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Indictment: Russians Funneled Money to Right-Wing Influencers

Commentators were allegedly duped by Tennessee-based content creation company

(Newser) - Tenet Media, a content creation company linked to right-wing influencers including Tim Pool, Benny Johnson, and Dave Rubin, has been identified by multiple outlets as the "Company 1" named in a federal indictment against two Russian nationals. Kostiantyn Kalashnikov and Elena Afanasyeva are accused of funneling almost $10 million...

Trump or Harris? Putin Makes His 'Ironic' Pick

With wry smile, Russian president names Harris because 'she laughs so expressively'

(Newser) - A day after two Russian media executives were charged with trying to influence the upcoming US election, Russian President Vladimir Putin offered up his choice of election victor: Kamala Harris. In what Reuters views as an "ironic remark," Putin said Russia preferred Harris over Donald Trump, partly due...

Images May Reveal Site of 'Invincible' Russian Missile

US researchers think they've found the launch pad for the nuclear-powered Burevestnik

(Newser) - Vladimir Putin has been boasting of building a nuclear-armed cruise missile more powerful than anything in existence for six years now, and two US researchers say they think they've discovered the construction site.
  • Where: Using satellite images, the researchers have detected a massive construction project near a nuclear warhead
...

Chopper Goes Down in Russia, Killing 22

There were 19 passengers, 3 crew members on Vityaz-Aero Mi-8 helicopter in Kamchatka

(Newser) - Russian emergency officials said Monday they'd recovered all 22 dead from a helicopter that crashed with tourists on board in Russia's Far East. The crash occurred in Kamchatka, a pristine peninsula with numerous volcanoes, known for its rugged beauty and rich wildlife. An Mi-8 helicopter with 19 passengers...

Ukraine PM: We 'Will Definitely Make Russia Pay'

At least 3 killed as Russia unleashes missile, drone barrage targeting energy infrastructure

(Newser) - Russia unleashed a massive drone and missile barrage throughout Ukraine on Monday, targeting energy infrastructure. At least three people were reported killed, and power cuts were reported across the country. The barrage began around midnight and continued beyond daybreak in what appeared to be Russia's biggest attack against Ukraine...

Russia Bans Clooney Foundation
Russia Bans
Clooney Foundation
Aug 21, 2024 2:25 PM CDT

Russia Bans Clooney Foundation

Human rights group declared 'undesirable'

(Newser) - George Clooney and his wife, human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, could face arrest if they set foot in Russia under the current regime. The Clooney Foundation for Justice, founded by the couple in 2016, has been declared "undesirable" and banned from operating in Russia, Politico reports. The foundation investigates...

Eruption Follows Earthquake, Volcanologists Warn of Another
Eruption Follows Earthquake
Aug 18, 2024 1:00 PM CDT

Eruption Follows Earthquake

Residents in Russia's far east are cautioned follow-up could approach magnitude 9

(Newser) - One of Russia's most active volcanoes erupted Sunday, spewing plumes of ash 3 miles into the sky over the far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula and briefly triggering a "code red" warning for aircraft. The Shiveluch volcano began sputtering shortly after a powerful magnitude 7 earthquake struck off Kamchatka's...

Russia Sentences US Citizen to 12 Years for $52 Donation

Ksenia Karelina was charged with treason over donation to pro-Ukrainian charity

(Newser) - Another US citizen has received a long sentence from a Russian court. Dual US-Russian citizen Ksenia Karelina was sentenced to 12 years on Tuesday on a treason charge connected to a donation of around $52 she made to a US charity providing humanitarian aid to Ukraine in 2022. Russian prosecutors...

Russia Jails American for 'Petty Hooliganism'

Joseph Tater has already been hit with 15 days behind bars; another possible sentence looms

(Newser) - An American in Moscow has been given 15 days behind bars, with Reuters reporting that a charge of "petty hooliganism" is behind the sentence. A Moscow district court handed down Joseph Tater's fate on Wednesday, accusing him of minor disorderly conduct after an incident at a ritzy hotel...

Russia Pulls Some Troops From Ukraine to Defend Home

Ukrainian forces said to have gained control of 74 Russian towns and villages

(Newser) - Ukraine's surprise attack on Russian soil has done more than boost morale. Russia has withdrawn forces from Ukraine to respond to what's described as the biggest invasion of the country since World War II, checking off one Ukrainian objective, US officials tell the Wall Street Journal . The exact...

Russia Declares Emergency After Daring Ukraine Attack

Moscow institutes 'federal level' emergency in Kursk after incursion on its soil

(Newser) - Russia declared a "federal level" emergency in the Kursk region following a large-scale incursion from Ukraine and sent reinforcements there on Friday, four days after hundreds of Ukrainian troops poured across the border in what appeared to be Kyiv's biggest attack on Russian soil since the war began....

Russian Chess Player Accused of Poisoning Rival

Surveillance video allegedly catches Amina Abakarova in the act

(Newser) - The world of chess has had some bizarro controversies of late. This one tops them all. A 40-year-old Russian player has been accused of poisoning a rival by smearing mercury on her chess board, reports NBC News . Surveillance video purports to show Amina Abakarova wandering into a mostly empty room...

It May Be a Novel Move in Russia-Ukraine War

Russia says Ukrainian troops have attacked within its borders

(Newser) - Vladimir Putin is calling it a "major provocation." NBC News refers to it as an "unprecedented cross-border incursion." Russia on Tuesday said as many as 300 Ukrainian troops had attacked the Kursk region in southern Russia with support from tanks and armored vehicles. The details remain...

Freed Dissidents Aren't Thrilled With All Terms of Their Release

Ilya Yashin, Andrei Pivovarov say they want to return home to Russia, probably can't

(Newser) - With last week's historic prisoner swap, Russian President Vladimir Putin did more than secure the release of his assassin friend . He also appears to have conveniently "rid himself of some of his most persistent critics," Politico reports, noting several Russian dissidents whisked from prisons inside Russia have...

Russia: Ukraine Slammed Us With 'Drone Barrage'

Nation's Defense Ministry says it destroyed 75 drones in various regions near border with Ukraine

(Newser) - Russian officials on Saturday said Ukrainian forces overnight targeted multiple Russian regions with a massive drone barrage. Russia's Defense Ministry said in a statement that its air defense systems "intercepted and destroyed" a total of 75 drones over a number of regions that lie on the border with...

Neutral Athlete Wins Group's First Gold

Russia, Belarus competitors will not hear their national anthems at Games

(Newser) - The neutral collective of athletes won its first gold medal at the Paris Olympics on Friday. Ivan Litvinovich was not allowed to float down the River Seine on a boat during the Games' opening ceremony a week ago—just like all 32 athletes from Russia and Belarus whose Olympic team...

Ex-Iran Captive Speaks on Gershkovich, Others
Ex-Iran Captive
Speaks on
Gershkovich,
Others
OPINION
Aug 2, 2024 5:05 PM CDT

Ex-Iran Captive Speaks on Gershkovich, Others

Journalist Jason Rezaian says US government should help Americans set free by Russia to readjust

(Newser) - It's been more than eight years since Iran released Jason Rezaian in a prisoner swap with the United States, but if anyone understands what Evan Gershkovich , Paul Whelan , and Alsu Kurmasheva have ahead of them after arriving back in the US , it's the Washington Post columnist. In his...

At Olympics, Griner 'Head Over Heels' About Prisoner Swap

'It's a great day,' WNBA star says of Gershkovich, Whelan

(Newser) - It's been more than a year since Brittney Griner was released from a Russian prison, but Russia was definitely on her mind Thursday as news trickled in about the release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, ex-Marine Paul Whelan, and US-Russian journalist Alsu Kurmasheva. "It's a...

&#39;There Was No Deal to Be Had&#39; Without Vadim Krasikov
'There Was No Deal to Be
Had' Without Vadim Krasikov
the rundown
Aug 2, 2024 7:31 AM CDT

'There Was No Deal to Be Had' Without Vadim Krasikov

A look inside the unprecedented prisoner swap that was months in the making

(Newser) - It was the biggest prisoner swap in recent history , involving 24 people and seven countries. Sixteen journalists, pro-democracy activists, and others held by Russia and Belarus were exchanged Thursday for eight Russians jailed for espionage, murder, hacking, and other crimes in the US, Norway, Germany, Slovenia, and Poland. Here's...

Gershkovich, Whelan Are Back on US Soil

They arrive, along with 3rd freed American, after massive prisoner swap

(Newser) - The United States and Russia completed their biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history on Thursday, with Moscow releasing journalist Evan Gershkovich and fellow American Paul Whelan, along with dissidents including Vladimir Kara-Murza, in a multinational deal that set two dozen people free. Gershkovich, Whelan, and Alsu Kurmasheva, a journalist with...

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