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Vatican Walks Back Francis' Praise for 'Russian Empire'

Objections to unscripted remarks come from Ukraine, Eastern Rite archbishop

(Newser) - The Vatican is walking back Pope Francis' words on Russia, while Moscow is walking them forward. As the Wall Street Journal reports, a Vatican rep had this to say about the pontiff's glowing words for Russia's past: "The pope intended to encourage young people to preserve and...

Family Gets 1st Glimpse of Paul Whelan in 3 Years

He reportedly refused to answer RT reporter's questions, leading to retaliation

(Newser) - New video aired Monday by Russian state-controlled media shows Paul Whelan, the former US Marine jailed on unsubstantiated espionage charges in Russia, going about his day in a penal colony. Whelan, wearing a black prison uniform, is seen eating in a cafeteria with other inmates, working on a sewing machine,...

Tests of Remains From Plane Confirm Death of Prigozhin

Russia says Wagner Group leader was indeed killed but does not speculate on cause

(Newser) - Russia's Investigative Committee said Sunday that it confirmed that Yevgeny Prigozhin , founder of the mercenary Wagner Group who led a short-lived rebellion against Russia's military, was killed in a plane crash. Committee spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko said forensic and genetic testing identified all 10 bodies recovered at the site...

This Border Fence Is for Unusual Trespassers

Reindeer keep walking from Norway into Russia, and Russia wants payment for eaten grass

(Newser) - Norway is rebuilding a dilapidated reindeer fence along its border with Russia in the Arctic to stop the animals from wandering into the neighboring country—costly strolls for which Oslo has to compensate Moscow over loss of grassland. Norwegian officials say that so far this year, 42 reindeer have crossed...

Prigozhin Shrugged Off Risks: 'We Will All Go to Hell'

Wagner Group leader routinely donned wigs in recent years, was accustomed to living on the run

(Newser) - The Kremlin insists it had nothing to do with the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin. Much of the rest of the world isn't so sure about that. "To some, the fact that Mr. Prigozhin was able to survive for two months after staging his rebellion was more surprising than...

US Officials Believe Putin Ordered Prigozhin Killing

Kremlin calls suggestion an 'outright lie'

(Newser) - While facts around the plane crash that reportedly killed Yevgeny Prigozhin are murky, American and British officials believe the private jet was brought down by an explosion —and they are increasingly certain that the killing was ordered by Vladimir Putin, the New York Times reports. In a tweet Friday,...

Putin Breaks Silence on Prigozhin Crash

Russian leader offers his condolences, also says Wagner leader made 'serious mistakes'

(Newser) - Vladimir Putin made his first public comments Thursday about mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin since the latter was presumably killed in a plane crash. In something close to a eulogy, Putin praised the leader of the Wagner Group as a "talented person" but also as someone with a "complicated...

Russia Has Bad News for US Journalist
Russia Has
Bad News for
US Journalist
Aug 24, 2023 10:23 AM CDT

Russia Has Bad News for US Journalist

Evan Gershkovich's detention extended until Nov. 30 with no trial date set

(Newser) - Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter detained in Russia on espionage charges since March, had his pre-trial prison stay extended again on Thursday. During what the Guardian calls a "brief hearing" that was closed to the public, the 31-year-old American, the first US journalist to be detained on...

Prigozhin&#39;s Death Exposes &#39;Mafia-Like State&#39;
'This Is No
Coincidence,
Comrade'
OPINION
Aug 24, 2023 6:48 AM CDT

'This Is No Coincidence, Comrade'

Prigozhin's apparent death in plane crash widely seen as payback for Wagner mutiny

(Newser) - Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and his deputy Dmitry Utkin are presumed dead in a Wednesday plane crash that many observers in Russia and beyond believe was no accident. The jet carrying Prigozhin, Utkin, and eight others went down northwest of Moscow two months to the day after the mercenary...

Russia Confirms Prigozhin Was on Crashed Plane

Jet carrying mercenary chief, deputy had 'dramatic descent'

(Newser) - Russia's aviation authority says it has confirmed that Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was on a private plane that went down north of Moscow Wednesday—with no survivors. Social media channels linked to the mercenary group claimed the jet was shot down by Russian air defenses, which the Wall ...

8 Die in Moscow Sewer Disaster
8 Die in Moscow
Sewer Disaster
Aug 22, 2023 7:00 PM CDT

8 Die in Moscow Sewer Disaster

They were trapped by flooding, authorities say

(Newser) - Russian authorities are seeking the organizers of a tour that took people into Moscow's sewer system during heavy rains, with tragic results. In what Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin called a "terrible tragedy," eight people, including a tour guide, died Sunday after flooding trapped them in the sewer...

Russia's First Moon Mission in Decades Ends in a Crash

Luna-25 lander rams into the moon while preparing to land

(Newser) - Russia's first attempt to return to the moon since 1976 has ended in an explosion. The nation's Luna-25 lander spun out of control while preparing to land and rammed into the moon's surface, reports CNN . "The apparatus moved into an unpredictable orbit and ceased to exist...

Russia Charges Another US Citizen With Spying

Gene Spector is already jailed in Russia after pleading guilty to bribery

(Newser) - An American serving a 3.5-year prison sentence for bribery in Russia has now been charged with espionage. Gene Spector, a US citizen who was born and raised in St. Petersburg, allegedly admitted to bribing a former aide to Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich last year. He was charged in...

2 Western Reporters Expelled From Russia

'I was given six days to wrap up my life,' says Politico's Eva Hartog

(Newser) - Russia appears to have stepped up a crackdown on foreign reporters. Politico reports that Eva Hartog, its Moscow correspondent, has been expelled from the country with no clear reason given. Hartog, a Dutch citizen who had reported from Moscow for several outlets over the past 10 years, was told that...

Massive Explosion at Russian Gas Station Kills 35

Authorities have begun criminal investigation in Dagestan

(Newser) - A massive explosion at a gas station in Russia's southern republic of Dagestan killed 35 people and injured scores more, Russian officials said Tuesday. Russia's Health Ministry said 115 people were injured in the blast and subsequent fire, and 35 of them died, including three children, per the...

World Won't Let Russia Export Many Things. Not This

US, Europe rely on Russian nuclear fuel to power their reactors

(Newser) - The US and its European allies are importing vast amounts of nuclear fuel and compounds from Russia, providing Moscow with hundreds of millions of dollars in badly needed revenue as it wages war on Ukraine, per the AP . The sales, which are legal and unsanctioned, have raised alarms from nonproliferation...

Drones Descended on Moscow. Now, on Crimea

Russian Defense Ministry says it shot down 14, jammed 6 electronically; Ukraine is staying mum

(Newser) - Russia thwarted an attack by 20 Ukrainian drones targeting Moscow-annexed Crimea overnight, the Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday. Fourteen drones were shot down by Russian air defenses and a further six were jammed electronically, the ministry said in a Telegram post. No casualties or damage were reported, per the AP...

47 Years Later, Russia to Launch Another Moon Rocket
47 Years Later,
Russia Heads
Back to the Moon
UPDATED
Aug 11, 2023 12:00 AM CDT

47 Years Later, Russia Heads Back to the Moon

India hopes to land around the same time in search for water ice

(Newser) - Russia's first moon mission in almost five decades started off with what the AP calls a "flawless" launch Friday of a rocket carrying a lunar landing craft. The launch from Russia's Vostochny Cosmodrome spaceport in the country's Far East is Russia's first since it was...

Ukraine Peace Talks Lack a Key Player

Ukraine says they're productive; Russia, which was not invited, thinks otherwise

(Newser) - Ukraine peace talks took place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, this weekend, and while Ukraine says the discussions were productive, Russia—which was not invited—has a different opinion. Senior officials from 42 countries, including Ukraine, the US, China, India, and European countries gathered in Saudi Arabia to discuss a peace...

Navalny Gets 19 More Years Tacked Onto Prison Sentence

Opposition leader, already serving 9 years, is convicted of extremism in Russian court

(Newser) - A Russian court convicted imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny of extremism charges and sentenced him to 19 years in prison on Friday. Navalny is already serving a nine-year term on a variety of charges that he says were politically motivated. The new charges against the politician were related to the...

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