Putin’s Oil Windfall Won’t Revive His Slowing Wartime Economy - Bloomberg.com

Putin’s Oil Windfall Won’t Revive His Slowing Wartime Economy  Bloomberg.com

Putin restores Soviet secret police founder Dzerzhinsky's name to FSB Academy

Vladimir Putin has reinstated the name of Soviet secret police founder Felix Dzerzhinsky to the FSB Academy, reviving its Soviet-era title.

By Oleksandr Shumilin

Cornish estate linked to former PM William Wyndham saved after £1.2m inheritance tax blunder

The error had ‘grave and unintended tax consequences’

By Richard Gittins

Ukraine has asked Turkey to host a Zelenskiy-Putin meeting, FM says - The Straits Times

Ukraine has asked Turkey to host a Zelenskiy-Putin meeting, FM says  The Straits Times

Vladimir Putin's Oil Windfall Won't Revive Russia's Slowing Wartime Economy

The surging cost of oild ue to US war with Iran is boosting Russia's export income to the highest since the early weeks of Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Ukraine says some Russian missiles fly near Chernobyl, risking major accident

Russia has repeatedly launched drones and missiles on a flight path near the disused Chernobyl nuclear plant during attacks on Ukraine, elevating the risk of a major accident, Ukraine’s top state prosecutor told Reuters. Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko detailed the previously unreported Russian military activity near Ukrainian nuclear sites in written remarks, as Ukraine prepares […]

Ukraine says some Russian missiles fly near Chernobyl, risking major incident

Since July 2024, Ukraine's top prosecutor said radars had detected at least 92 Russian drones that flew ‌within a 5-km radius of the Chernobyl plant's radiation shield.

Baltic states ask Ukraine to help reduce tensions over Russian threats, says Sybiha

Ukraine will assist Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia amid Russia’s information attacks and accusations regarding the provision of airspace to Ukrainian drones.