Russia

More than 15 policemen and several civilians, including an Orthodox priest, have been killed by armed militants in Russia’s southern republic of Dagestan, its governor says.

The trial is being held behind closed doors in Yekaterinburg, in the same court that next week is to begin hearing the case of Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter who was arrested in March 2023 and charged with espionage.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed a new partnership deal that includes a vow of mutual aid if either country is attacked, as both face escalating standoffs with the west.

A Russian court says the espionage trial in Russia of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich will begin on June 26 and will be held behind closed doors.

Russian officials say Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, will stand trial on espionage charges in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg.

Banned from the Olympics because of its invasion of Ukraine, Russia is running a secret influence campaign to discredit the Games and spark fears of terror attacks.

An American soldier who was accused of stealing from his girlfriend during an unauthorized trip to Russia, has pleaded guilty to theft, Russian media reported Wednesday.

“My motherly instincts told me something was wrong with her,” Melody Jones said of her son’s Russian girlfriend.

The soldier, who was stationed in Korea and traveled to Russia on his own, is accused of stealing from a woman.

Authorities in Russia’s Far East have called off a two-week-long rescue effort to reach 13 workers trapped deep underground in a collapsed gold mine and declared them dead.

The Moscow concert hall attack a week ago that left more than 140 people dead was a major blunder for Russia’s law enforcement agencies.

Evan Gershkovich’s sister Danielle and Wall Street Journal editor Paul Beckett discuss Evan’s imprisonment in Russia on the one year anniversary of his being arrested.

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, accused by Russia of espionage, has spent a year in a Russian prison.

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich marks a year behind bars on Friday following his arrest by Russian authorities who accuse him of espionage but have offered no supporting evidence.

The death toll from last week’s Moscow concert hall attack rose to 143, Russian authorities said Wednesday. Around 80 other people wounded in the siege by gunmen remain hospitalized.

When discussing the biggest threats facing the United States these days, U.S. intelligence officials invariably mention China and Russia, then often segue to cyberattacks, pandemics and climate change.

Four men accused of staging the Russia concert hall attack that killed more than 130 people appeared before a Moscow court Sunday showing signs of severe beatings as they faced formal terrorism charges.

Russia is observing a national day of mourning that comes two days after an attack on a suburban Moscow concert hall that killed more than 130 people.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says authorities arrested four men suspected of carrying out the attack on a suburban Moscow concert hall that killed at least 133 people and believe they were fleeing to Ukraine.

Several gunmen wearing camouflage burst into a concert hall on the edge of Moscow Friday, opening fire at visitors with automatic gunfire.