellite imagery suggests.

European farming groups had opposed the move, warning it could raise fertilizer prices amid continued reliance on Russian supplies.

Tracy, a career diplomat, began serving as Ambassador to Russia in January 2023 under the Biden administration.