The Latest Breaking News from Russia

Russian, South African and US athletes get rushed Australian citizenships ahead of 2024 Olympics

Exclusive: Government fast-tracked applications of canoeist, wrestler and water polo player backed by AOC

The Guardian - AU · Oct 20, 2023

European leaders seethe over Putin-Orbán meeting

Czech president calls on western capitals not to fall for Russian leader’s tactic to break European unity

The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2023

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 604

As the war enters its 604th day, these are the main developments.

Al Jazeera · Oct 20, 2023

Biden appeals for more funding for Ukraine and Israel in rare Oval Office address

President Biden has said he wants "unprecedented" aid for Israel and enough funding for Ukraine to continue its fight against Russia. But he faces hurdles in the Republican-controlled House.

WEKU · Oct 19, 2023

Russia charges Radio Free Europe editor with failing to register as a 'foreign agent'

Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva is the second U.S. journalist to be detained in Russia this year. Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested for alleged spying in March.

WEKU · Oct 19, 2023

How to watch Joe Biden’s Oval Office address

President Joe Biden will speak directly to Americans about the US’s involvement in the Israel-Hamas and Ukraine-Russia conflicts

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2023

Russian fighters ‘scrambled over Black Sea to prevent British warplanes approaching Russian airspace’

Russia said the jets were sent to intercept ‘three air targets’ approaching Russian airspace near the Black Sea

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2023

'Russia benefits from the war in the Middle East': Ukraine's FM Kuleba

Amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told FRANCE 24's Marc Perelman that "Russia benefits from the war in the Middle East". However, he said that Ukraine's partners were "confident" that "politically", the Israel-Hamas conflict "should not overshadow what is happening in Ukraine". He…

France 24 · Oct 19, 2023

Russia charges journalist with being unregistered foreign agent

The Committee to Protect Journalists has branded the accusations facing the mother-of-two 'spurious'

Evening Standard · Oct 19, 2023

China is building up its nuclear weapons arsenal faster than previous projections, a US report says

A Pentagon report on China’s military power says Beijing is on track to significantly increase its nuclear weapons arsenal by 2030 and is “almost certainly” learning lessons from Russia’s war in Ukraine about what a conflict over Taiwan might look like

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2023