The Wagner group rebels against Russia
At this point, 16 months into the war in Ukraine, Russia has had a lot of different developments with its domestic military
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Russia accuses the US of the Kremlin drone attack allegedly trying to assassinate Putin
Russia’s Kremlin government complex in Moscow is super heavily guarded.
From Pussy Riot's new protest song to the GOAT of goat farming – Here's your December 28 news briefing
If you're not familiar with Pussy Riot, you should be.
Who are Russia’s Pussy Riot, and what’s their new anti-war song?
If you're not familiar with Pussy Riot, you should be.
Putin and UAE President MBZ talk about Ukraine and OPEC+
Last week, OPEC+, a group of oil producers including the UAE and Russia, agreed to cut oil production by two million barrels a day. This is its biggest cut since 2020, and the US is totally against the move. Apart from both being OPEC+ members, the UAE and Russia have
Russia updates – Russia admits mistakes in mobilization and plans to annex parts of Ukraine
Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a “partial mobilization” of its citizens into the war in Ukraine. This was a big deal since, so far, Russia has refused to act like the country is in wartime. But this partial mobilization meant requiring people to fight – particularly reservists and people
Masses are fleeing Russia after Putin’s “partial mobilization”
Russia has called its invasion of Ukraine a “special military operation,” which in theory has meant that it involves only enlisted military personnel and shouldn’t affect the general population too much. This also allowed the government to side-step officially declaring war on Ukraine. (In practice, there’s been some