Major General Kyrailo Badanov, head of the Ukrainian intelligence GUR Major General Kyrailo Badanov, the head of the secret service of Ukraine, says that he has informants close to Russian President Vladimir Putin. While giving an interview to a foreign news agency, General Kyrailo said that in today’s era, the head of a secret agency…
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his US counterpart Anthony Blanken met today on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit in Jakarta. In the meeting less than a month later, Blanken raised the issue of China’s hacking of US systems, a day after Microsoft said that Chinese-backed hackers had accessed the email accounts of US…
The High Commissioner told the Human Rights Council in Geneva that his office (OHCHR) had documented the arbitrary detention of more than 900 civilians between 24 February 2022 and 23 May this year. He added that that Russia gave no access to places of detention, “which leads inevitably to undercounting”. The summary executions of 77…
Ukraine has said it will not use US-supplied cluster bombs on Russian soil. Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Raznikov has explained his strategy and basic principles regarding the use of US cluster munitions. They say that Ukraine will not use cluster bombs on Russian soil, but only in areas that are the internationally recognized part of…
Photo courtesy of Twitter Photos of the inside of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s personal luxury armored train have emerged. According to foreign media, these photos were released by a website providing detailed reporting on people connected to the Kremlin in Russia’s presidential palace. Photo courtesy of Twitter According to the research website, the train also…
Yelena Milashina, who works for the independent investigative news service Novaya Gazeta, was travelling with Alexander Nemov when they were attacked on Monday morning on their way to covering the trial of Zarema Musaeva, the mother of exiled opposition activists who challenged the leader of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov. The experts urged Russia to…
2 people injured in explosion at Russia’s explosives manufacturing factory; Photo: File Moscow: Six people were killed and two were injured in a fire after an explosion at an explosives factory in Russia. According to the World News Agency, this factory of explosive materials was located in the Samara region of central Russia. 8 people…
Photo courtesy of American Media Russian warplanes have dropped missile-disarming flares in front of US drones in Syria and flown dangerously close to them. According to foreign media, this was the second such incident in two days. According to the US Air Force, the US MQ-9 drones were carrying out anti-ISIS missions in Syria. In…
The female journalist was a vocal critic of extrajudicial killings and executions in Chechnya; Photo: File Moscow: A Russian female journalist who spoke out against extrajudicial killings in Chechnya was tortured, breaking her fingers and being hospitalized. According to the World News Agency, Elenia Malashina, a Russian journalist and human rights activist working for the…
Photo courtesy of Twitter In Chechnya, a female Russian journalist was subjected to severe torture and her hair was also cut off, after which she was taken to a hospital. According to foreign media, Elena Malashina, a journalist and human rights activist working for the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta, was attacked while covering the verdict…
