
Idling Shadow Fleet Tankers Threaten Baltic Security and Environment, Experts Warn
Unable to pick up their cargo from Russian oil terminals damaged by Ukraine, dozens of tankers pose a threat to undersea cables.
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MBFC: Left-Center; independent Russian outlet, critical of Kremlin

Unable to pick up their cargo from Russian oil terminals damaged by Ukraine, dozens of tankers pose a threat to undersea cables.
Revenue from crude and petroleum shipments rose to $19 billion, a sharp reversal from February, when revenues hit a post-invasion low.
The complex, known in Russian as the Konnyushennoye Vedomstvo, was established under Peter the Great to house the royal horses, carriages and the hundreds of personnel required to maintain the tsar’s equestrian fleet.
At least 200 employees of the Russian-Chinese contractor Petro-Hehua marched through the city of Komsomolsk-na-Amure on Sunday, demanding back payments.
Péter Magyar, Hungary’s center-right leader, unseated Viktor Orbán as prime minister in a landslide election victory on Sunday.
Ukraine's military said it recorded nearly 2,300 violations, while Russia's said almost 2,000 breaches occurred as of Sunday morning.
Popov’s arrest in August 2024 came amid a wider shake-up in the military that saw the dismissal of Sergei Shoigu as Defense Minister and criminal investigations against top brass.
Local authorities said a “powerful bang” was heard in the center of Vladikavkaz earlier in the day, followed by a trickle of reports that an increasing number of people were hospitalized with injuries.
Regional authorities also reported locating and rescuing five survivors with signs of severe frostbite.
The 32-hour truce this weekend will mark a rare respite in the war that has dragged on for more than four years.
The Supreme Court justified the ban by claiming Memorial’s activities are “markedly anti-Russian.”
While the FSB withheld the man’s name, local and independent media earlier identified him as Alexander Andreyev.
Terra Drone Corporation said last week that it would make a “strategic investment” in Amazing Drones, a Kharkiv-based firm that develops and manufactures interceptor drones.
Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the warring sides should defend their interests in diplomatic talks rather than through military action.
On April 2, Urals shipped from the Baltic Sea port of Primorsk sold for $116.05 per barrel, while cargoes from the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk reached $114.45, Bloomberg reported.
The Chechen Republic of Ichkeria is an unrecognized separatist state that existed de facto between 1991 and 2000 during the first and second Chechen wars.
The deadly incident took place at School No. 5 in Dobryanka, a town of around 30,000 people located not far from the city of Perm.
At least seven countries have declined to provide a mate for Timofei the manul, Russian media reported.
A7's crypto network offers a way for Russia to bypass Western financial systems following sanctions imposed over the war in Ukraine.
It is the latest strike on infrastructure critical to Moscow’s energy revenues since the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran has caused global oil prices to surge.
Russia is the world’s third-largest helium producer behind Qatar and the United States.
The case against Dmitry Savelyev centered on a $100,000 payment he was said to have made in August 2023 to arrange the killing of his jailed business partner Sergei Ionov.
World Aquatics said it has restored full membership rights to Russia and Belarus, allowing athletes from both countries to compete under their national flags and anthems for the first time in years.
While the Kremlin struck a measured tone, other officials and pro-Kremlin voices seized on the chance to criticize Russia’s adversaries in the EU.
Asian countries, which rely on oil and gas supplies from the Middle East, have been lobbying Washington for an extension.
The Russian Defense Ministry said that both sides exchanged 175 servicemen in a deal facilitated by the UAE.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Kirill Dmitriev is leading a delegation focused strictly on economic affairs.
The two sides also exchanged POWs over the Orthodox Easter holidays last year.
Regional authorities also reported locating and rescuing five survivors with signs of severe frostbite.
British Defense Secretary John Healy said the tracking operation had lasted more than a month.
The transfer came after officials in Russia said they were nearing a final agreement with Ukraine on a significant prisoner-of-war exchange.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said it intercepted 69 Ukrainian drones across Russia between Monday night and Tuesday morning, including in the Krasnodar region.
The former activists received prison sentences of varying lengths after they were found guilty of charges including extremism and spreading “war fakes.”
In November, lawmakers in Altai passed a law requiring companies with more than 100 employees to ensure that at least 1.2% of their workforce consists of veterans of what the Kremlin insists on calling a “special military operation.”
Investigators claim Andrei Korobka accepted $190,600 from a developer to illegally authorize residential construction on land designated for industrial use.
Many Muscovites say they are still adjusting to a new reality in which periodic outages are part of daily life.
A second child, a girl, survived but was hospitalized for burns, regional authorities said on Tuesday morning.
Smirnov, who served as governor between May and December 2024, was found guilty of taking bribes from construction contractors.
“All the mechanisms are already in the tax code. The only issue is that there aren’t any profits. Many companies are operating at a loss,” RSPP President Alexander Shokhin said.
It is the latest strike on infrastructure critical to Moscow’s energy revenues since the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran has caused global oil prices to surge.
Russia is the world’s third-largest helium producer behind Qatar and the United States.
Authorities said the attack took place in the city of Yelets, where four people were hospitalized for injuries they suffered in the attack.
Sergei Lavrov is expected to discuss the wars in Iran and Ukraine with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.
Failed talks between Iran and the United States over the weekend dashed hopes of a swift deal to permanently end the war.
Iran and the U.S. failed to strike a deal Sunday to end the war in the Middle East, but there was no immediate return to hostilities.
The California-based private research institution is at least the 19th Western university, educational alliance or program to have been labeled “undesirable” over the past five years.
Known globally for its tough-guy wrestler memes, the North Caucasus republic is struggling with its worst flooding in over a century.
The news comes as Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was in Havana Thursday to meet with Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said 57 Ukrainian drones were downed in the Volgograd region between Thursday night and early Friday morning.
The police search is reportedly connected to a criminal probe of the newspaper over allegations that it illegally obtained and used personal information.
The staggering shortfall was underscored by a sharp decline in energy tax receipts and a double-digit spike in government spending.
Known as “Kind Games,” the preschool lessons will take the form of activities dedicated to “spiritual and moral values,” education officials said.
The report comes days before a closely watched election in Hungary, where Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is seeking re-election amid a campaign marred by leaks and accusations of foreign interference.
Cameroon's government said the Russian Embassy in Yaounde provided it with a list of Cameroonian nationals killed in the war.
Thousands of Russian students are studying at universities deemed “undesirable” by Moscow.
The Dutch lender said it canceled the deal after determining there was “no realistic expectation” the buyer would obtain the required regulatory approvals.
Yakubdzhoni Davlatkhon Yusufzoda was among those sentenced to life in prison last month for aiding and abetting terrorism.
The pro-Kremlin tabloid published what it openly described as an “un-Christian” interview with a psychic who claimed to have summoned Zhirinovsky’s spirit by burning a 100-ruble note.
Last year, Beijing lifted visa requirements for Russian citizens as part of a one-year trial program, allowing them to visit China for 30 days without a visa.
All 29 people on board an Antonov An-26 military transport plane were killed when it crashed into a cliff near the port city of Sevastopol on March 31.