3+ hour, 23+ min ago  (326+ words) Beaches in the Black Sea resort town of Anapa will be ready for swimming starting next month as cleanup efforts from the December 2024 oil spill near completion, local officials said Monday. "Today, I signed a decree establishing the dates for…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (131+ words) Dozens of people were injured after a passenger train derailed Friday morning in the Ulyanovsk region, authorities said. Seven coaches of a train traveling from the city of Chelyabinsk to Moscow went off the rails near the village of'Bryandino, located…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (137+ words) At least seven people were injured after a passenger train derailed Friday morning in the Ulyanovsk region, authorities said, though some officials put the toll higher. Seven coaches of a train traveling from the city of Chelyabinsk to Moscow went…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (332+ words) Spanish police have searched two luxury villas on the island of Mallorca that were previously linked to arms industry magnate Nikolai Kolesov, the newspaper El Pais reported, citing sources familiar with the investigation. The searches took place on Monday as…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (247+ words) A former Spanish university professor wanted in his home country for alleged acts of cyberterrorism'said Friday that he has received political asylum in Russia. "I was forced to seek political asylum in Russia in February 2025. As of today, I have…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (223+ words) Russian law enforcement authorities on Monday said they arrested the mother of a six-year-old boy whose severed head was reportedly discovered inside a backpack left at a pond in northeastern Moscow over the weekend. Russia's Investigative Committee, which probes major…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago  (394+ words) Italy's culture minister joined the widow of Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny on Tuesday in condemning an invitation for maestro Valery Gergiev to perform near Naples, warning it could serve as propaganda for the Kremlin. Russian conductor Gergiev, a personal…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago  (257+ words) The eldest son of Vladimir Artyakov, vice president of the state-defense conglomerate Rostec and former governor of the Samara region, was arrested Saturday by Spanish police on suspicion of money laundering, according to Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP),…...