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Russia’s FSB says it foiled terror attack on church in North Caucasus

Moscow, Russia Reuters Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Thursday that it had foiled what it called an attempted terrorist attack on an Orthodox Christian church in the south of the country, state news agency TASS reported. According to TASS, the FSB said a citizen of an unnamed Central Asian country had plotted the […]

Russian spy chief says more than 20 arrested over deadly concert attack

Moscow, Russia Reuters Russia has arrested more than 20 people in connection with an attack claimed by Islamic State that killed more than 140 people at a concert hall near Moscow in March, the head of the FSB security service said on Friday. Alexander Bortnikov repeated Russia’s assertion, for which it has not provided evidence, […]

Ukraine says it caught agents for Russia plotting Zelenskiy’s murder

Reuters Ukraine’s state security service said it caught two agents for Russia plotting the assassination of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and other top officials as “a gift” for Vladimir Putin as he was sworn in for a new term in the Kremlin on Tuesday. The two men were colonels in Ukraine’s state guard service recruited by […]

Death and fear stoked hell in the Moscow concert attack, witnesses say

Moscow, Russia Reuters The four armed men walked calmly towards the metal detectors at Crocus City Hall, firing their automatic weapons point-blank in short bursts at terrified civilians who fell screaming in a hail of bullets. Nearby, one witness named Natalya had just taken off her coat and was standing in line on Friday evening […]

Putin vows to punish those behind Russia concert massacre

Moscow, Russia Reuters Russia said on Saturday it had arrested all four gunmen suspected of carrying out a shooting massacre in a concert hall near Moscow, and President Vladimir Putin pledged to track down and punish those behind the attack. Militant Islamist group Islamic State claimed responsibility for Friday’s rampage but there were indications that […]

Russia arrests suspected gunmen as concert toll soars to 115

Moscow, Russia Reuters Russia has arrested 11 people including four suspected gunmen in connection with a shooting rampage that killed at least 115 people in a concert hall near Moscow, the Kremlin said on Saturday. Militant Islamist group Islamic State claimed responsibility for Friday’s attack, the deadliest in Russia for 20 years. But there were […]

Moscow accuses Wagner head of mutiny, he says his forces enter Russia

Founder of Wagner private mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin leaves a cemetery before the funeral of Russian military blogger Maxim Fomin widely known by the name of Vladlen Tatarsky, who was recently killed in a bomb attack in a St Petersburg cafe, in Moscow, Russia, on 8th April, 2023.

Moscow, Russia/Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Saturday his Wagner fighters had crossed the border into Russia from Ukraine and were prepared to go “all the way” against Moscow’s military, hours after the Kremlin accused him of armed mutiny. As a long-running standoff between Prigozhin and the military top brass appeared […]

US reporter’s detention in Russia on spy charges widens rift between nuclear rivals

Reporter for US newspaper The Wall Street Journal Evan Gershkovich, detained on suspicion of espionage, leaves a court building in Moscow, Russia, on 30th March, 2023.

London, UK/Washington DC, US Reuters A Moscow court ruled that a US journalist for the Wall Street Journal should be detained for nearly two months on suspicion of spying, the most serious move against a foreign journalist since Russia invaded Ukraine and one quickly condemned by Washington. Russia’s FSB security service said on Thursday it […]