As scattered details of the apparent suicide of Russia’s former transport minister Roman Starovoit trickled in via state media on Monday, one stood out. Near his body, the Kommersant newspaper reported,

Poland and the Baltic states also withdrew from the Ottawa Convention despite pleas from some leaders to maintain decorum in the face of Russian aggression.

Between January and June, the number of Russian drone and missile attacks exceeded 23,000, a roughly 605% increase compared to the same period last year.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has started his three-day visit to North Korea as ties between the two heavily sanctioned nations continue to grow.The Russian minister and his North Korean counterpart Choe Son Hui started talks in the resort city of Wonsan on Saturday,

During a rare news conference on Friday, the head of the French military, Thierry Burkhard, said Russia remains a “lasting, close” threat.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peksov has admitted there is "unprecedented" military censorship of the media in Russia, but defended it as necessary in the current circumstances, as Moscow's invasion of Ukraine continues.

Marco Rubio and Sergei Lavrov exchanged new ideas for ending the Ukraine conflict amid Trump's consideration of increased sanctions against Russia and military aid to Ukraine

From 2015 to 2018, she was Deputy National Intelligence Officer for Russia and Eurasia at the National Intelligence Council. JIM TOWNSEND is an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security.

It’s a key refuge for Moscow’s wealthy, including the record producer Iosif Prigozhin. He insists he still loves President Vladimir V. Putin, no matter what you’ve heard.

Russia intends in August and September to fully compensate for previously producing oil in excess of its OPEC+ quota, in line with the existing plan, Interfax news agency quoted Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak as saying on Friday.

One of Russia’s most powerful men, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, is set to visit North Korea this weekend, in a sign of deepening relations between Moscow and Pyongyang as North Korea gets pulled deeper into Russia’s war in Ukraine.