Russia

The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), in a scathing statement, has called for the release of US basketball star Brittney Griner.

Sadhna Yadav Oct 26, 2022

More than 100 Ukrainian women are testifying to their government regarding their traumatic experience with the Russian soldiers.

Jastine Beatrice Yap Oct 18, 2022

A 47-year-old underworld criminal who was released by the Russian government so he could go and fight in Ukraine was shot dead after he tried to escape the war.

Sadhna Yadav Oct 13, 2022

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has often come under fire for his controversial tweets, and this time it is Ukraine's president whom he has managed to displease.

Sadhna Yadav Oct 04, 2022

A 27-year-old Russian rapper who was against Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine took his own life to avoid being drafted into the war.

Sadhna Yadav Oct 04, 2022

A Russian woman reportedly stabbed her 4-year-old daughter and tried to take her own life after learning that her husband was to be conscripted.

Sadhna Yadav Sep 28, 2022

Thousands of people have taken to the streets in Russia to hold demonstration against the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Sadhna Yadav Sep 22, 2022

Ukrainian officials have accused Russia of carrying out "blatant genocide" in the recently liberated Balakliya town in the Kharkiv oblast

Sadhna Yadav Sep 15, 2022

A half-paralysed polar bear with several gunshot wounds to its body was found lying in a ditch.

Sadhna Yadav Sep 08, 2022

A British man who had travelled to Ukraine to offer his services as a medic has been killed while volunteering, according to his family.

Sadhna Yadav Sep 01, 2022

A 28-year-old Russian woman, Veronika Khomchuk, has been accused of kidnapping a 7-year-old girl so her boyfriend could rape the girl.

Sadhna Yadav Aug 30, 2022

Russia has vowed to avenge the "assassination" of Darya Dugina, the daughter of Vladimir Putin's spiritual guru Alexander Dugin.

Sadhna Yadav Aug 22, 2022

A court in Russia has sentenced a paedophile to 19 years in prison for sexually abusing a 7-year-old boy and holding him hostage for 52 days.

Sadhna Yadav Jul 05, 2022

A woman from Serbia allegedly killed her husband and hid his head in a barrel inside the family barn.

Sadhna Yadav Jul 04, 2022

Russia has arrested a 33-year-old belly dancer named Yekaterina 'Katya' Zavalishina, in connection with an espionage case.

Sadhna Yadav Jun 17, 2022

Russia has barred as many as 29 UK journalists, including journalists from the BBC, the Guardian, Times and the Independent, from entering the country.

Sadhna Yadav Jun 15, 2022

A former British soldier, who was discharged from service in March, has died fighting Russian forces in Ukraine, according to a statement from his family.

Sadhna Yadav Jun 13, 2022

Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has dismissed all rumours around Vladimir Putin's health.

Sadhna Yadav May 31, 2022

A top Ukrainian official has claimed that Russian president Vladimir Putin had managed to survive an assassination attempt two months ago.

Sadhna Yadav May 25, 2022

As many as 200 rotting corpses were found in the basement of an apartment building in Mariupol.

Sadhna Yadav May 25, 2022

The first Russian soldier on trial for war crimes committed after the Russian invasion of Ukraine has pleaded guilty and now faces a possible a life imprisonment in Kyiv.

Sadhna Yadav May 19, 2022

McDonald's has decided to shut shop in Russia more than 30 years after it first opened its operations in the country. It has now joined the list of firms that have stopped offering their services in the country.

Sadhna Yadav May 17, 2022

A Russian oligarch was secretly recorded saying Russian President Vladimir Putin has blood cancer, according to media reports.

Sadhna Yadav May 16, 2022

Patron, a two-and-a-half-year-old mine-sniffing dog, has been awarded by Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky for his services to the country since the beginning of Russia-Ukraine war.

Sadhna Yadav May 10, 2022

British YouTube travel vlogger Benjamin Rich, famous for exploring some of the dangerous parts of the world, was arrested at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, according to Russian authorities.

Sadhna Yadav May 09, 2022

This marks the end of the highly successful Roman Abramovich era at Stamford Bridge

Christine Caparras May 08, 2022

Four people, including two children, died after a man opened fire at a kindergarten in Russia's central Ulyanovsk region on Tuesday.

Sadhna Yadav Apr 27, 2022

A man who forced his friend to kill himself after he found out that he had allegedly sexually abused his six-year-old daughter has been jailed for 18 months.

Sadhna Yadav Apr 21, 2022

A Russian artist faces up to 10 years in jail for protesting against the country's invasion of Ukraine. A local court has put her behind bars for spreading "fake news."

Sadhna Yadav Apr 14, 2022

A Ukrainian mother fleeing war was left with no option but to scribble her family's contact details on her two-year-old daughter Vera's back.

Sadhna Yadav Apr 12, 2022