The office of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak outlined the measures in a statement that Britain is banning Russian diamonds. The United Kingdom has announced a ban on importing of Russian diamonds and several types of metal, as well as additional sanctions on 86 people and companies allegedly linked to Moscow’s “military
In the early 2010s, Metro Style, a now-defunct Russian contractor, posted diagrams of Putin’s Secret Black Sea Bunker on their website to showcase their work. You would think that the architects who designed Vladimir Putin’s palace thought of everything. After all, the 190,000-square-foot, billion-dollar complex, perched on a rugged bluff
According to The Moscow Times, YouTube is taking down content that features the Wagner Mercenary Group. The Moscow Times’ Russian service is reporting Tuesday that YouTube has begun removing videos about Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, with the the Google-owned video platform explaining in a statement its policies prohibit videos about “criminal and terrorist organizations”. “We
According to CNN, US officials have confirmed the Russian strike on the Patriot system in Ukraine, but they downplayed the degree of devastation caused by the strike. On Tuesday Russia’s military announced it destroyed US-supplied Patriot anti-air battery in Ukraine during a hypersonic missile strike on Kiev. Widely circulating video appeared to confirm
Mash reported on a new Russian café owned by businessman Maxim Kobelev that sells $8 breast milk coffee. Approximately nine mothers are supplying the business with breast milk. A small café network in the Urals city of Perm has begun brewing and serving breast-milk coffee, Russian online outlet Mash reported
The Russian side is celebrating a big victory, claiming that they successfully took out a US-supplied Patriot missile in a hypersonic strike on Kiev. Russia’s military may have taken out a US-supplied Patriot anti-air battery in Ukraine, which if true would be a very significant first since the advanced Raytheon-made defense
The CIA uploaded a short video in Russian on YouTube and the Telegram messaging app, using them as platforms to recruit Russian spies. After the US Central Intelligence Agency published a video encouraging Russians to make contact via a secure internet channel, the Kremlin said on Tuesday that its agencies
The head of the Anti-Drone Police, which was established by Russia, Roman Uvarov, recently described its purpose as “ensuring the protection of public order” during large public events. Russia has launched an anti-drone police force in St. Petersburg, which is likely to also be rolled out in other major cities, as
The economic war against Russia has partially failed due to Europe having itself paid a high price to effect a partial boycott of Russian oil and gas. There was much mirth in the West this week when Vladimir Putin’s Victory Day parade through Red Square included just one tank, itself