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WASHINGTON, July 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. is "appalled" by a brutal attack in Chechnya on a prominent female Russian journalist and a lawyer, the State Department said in a statement on Thursday, and it urged Russia to conduct a transparent probe and ensure justice. Russia's Investigative Committee, the equivalent of the U.S. FBI, said in a statement on Wednesday that investigators in Chechnya had opened criminal cases. Milashina has spent years investigating purported human rights abuses in Chechnya. Novaya Gazeta was one of Russia's few independent news outlets until the government stripped it of its license last year. Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Leslie Adler and Marguerita ChoyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons: Yelena Milashina, Alexander Nemov, Nemov, Ramzan Kadyrov, Vladimir Putin, Milashina, Kanishka Singh, Leslie Adler, Marguerita Choy Organizations: State Department, Novaya Gazeta, Wednesday, Kremlin, U.S . FBI, Thomson Locations: U.S, Chechnya, Russian, Russia, Moscow, Novaya, Washington
[1/2] The logo of Russian technology giant Yandex is on display at the company's headquarters in Moscow, Russia December 9, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/File PhotoJuly 5 (Reuters) - The chief executive of Nasdaq-listed internet company Yandex faces prosecution in a Russian court for alleged offences under the country’s so-called “LGBT propaganda” law, a notice on the court's website said on Wednesday. When contacted by Reuters, Yandex said it would appeal any court finding against its CEO. The court website gave no specific details of what alleged offences Savinovsky was being prosecuted for beyond that they relate to "LGBT propaganda". Last month a court fined the company 2 million roubles ($24,242) for repeatedly refusing to provide Russia’s security services with information about its users.
Persons: Evgenia, Artem Savinovsky, Yandex, Savinovsky, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Yandex's, Bridget Jones ’, ” Kinopoisk, Russia’s, Elena Bunina, Lucy Papachristou, David Holmes Organizations: REUTERS, Nasdaq, Yandex, Reuters, State Duma, Novaya Gazeta, Kommersant, Thomson Locations: Moscow, Russia, British, Ukraine
Beaten female Russian journalist moved to Moscow hospital
  + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
Crew Against... Read moreMOSCOW, July 5 (Reuters) - A Russian investigative journalist and a lawyer who were beaten in the southern republic of Chechnya have been moved to a hospital in Moscow, one of the country's most prominent journalists said on Wednesday. Yelena Milashina, a well-known journalist for the Novaya Gazeta newspaper, was travelling to the Chechen capital Grozny from the local airport with Alexander Nemov, a lawyer, when they were attacked a day earlier. The two were beaten, and threatened with guns while Milashina had her head shaved and green dye thrown over her. Alexei Venediktov, the former head of the closed Ekho Moskvy radio station, said in a message on Telegram that the two were now in a Moscow hospital. Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge Editing by Andrew OsbornOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons: Yelena Milashina, Alexander Nemov, Read, Milashina, Alexei Venediktov, Guy Faulconbridge, Andrew Osborn Organizations: Novaya Gazeta, Thomson Locations: Grozny, Russia, MOSCOW, Russian, Chechnya, Moscow
Yelena Milashina, a well-known journalist for the Novaya Gazeta newspaper, was travelling to the Chechen capital Grozny from the local airport with Alexander Nemov, a lawyer, when they were attacked. There was no immediate comment from Ramzan Kadyrov, a close ally of Putin who rules Chechnya, a mainly Muslim southern region. But Soltayev, the Chechen rights official, was cited by the RIA news agency as calling the attack "a provocation" against the Chechen authorities. DEATH THREATSSome Russian lawmakers and officials in Moscow condemned the attack and demanded an investigation. Kadyrov denies rights abuses, saying such allegations are fabricated by ill-wishers trying to discredit Chechnya and its authorities.
Persons: Yelena Milashina, Alexander Nemov, Milashina, Mansur Soltayev, Nemov, Vladimir Putin, Ramzan Kadyrov, Putin, Mokhmad, Kadyrov, Zarema, Musayeva, Dmitry Muratov, Muratov, Andrew Osborn, Alexandra Hudson Organizations: Novaya Gazeta, Kremlin, RIA, Alexandra Hudson Our, Thomson Locations: Russian, Chechnya, Grozny, Moscow, Russia, Soviet, Milashina, Chechen
A Russian investigative journalist known for her work on human rights was severely beaten and badly injured, along with a lawyer, on Tuesday morning in an attack in Chechnya, according to a statement from her newspaper. Elena Milashina, a journalist with Novaya Gazeta who uncovered the torture and killings of gay men in Chechnya, was in Grozny to cover the trial of Zarema Musayeva, the mother of exiled opposition activists, according to the newspaper. Ms. Milashina suffered brain injuries, her fingers were broken and she repeatedly lost consciousness, the statement said. Mr. Nemov was stabbed, according to the newspaper. A photo posted by the newspaper showed the journalist sitting on a hospital gurney with her hands bandaged up to her wrists and most of her hair shaved off.
Persons: Elena Milashina, Zarema Musayeva, Milashina, Alexander Nemov, Musayeva, Nemov, gurney, Gazeta Organizations: Novaya Gazeta Locations: Chechnya, Grozny, Novaya
CNN —Elena Milashina, a prominent Russian journalist who uncovered the horrific crackdown on gay men in Chechnya, was severely beaten alongside a lawyer in an attack in the southern Russian republic, according to her employer Novaya Gazeta. Russia’s human rights commissioner, Tatyana Moskalkova, “agreed to intervene in the situation on the request of the editorial office,” Novaya Gazeta said. Moskalkova also said she asked the Commissioner for Human Rights in Chechnya to ensure the safety of the journalist. Following her reporting on a crackdown on gay men in Chechnya in 2017, Muslim clerics in Chechnya called for “retribution” against her and other journalists. The country has a checkered record on gay rights, breaking up gay pride marches and passing anti-gay propaganda laws.
Persons: CNN — Elena Milashina, Alexander Nemov, Elena, Alexander, ” “ Elena Milashina, , Nemov, Milashina, Musaeva, Ramzan Kadyrov, Dmitry Peskov, Vladimir Putin, Tatyana Moskalkova, Moskalkova, , Sergey Babinets, , Marie Struthers, Kadyrov Organizations: CNN, Novaya Gazeta, Milashina, Human, Novosti, Human Rights, Amnesty Locations: Russian, Chechnya, Grozny, Novaya, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Russia
Two teenagers were killed by Russian authorities in the Ukrainian city of Berdyansk, local news reported. The pair shot and killed a police officer and a civilian, according to reports. In May, a Ukrainian nonprofit said the 17-year-olds had be tortured by Russian law enforcement. The two 17-year-olds, referred to by Russian authorities as "pro-Ukrainian terrorists," were "neutralized," Russian news agency Interfax reported. Media Initiative for Human Rights, a Ukrainian nonprofit organization, reported in May that the teenagers had been tortured by Russian law enforcement.
Persons: , Tigran Oganisyan, Mikita, Oganesyan, Oganisyan, Khanganov Organizations: Service, Independent, Novaya Gazeta, Novaya Gazeta . Media Initiative, Human Rights Locations: Ukrainian, Berdyansk, Russian, Novaya, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine, Ukraiian, Berdyansk Ukraine
The bank made the move over fears of secondary sanctions from the West, per RBC. Russia has been using the Chinese yuan to get around Western sanctions. Russian clients can still make yuan transfers within the Bank of China network, Semyonov added to RBC. The Chinese yuan surpassed the US dollar as the most heavily traded currency in February and March, according to Bloomberg data. Semyonov told RBC that Russian yuan transfers to the US and EU make up just 3% of all transfers in the currency.
Persons: , Russia's, Pavel Semyonov, Dmitry Lesnov, Semyonov, Finam Organizations: of, RBC, Service, The Bank of, European, Bank of China, EU, Novaya Gazeta, The, Swift, Bloomberg, Reuters Locations: of China, EU, Switzerland, Russia, The Bank of China, European Union, Modulbank, China, Novaya, Novaya Gazeta Europe, Ukraine
A top ECB official called on EU banks still operating in Russia to exit the market asap. His comments followed news that some Western firms are still operating in Russia, despite sweeping sanctions. It's unclear how many Western banks are still doing business in Russia. The Financial Times reported in January that just a handful of the 45 Western banks with subsidiaries in Russia have managed to exit. Still, EU banks have managed to reduce their exposures to Russian counterparties by 37% in 2022, he said.
Persons: , Russia —, Andrea Enria, Enria, it's Organizations: ECB, Service, European, European Central Bank, European Financials Conference, Financial Times, Novaya Gazeta Europe, Austria's, Raiffeisen, Reuters, Yale University, Russia Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Novaya
A top ECB official called on EU banks still operating in Russia to exit the market asap. His comments followed news that some Western firms are still operating in Russia, despite sweeping sanctions. It's unclear how many Western banks are still doing business in Russia. The Financial Times reported in January that just a handful of the 45 Western banks with subsidiaries in Russia have managed to exit. Still, EU banks have managed to reduce their exposures to Russian counterparties by 37% in 2022, he said.
Persons: , Russia —, Andrea Enria, Enria, it's Organizations: ECB, Service, European, European Central Bank, European Financials Conference, Financial Times, Novaya Gazeta Europe, Austria's, Raiffeisen, Reuters, Yale University, Russia Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Novaya
According to the report, the measures are designed to punish countries that seize Russian assets, and reward those which don't. Western companies that've stayed in Russia have made significant profits there, indirectly helping the Kremlin fund its war. Western companies collectively contributed more than $3.5 billion to the Russian state in 2022, Russian independent outlet Novaya Gazeta reported. The new measures Putin signed could be interpreted as a way of making it more difficult for firms to leave. Earlier in June, the Russian government sought to raise $4 billion by imposing a windfall tax on large Russian companies, Insider reported.
Persons: Putin, , Vladimir Putin, they'd, that've, Dmitry Peskov, Peskov Organizations: Service, Financial Times, McDonalds, Ikea, Kremlin, Novaya Gazeta Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Russian, AFP
The 100 largest Western companies still operating in Russia posted $13 billion in profits in 2022, per Novaya Gazeta. Profits jumped 54% from 2021 and the firms contributed $3.5 billion in corporate taxes in 2022. The top 100 Western companies that remained in Russia made so much money that they contributed nearly 288 billion rubles, or $3.5 billion, in corporate taxes in 2022, according to a June 8 report from Novaya Gazeta Europe. The biggest taxpayers were US, UK, and French companies who paid 40 billion, 47 billion, and 55 billion rubles, respectively. Like TotalEnergies, BP, and Raiffeisen Bank, many Western companies are still trying to leave Russia.
Persons: , TotalEnergies Organizations: Novaya Gazeta, Companies, Raiffeisen Bank, Service, Novaya Gazeta Europe, Austria's, Bank, Reuters, Yale University, Financial Times Locations: Russia, Novaya, Ukraine, Moscow, Europe, TotalEnergies
For weeks now, attacks by Ukraine within Russia have been increasing. Dead civilians, villages cleared out, and a seemingly overworked government: Moscow's war on Ukraine has finally hit home in Russian society. A woman waits at a bus stop next to a poster promoting Russian army service, as the Russia-Ukraine conflict continues, in Moscow, Russia April 12, 2023. "The attacks in Belgorod are busting the myth of Putin's military being invincible," said political scientist Abbas Galljamow to the DPA news agency. Because these attacks within Russia are making even initially neutral Russians care about the war – and they're starting to approve of it.
Persons: , Schapscha, Moscow's, Sergej Markow, Michail Rostowski, Alexander Dugin, Yulia Morozova, Jens Siegert, who's, Savva Tutunow, Putin, Abbas Galljamow, There's, Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Konstantin Satulin, Russia hasn't, , Putin's, Dmitry Peskov, They're, Peskov, Alarmism Organizations: Service, Putin, Pictures, REUTERS, Novaya Gazeta, Wagner Group, Russia, Publicly Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Kherson, South Ukraine, Belgorod, Strelkovka, Kaluga, Moscow, Voronezh, Russian
The Kakhovka dam was destroyed on Tuesday, releasing a flood of water into southern Ukraine. Footage shows torrents of water from the Kakhovka Reservoir draining rapidly into the Dnipro River. "The Russian occupation troops destroyed the Kashkova hydroelectric station," said the Southern Command of Ukraine's forces on its Facebook page. The Kakhovka Reservoir holds around 18.2 cubic kilometers of water, or 4 trillion gallons. The Kakhovka Reservoir also supplies water to millions of people in Crimea, which was annexed by Russia in 2014.
Persons: , Vladimir Leontyev, Leontyev, Vladimir Solovyov, Mark Hertling, Hertling, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, he's, Oleksandr Prokudin Organizations: Service, Southern Command, Kremlin, International Atomic Energy Agency, United States Army, US Seventh Army, Cornucopia, National Security and Defense Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Russian, Kherson, Dnipro, Novaya Kakhovka, Crimea, United States Army Europe, Kyiv, Swedish, Moscow, Ukrainian, Geneva
Pro-Ukraine Russian partisans plan to give prisoners to Kyiv
  + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
KYIV, June 4 (Reuters) - A pro-Ukraine group of Russian partisans on Sunday said it had captured several soldiers during a cross-border raid into southern Russia and would hand them over to Ukrainian authorities. The Russian Volunteer Corps made the claim in a video statement released on Telegram in the wake of a raid into the Russian region of Belgorod. The one minute and 26 second video clip showed what appeared to be around a dozen Russian soldiers being held captive, with two lying on hospital beds. The governor of Belgorod, Vyacheslav Gladkov, earlier agreed to meet the group if the soldiers were still alive. Members of the Russian Volunteer Corps are seen, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the Russian border, in Ukraine May 24, 2023.
Persons: Moscow, Vyacheslav Gladkov, Gladkov, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Dan Peleschuk, Caleb Davis, David Ljunggren, Gareth Jones, Will Dunham Organizations: Sunday, Russian Volunteer Corps, Corps, of Russia Legion, Russia Legion, REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Russian, Belgorod, Viacheslav, Novaya Tavolzhanka
The governor of Russia's Belgorod region said two people had been killed and two others injured when Ukrainian forces shelled a road in the town of Maslova Pristan near the Ukrainian border. Russia said on Thursday it had repelled a second attempted incursion into the Belgorod region in just over a week by what it casts as pro-Ukrainian militants. Russia said on Thursday it had repelled an attempted incursion into the Belgorod region by what it casts as pro-Ukrainian militants. Along with the Russian Volunteer Corps founded by a far-right Russian nationalist, it says they are Russian volunteers attacking under their own steam, and not on the orders of Ukraine. Thousands of people in Ukraine have since been killed in Russian attacks, millions have fled and towns and cities have been devastated, particularly in Russian-speaking areas.
Persons: Vyacheslav Gladkov, Vladimir Putin's, Putin, David Ljunggren, Guy Faulconbridge, Tom Balmforth, Philippa Fletcher, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: Kyiv, Ukrainian, Russia Legion, Renault, Russian, Russian Volunteer Corps, Chechen, Thomson Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Shebekino, Belgorod, Russia's Belgorod, Russian, KYIV, Kyiv Russian, Moscow, Kyiv, Maslova Pristan, Ukrainian, Novaya Tavolzhanka, Bryansk, Kursk, Smolensk, Kaluga, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia region, Zaporizhzhia
[1/2] Alexei Baranovsky, spokesperson for the political wing of the Freedom of Russia Legion, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Warsaw, Poland June 1, 2023. REUTERS/Kuba StezyckiJune 2 (Reuters) - A group of pro-Ukrainian forces said on Friday they were fighting Russian troops on the outskirts of a village just inside Russia's western border, a day after Moscow said it had repelled three cross-border attacks. "We have active fighting on the outskirts of the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka (in Belgorod region). Unfortunately, there are wounded legionnaires, but freedom is won through blood," the Freedom of Russia Legion said in a statement. "One of our tactical aims is to draw Russian troops from other parts of the Ukrainian front," he said in an interview in Warsaw on Thursday.
Persons: Alexei Baranovsky, Kuba, Vladimir Putin's, Tom Balmforth, Agnieszka Pikulicka, Timothy Heritage, Philippa Fletcher Organizations: of Russia Legion, Reuters, REUTERS, Russian, Russian Volunteer Corps, Russia Legion, Renault, Thomson Locations: Warsaw, Poland, Russian, Moscow, Russia's, Belgorod, Ukraine, Novaya Tavolzhanka, Belgorod region, Russia, Russia's Belgorod, Ukrainian
A small group of anti-Kremlin Russians with armored vehicles crossed into the Belgorod region of Russia. Images captured the damage they caused inside Russia, and triggered debate and skepticism of Putin's regime. The melee adds to fears that Russia's troops are not up to the task of stopping a looming Ukrainian counter-offensive. But their operation has succeeded in one critical aspect: Creating images of wreckage inside Russia's borders that are reigniting debates among hardliners deeply skeptical of Russian officialdom. —Novaya Gazeta Europe (@novayagazeta_en) June 2, 2023According to Russia's TASS state-run news agency, Ukraine's military "repeatedly shelled" Shebekino, injuring more than 10 people and Russian troops had stopped them from entering the village.
Persons: , Igor Girkin, Vladimir Putin, that's Organizations: Kremlin, Service, of Russia Legion, Novaya Gazeta Europe, Russia's TASS, Institute for Locations: Belgorod, Russia, Ukrainian, Shebekino, Ukraine, Russian, Western, Belgorod Oblast
Kyiv, Ukraine CNN —Three people, including a young girl, were killed in Kyiv on Thursday while desperately trying to take cover in a closed bomb shelter amid fresh Russian strikes, in an incident that sparked anger in the Ukrainian capital. This is the largest bomb shelter. “Closed bomb shelters during the war are not just indifference. “I gave a separate order to the heads of the capital’s districts to immediately check all bomb shelters,” he added. The governor of Russia’s Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, also denied these latest claims of a border incursion.
Persons: Ihor Klymenko, , , , Yaroslav, Kateryna Didukh, Serhii Okunev, Klymenko, Oleksii, Roman Pilipey, Vitalii Klitschko, Klitschko, Klitchko, Valentyn Ogirenko, Dmitry Peskov, Vyacheslav Gladlov, Gladkov, Peskov, , Igor Konashenkov, Vyacheslav Gladkov, ” Gladkov, Putin Organizations: Ukraine CNN, Internal, Ukraine’s National Police, Ukraine Armed Forces, Anadolu Agency, Kyiv’s, Reuters, Grad, Russian Volunteer Corps, Putin, Russia Legion, CNN, Russian Defense Ministry, Federal Security Service, Russian MoD, Russian Federation, for Russia Legion Locations: Kyiv, Ukraine, Ukrainian, Russia, Russian, Desnianskyi, Reuters Belgorod, Russia’s Belgorod, ” Belgorod, Gladkov, Belgorod –, Ukraine’s Kharkiv, , Belgorod, Putin Russian, Moscow, Novaya Tavolzhanka, Shebekino
"The selfless actions of Russian servicemen repelled three attacks by Ukrainian terrorist formations," the Russian ministry said. Ukraine denies its military is involved in the incursions into Belgorod and says they are conducted by Russian volunteer fighters. BORDER ATTACKReuters was able to verify video footage which showed damaged military targets near Shebekino but not the date of the images. The attacks on Belgorod, Peskov said, would have absolutely no impact on the course of what the Kremlin calls its "special military operation" in Ukraine. Another group, known as the Freedom of Russia Legion, posted footage of armed soldiers and vehicles.
Persons: Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Peskov, Peskov, Vyacheslav Gladkov, Gladkov, Putin, Guy Faulconbridge, Felix Light, George Sargant, Andrew Cawthorne, Gareth Jones Organizations: Reuters, Russia Kremlin, Ukrainian, Russian, Federal Security Service, Kremlin, Kyiv, Russian Volunteer Corps, of Russia Legion, Milan Pavicic, Thomson Locations: Russia, MOSCOW, Ukraine, Moscow, Shebekino, Belgorod, Ukrainian, Russian, Novaya Tavolzhanka, Tbilisi, London, Gdansk
A new law allows Russian conscripts to be notified of their military service via government portal. Critics say the move creates "a digital system of social control" akin to a virtual Gulag labor camp. The new conscription law, she wrote, "brings the Digital Gulag much, much closer." What is the Digital Gulag? With the digital registry and harsh punishments for noncompliance, "the government wants to create a digital system of social control by regulating individual access to rights and benefits," Stanovaya wrote.
CNN —An acclaimed theater director and playwright have been arrested in Russia and accused of “justifying terrorism” for their play about Russian women being recruited online to marry Islamic State fighters in Syria. Yevgenia Berkovich was arrested on Friday alongside the play’s author, Svetlana Petriychuk, after investigators alleged that their award-winning play “Finist, the Brave Falcon” was in violation of the law. Prosecutors argue the work “romanticizes, justifies and glorifies terrorists” as well as promoting the “ideology of radical feminism”, Russian state media TASS reported. It was staged in 2021 by Berkovich’s own company, with the support of the Union of Theater Workers of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, according to independent news website Meduza. Russia’s cultural scene has faced increased repression since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine.
A picture of a large explosion has been miscaptioned online as if showing a recent Ukrainian strike on a Russian airfield. The image dates from July 2022 and shows an attack on a Russian ammunition depot in Kherson. Reuters found one recent report about a Ukrainian strike in Berdiansk, published on May 1 by Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform (here). The photograph dates from July 2022 and shows a strike on a Russian ammunition depot. This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team.
Economist Konstantin Sonin said the Russian economy has become more primitive since the war began, Russian news outlet Novaya Gazeta reported. The economist, who Moscow placed on its wanted list, said Russia could follow the Soviet Union's path toward "complete economic implosion." "Everything that is happening makes the Russian economy more primitive, more backwards." "Everything that is happening makes the Russian economy more primitive, more backwards," Konstantin said. And I think we are seriously going to follow the Soviet Union's path from the 1970s to the complete economic implosion of the late 1980s."
Russia has just one tank factory, which can produce around 20 new tanks every month. Demand for tanks is now outstripping production by a factor of ten, according to The Economist. The British publication reported that Russia now has just one tank factory, UralVagonZavod, a massive 1930s-built industrial complex in eastern Russia. Russia is losing around 150 tanks a month in Ukraine, according to an analysis by open source intelligence platform Oryx. Ukraine has also struggled to produce new tanks, with its only tank factory destroyed at the start of the war.
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