The Latest Breaking News from Russia

Nagorno-Karabakh blockade crisis: Choking of disputed region is a consequence of war and geopolitics

Wars have consequences – and they are drastically different for the winners and losers.

The Conversation · Aug 18, 2023

How Ukraine's savvy official social media rallied the world and raised the bar for national propaganda

Just days after the Russian military launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, stories of Ukrainian resistance were already circulating with a ferocity all their own.

The Conversation · Aug 18, 2023

Netherlands says US has approved delivery of F-16s to Ukraine

Washington says the F-16s, like the US Abrams tanks, will be crucial in countering Russia.

Al Jazeera · Aug 18, 2023

Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft enters lunar orbit

Russia’s lunar spacecraft entered the moon’s orbit on Wednesday, a major step towards the country’s ambition of being the first to land on the moon’s south pole in the search for frozen water

The Hindu · Aug 18, 2023

Moscow drone attack: Russia accuses Kyiv of launching attack on business building in central Moscow

Witnesses reported hearing a ‘powerful explosion’ after the drone hit a non-residential building in Moscow’s Expo Centre complex

Evening Standard · Aug 18, 2023

Chess: Carlsen edges closer to World Cup as Indians shine and Russians fail

The world No 1 faces the little-known Nijat Abasov in this weekend’s semi-final, while there were four Indian quarter-finalists and no Russians

The Guardian - UK · Aug 18, 2023

Almost 500,000 troops killed or injured so far in Ukraine war, US officials say – as it happened

Russia’s military casualties are approaching 300,000, a US official said

The Guardian - AU · Aug 18, 2023

BRICS 2023 summit: Common currency, membership expansion, Ukraine on agenda

South Africa hosts a summit of the BRICS group of nations and others in the Global South next week who are seeking to balance Western dominance of the world order while dealing with their own internal divisions.

The Times of India · Aug 18, 2023

Xi Jinping to make state visit to South Africa, attend BRICS summit

Trip will be Xi’s second overseas visit of 2023 and comes as China attempts to expand its geopolitical influence.

Al Jazeera · Aug 18, 2023

‘One big adventure’: the Russian minister who fled the draft to drive trucks in the US

Denis Sharonov is part of a historic exodus as hundreds of thousands of Russians seek to escape Vladimir Putin’s war

The Guardian - UK · Aug 18, 2023