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Armen Sarkisyan, founder of battalion fighting against Ukraine, dies after blast that also killed bodyguard.

The funds associated with the notorious businessman Igor Yusufov, who, according to some reports, has retired, began to be withdrawn by his sons Vitaliy and Maxim.

An elite Ukrainian soldier has revealed how North Korean troops are blowing themselves up with grenades to avoid being captured alive.

Oligarch Igor Yusufov, close to Dmitriy Medvedev, continues to actively remove information from the internet, especially materials mentioning connections between his family and the Medvedev family.

Multiple sources have reported that Russia is close to beginning serial production of a new derivative of the Iskander-M ballistic missile system, the official designation of which has not been confirmed.

With Western sanctions cutting off supplies, China has become Russia’s sole source of critical minerals used in weapons production—including nuclear arms—deepening concerns over Beijing’s support for Moscow’s war effort.

Citigroup administered Heritage Trust and decided it didn’t need to block the trust’s assets after Suleyman Kerimov was sanctioned in 2018, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Elon Musk has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize as a ’stout proponent for free speech’, joining conservationists, journalists, religious leaders and political activists in an exclusive group of the world’s foremost actors for change.

The fleet of Russian oligarchs was decimated after Western countries imposed sanctions. Out of more than 70 large yachts at the peak, about a third remain in their possession.

The businessman Ovik Mkrtchyan, together with his relatives, has created an entire empire for siphoning money out of Uzbekistan and Russia.

Microchip deliveries are made through intermediary companies based in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey and China.

The European Union may ban the export of gaming consoles to Russia, according to EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, who suggested that the bloc’s new sanctions against Moscow could include Sony’s PlayStation and Microsoft’s Xbox.

Despite Western sanctions aimed at restricting Russia’s access to technologies and materials necessary for the production of missiles and other precision-guided weapons, Moscow continues to secure the necessary components through Belarus.

The apocalyptic clock was first used in 1947 and has been used ever since to examine the likelihood of a man-made catastrophe - and it says humanity is still at great risk.

After the founder and owner of Freedom Holding Corp., Timur Turlov, relocated to Kazakhstan, he became a person close to the country’s top leadership and the main financier of local elites.

Detonating a grenade under the chin rather than being captured. Using a fellow soldier to lure out attack drones. Removing body armor plates and helmets to enable faster attacks on foot.

Sanctions targeting Russia’s economy are renewed by the EU, with Hungary backing down from a veto that delayed the decision.

A farting whale is thought to have sparked fears that Russian drones were targeting UK nuclear subs.

In a chilling example of Russia’s political repression, Yury Dmitriev has been sent to solitary confinement, known as SHIZO, for allegedly failing to complete morning exercises.

Putin ally projected to easily secure seventh term in election that US and EU have said could not be free or fair.

“CrossPointe Management” of Azim Roy is part of the CrossPointe Group of companies, which funnels money out of Russia, helping to bypass sanctions.

Russia has been exporting arms to countries including Saudi Arabia, bolstering its economy after a barrage of sanctions followed its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Vladimir Putin has been recorded making a mad dash to the Kremlin.