Russian law enforcement authorities launched a criminal investigation into an alleged $12 million fraud scheme tied to border defense construction in the Belgorod region, the Kommersant business newspaper reported Friday, citing anonymous sources familiar with the case.

Former Belgorod region Deputy Governor Rustem Zainullin, four businessmen and

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A court in the Netherlands has actually sentenced a Russian nationwide to 3 years in jail for breaching EU sanctions by transferring sensitive semiconductor innovation to Russian intelligence.German Aksenov, 43, had worked as an engineer in the Dutch semiconductor market from 2015-2024, consisting of for ASML, a leading producer of microchip
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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov defended Russia’s wartime censorship in an interview with the business magazine Expert, describing the suppression of critical information as a justified response to what he called an era of information warfare against the country.

Peskov acknowledged that Russian authorities have imposed an “unprecedented” crackdown

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Russian air defense systems damaged 155 Ukrainian drones in an overnight barrage, the Defense Ministry stated Friday, as local authorities reported a minimum of three people eliminated in attacks.Between 11 p.m. Thursday and 7 a.m. Friday, air defense systems on responsibility intercepted and damaged 155 Ukrainian unmanned aerial cars, the military wrote on
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A funeral service for previous Transportation Minister Roman Starovoit was kept in St. Petersburg on Friday, days after he died in an apparent suicide outside Moscow following his surprise dismissal by President Vladimir Putin.Leningrad area Governor Alexander Drozdenko, in addition to other federal and regional authorities who had actually worked with Starovoit over
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Russia's spending on military personnel reached a record 2 trillion rubles ($25.68 billion) in the first half of 2025, according to new estimates from Re: Russia, an analytical platform run by banished Russian academics.The rise in spending-- driven by enlistment rewards, salaries and settlement for wounded soldiers and bereaved families-- ref
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