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☆ Putin says Russia's nuclear forces will improve 'combat readiness,' as the Russian military continues to face setbacks in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-21 | by ( John Haltiwanger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Putin on Wednesday said that Russia's nuclear forces would improve "combat readiness." And this process, of course, we will build upon," Putin said during a televised meeting with Russian military officials, per the Moscow Times. The Russian leader, who in the early days of the Ukraine war said he was placing Russia's nuclear deterrent forces on high alert, also said Russia would "improve the combat readiness of our nuclear triad." The war in Ukraine has gone poorly for the Russian military, which is estimated to have suffered 100,000 casualties since invading in late February. Russia's forces have lost ground to Ukrainian troops in recent months, including in Ukrainian territories that Putin illegally annexed in September.

☆ Putin canceled his annual press conference, ducking a likely barrage of questions about failures in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-12 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Vladimir Putin won't face reporters this year at his annual press conference, state media said. The Kremlin has held a major press conference every December for the last 10 years. It remains illegal in Russia to describe the conflict in Ukraine, which the Kremlin calls a "special military operation," as a war. During the press conference, Putin was likely to have faced extensive questioning about the conflict. At last year's event, as Russian troops massed along Ukraine's border, questions about an impending invasion of Ukraine dominated — something that Putin refused to rule out.

☆ Russia's Human Rights Council was warned not to make Putin mad with questions about the war in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( John Haltiwanger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Russia's Human Rights Council was told not to upset Putin with questions about Ukraine. The chair of the council was told not to address the "toxic" issue of Russia's death toll. The war in Ukraine has gone poorly for Russia, which is estimated to have suffered approximately 100,000 casualties since Putin launched the invasion in late February. Putin in November booted a number of members from the council, including xenophobia researcher Alexander Verkhovsky and anti-torture campaigner Igor Kalyapin. At the meeting, Putin said the war in Ukraine could be a "long process" and denied plans for a second mobilization.

☆ Blasts reported at Russian air base where satellite images showed an 'unusual' amount of activity
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Explosions were reported Monday at a military air base inside Russia. Last week, Der Spiegel reported that an "unusual" amount of activity was occurring at the base. The Russian Ministry of Defense later issued a statement attributing the blasts a Ukrainian attack. Images posted Monday by the commercial satellite firm Maxar shows the base hosting the Tu-160 as well as the Tu-95, or Bear, strategic bomber. The base is also home to strategic bombers.

☆ As Ukrainian forces recaptured a key town, another elite Russian unit appears to have gone through 'the meat grinder'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( Stavros Atlamazoglou | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Russian troops in Lyman and those who retreated took heavy losses, including an elite GRU unit. In just a few days, Ukrainian forces liberated hundreds of square miles of territory and scores of villages. Its cadre of Spetsnaz commandos is among the best in the Russian military. Competent special operators require years of basic and advanced military training, as well as training tailored to their mission sets. The Russian military as a whole is taking a battering in Ukraine, though casualty estimates vary widely.

☆ Putin met with the bereaved mothers of soldiers at an event accused of being a PR stunt to calm public anger about the high number of casualties
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-26 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Vladimir Putin met with bereaved mothers of soldiers in what has been accused of being a staged meeting. Putin told the women he "shared their pain" amid growing anger over the deaths of mobilized troops. Activists advocating for the relatives of dead soldiers said they had not been invited to the event. In the televised event on Friday ahead of the country's Mother's Day, Putin told a select group of bereaved mothers that he and the country's leadership "share your pain," according to The Guardian. Activists previously told The Guardian that Putin's meeting with bereaved mothers would likely be a carefully orchestrated publicity stunt, with participants preselected to avoid friction.

☆ Russian agents killed 3 men they said were saboteurs sent by Ukraine. A report says they were just gamers in costume.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Russian state media reported on an FSB operation targeting "pro-Ukrainian saboteurs." Per independent media, the men killed were roleplayers of the video game "S.T.A.L.K.E.R." The state media report appeared to misidentify videogame imagery as genuine militant symbols. A still from a Russian state media Russia-1 report, showing what it claims is a flag showing affiliation with a far-right Ukrainian party Russia-1/Smotrim.ruThe obscured wolf insignia above was attributed by Russia-1 to a fringe political party in Ukraine called Volya. A still from a Russian state media Russia-1 report, showing what it claims is military paraphernalia owned by the men killed.

☆ Putin ally says he sent EU Parliament a stained sledgehammer after it branded Russia a state sponsor of terrorism
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The European Parliament declared Russia a "state sponsor of terrorism" on Wednesday. Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin responded by saying that he had sent the EU a sledgehammer. "I do not know what law the European Parliament is guided by, but according to our legislation, from today we declare the European Parliament dissolved." It continued: "But before this procedure enters into legal force, I was instructed to submit an information case to the European Parliament." It is unclear whether the EU Parliament received the sledgehammer.

☆ Russia is adding military training to its school curriculum, marking a reversion to a Soviet-era practice that teaches students how to handle rifles and perform first aid
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russian schools are adding a basic military training course to their curricula, per TASS. The course is a Soviet-era practice that teaches students first aid and how to use rifles. Mironov and deputy defense minister Valery Gerasimov have vocally supported reinstating military training in schools, with Gerasimov suggesting that students in the 10th and 11th grades be given 140 hours of training, per Izvestia. When we were engaged in military training at school, it worked only as a plus," said Adalbi Shkhagoshev, the deputy chairman of the United Russia party, per the outlet. The basic military training program was retired in 1993, two years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, per independent Russian news outlet The Moscow Times.

☆ How Sergei Shoigu went from Putin's wilderness bestie to the scapegoat for Russia's failures in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Shoigu was born in 1955 in the remote town of Chadan in Siberia. The Soviet Union was a world power and the Cold War just beginning. A man outside the former central temple for Buddhists of Tuva, near the settlement of Chadan, in Russia's Tuva region. Ilya Naymushin/ReutersThe town is close to the Mongolian border. Shoigu's mother was Russian but born in Ukraine, while his father was Tuvan — an ethnic group that is indigenous to Siberia.

☆ 100 drafted Russian soldiers went on strike, refusing to fight in Ukraine after not getting paid, report says
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Russia is struggling to pay promised compensation for mobilized soldiers, leading to protests. More than 100 went on strike in a training center in Ulyanovsk, The Insider reported. The soldiers said they refused to go to the front until they are paid what they were promised. (The Insider is a Russian news outlet and has no affiliation with Insider.) In June, officials also raised salaries for contract soldiers to around 247,700 rubles ($4,000) a month, complete with bonuses for destroying planes and tanks, BBC Russia reported.

☆ KFC is about to disappear in Russia as its new owners rebrand all 1,000 stores as 'Rostic's', report says
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Brands said it had reached a deal to sell its 1,000 KFC stores in Russia. All KFC stores in Russia will be rebranded as fast-food chain "Rostic's", The Moscow Times reported. According to Russian business newspaper Kommerstant, Smart Service will be responsible for rebranding all 1,000 stores as Rostic's. Last month Yum Restaurants Russia LLC registered rights to the Rostic's brand, Kommerstant reported, and the KFC stores will begin rebranding in early 2023. It rivaled American fast-food stores until 2006, per the report.

☆ Some of Russia's closest allies abstained at the UN rather than support its claim to have annexed parts of Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

UN members voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to condemn Russia's annexation of Ukrainian regions. 143 nations voted in support, agreeing to condemn Russia's annexation, while 35 abstained. Experts say Russia's invasion of Ukraine has pushed them further from Russia. Russia tried to make Wednesday's vote a secret ballot, which would have obscured which nations voted with Russia. It did so after conducting referendums in the four regions — Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia — which Ukraine and Western nations dismissed as a sham.

☆ Russia's neighbor considers asylum for draft dodgers who can prove they were conscripted, but not young men afraid of being called up
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Russia's European neighbors say they will not take in Russians fleeing mobilization. But Latvia has told Insider it will consider giving asylum to men who can prove they've been drafted. Russia's European neighbors have largely rejected the idea that they would let in Russians fleeing out of fear that they will be sent to Ukraine. Pabriks echoed the reasoning given by Russia's other neighbors for not taking in fleeing Russians. Latvia's foreign ministry took a more cautious tone on Russians fleeing mobilization.

Russians trying to avoid getting conscripted to fight in Ukraine appeared to be trying to cross the border into Georgia, Kazakhstan and even remote Mongolia, satellite imagery suggested Monday. Russian border guards didn’t appear to be trying to stop them. The Russians are fleeing to Georgia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and other countries because they don't require visas. Logvin said he waited 34 hours at the border before he was allowed to enter Georgia. According to Maxar, this satellite image appears to show a traffic jam near the Russian border with Georgia on Sunday.

☆ Half the workers of Russia's biggest airline may be forced to join the army by Vladimir Putin, report says
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Vladimir Putin announced Russian military mobilization in a speech on Wednesday. The Russian leader may force at least half the staff of Russia's biggest airlines to join the army. Military service is compulsory in Russia for those aged between 18 and 27. The Russian president announced a partial military mobilization in a speech on Wednesday, in which he also threatened to use nuclear weapons. Military service is compulsory in Russia for those aged between 18 and 27.

☆ Putin escalated his invasion of Ukraine after a string of his supposed partners snubbed him over the war
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Several world leaders with strong Russian ties have recently rebuked Putin over his war. It declined to sanction Russia, and gave Russia's sanctioned oligarchs safe harbor, even as it condemned the war. ChinaOn September 15, Putin acknowledged at a summit with Xi Jinping that China has "concerns" about Russia's invasion. Public scoldingThe public nature of Putin's conversations with Xi and Modi make them sting more, said former US ambassador to Ukraine Michael McFaul. "Xi and Modi clearly wanted to signal to the world that they don't support Putin's barbaric, reckless, and losing war in Ukraine," he tweeted.

☆ Legendary Russian pop star condemns the invasion of Ukraine, saying it is making Russia a 'pariah'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Iconic Russian singer Alla Pugacheva has condemned the war in Ukraine. She asked to be designated a "foreign agent," like her husband, a comedian who has also spoken out. Russian singer Alla Pugacheva in 1987. Galkin was named a foreign agent under Russian law on Friday, according to independent Russian news site Meduza. Russia's "foreign agent" law was introduced in 2012.

Echipele de salvare au găsit rămășițele avionului Antonov An-28 dispărut marţi, cu 28 de oameni la bord, în peninsula Kamceatka. „Până în prezent au fost găsite nouă cadavre”, a declarat miercuri filiala regională a ministerului de urgență, adăugând că un cadavru a fost identificat, potrivit The Moscow Times. Între cele 28 de persoane aflate la bord erau șase membri ai echipajului și 22 de pasageri, inclusiv doi minori. Ministerul de urgență a declarat că intenționează să trimită în zonă scafandri și un elicopter. Guvernatorul Vladimir Solodov a declarat trei zile de doliu.

Persons: Vladimir Solodov Organizations: Antonov, Moscow Times Locations: Kamceatka

☆ Vladimir Putin declară că rușii și ucrainienii „sunt un singur popor"
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-01 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: Profimedia ImagesVladimir Putin declară că rușii și ucrainienii „sunt un singur popor"Aflat la cea de-a 18-a conferință anuală cu publicul, președintele rus Vladimir Putin a vorbit despre tensiunile dintre Ucraina și Rusia, subliniind că ucrainenii și rușii sunt un singur popor, conform The Moscow Times, citat de Digi24. „Nu cred că poporul ucrainean este neprietenos. Cred că, în general, ucrainenii și rușii sunt un singur popor", a spus Vladimir Putin, precizând, însă, că „actuala conducere a Ucrainei este în mod clar neprietenoasă cu Rusia”. „Unii oameni sunt trimiși în închisoare, unii sunt puși sub arest la domiciliu, iar alții sunt uciși în stradă", a declarat președintele rus, într-o posibilă referire la deputatul ucrainean Viktor Medvedchuk, apropiat de regimul de la Kremlin, care este în prezent arestat la domiciliu în Ucraina pe baza acuzațiilor de trădare. „Nu aș dori să exclud o întâlnire cu președintele ucrainean Volodimir Zelenski, dar trebuie să ne dăm seama că totuși avem ceva de discutat", a completat Putin răspunsul la întrebarea referitoare la relația dintre Rusia și Ucraina.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Viktor Medvedchuk, Volodimir Zelenski, Putin Organizations: Moscow Locations: Ucraina, Rusia, Ucrainei, Kremlin

☆ În Rusia, unii cetățeni apelează la piața neagră pentru a obține certificatul de vaccinare. Cât costă acesta
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-29 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +3 min

În Rusia, unii cetățeni apelează la piața neagră pentru a obține certificatul de vaccinare. Cât costă acestaRușii care nu vor să se vaccineze au început să apeleze la piața neagră, de unde cumpără certificate false de vaccinare, scrie The Moscow Times . O dovadă falsă de vaccinare costă de la câteva zeci de euro până la câteva sute, în funcție de „calitatea” serviciului. El a găsit un dealer de certificate de vaccinare false, i-a trimis datele personale prin rețeaua de mesagerie criptată Telegram și i-a transferat 15 000 de ruble (175 de euro). Cât costă un certificat falsLa nivelul cel mai de jos al pieței, rușii pot obține un certificat fals de vaccinare contra a 2 000 de ruble (23 de euro).

Persons: Serghei, AFP Organizations: Moscow Times Locations: Rusia, Moscova, Krasnodar

☆ Serghei Lavrov susține că școlile occidentale îi învață pe elevi că Iisus Hristos a fost bisexual
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-29 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: Getty ImagesSerghei Lavrov susține că școlile occidentale îi învață pe elevi că Iisus Hristos a fost bisexualMinistrul rus de externe Serghei Lavrov a scris în cotidianul rusesc Kommersant, apropiat de regimul de la Moscova, un editorial critic la adresa democrațiilor liberale, în care susține că elevii din școlile occidentale sunt învățați că Iisus Hristos a fost bisexual și non-binar, potrivit The Moscow Times, citat de Digi24. „În mai multe țări occidentale, elevii învață la școală că Iisus Hristos era bisexual”, a declarat Serghei Lavrov, care a mai descris presupusele învățături drept niște „încercări de a încălca însăși natura umană”, pe lângă dreptul internațional. În videoclip, fiul femeii spune că Iisus este bisexual „pentru că iubește toți oamenii din lume” și non-binar „pentru că poartă o rochie”. Observatorii ruși sunt de părere că această critică a ministrului Lavrov față de Occident are ca scop crearea unui sprijin din partea unui public intern conservator înaintea alegerilor parlamentare din această toamnă. De altfel, la începutul acestei luni, președintele Vladimir Putin l-a pus pe Lavrov alături de alte personalități ale elitei Kremlinului, în fruntea listei candidaților partidului Rusia Unită în scrutinul din 19 septembrie.

Persons: Serghei Lavrov, Iisus Hristos, Isus ., Iisus, Vladimir Putin Organizations: Moscow Locations: Moscova, Statelor Unite al Americii, Europei, China, Rusia, Australia, Occident, Rusia Unită

☆ În Rusia a apărut piața neagră a certificatelor false de vaccinare; Ce metode folosesc rușii pentru a scăpa de vaccin
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-29 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +3 min

Sursa foto: AFPÎn Rusia a apărut piața neagră a certificatelor false de vaccinare; Ce metode folosesc rușii pentru a scăpa de vaccinRușii care nu vor să se vaccineze au început să apeleze la piața neagră, de unde cumpără certificate false de vaccinare. El a găsit un dealer de certificate de vaccinare false, i-a trimis datele personale prin rețeaua de mesagerie criptată Telegram și i-a transferat 15.000 de ruble (175 de euro). Aproximativ 60% dintre ruși nu intenționează să se vaccineze, potrivit sondajelor independente. Pe piața neagră, un dealer care a vrut să-și păstreze anonimatul spune că primește 2-30 de cereri pe zi pentru certificate false. La nivelul cel mai de jos al pieței, rușii pot obține un certificat fals de vaccinare contra a 2.000 de ruble (23 de euro).

Persons: Serghei, AFP Organizations: Moscow Times Locations: Rusia, Moscova, Krasnodar

☆ OMS: Probleme în procesul de producție a vaccinului Sputnik la o fabrică din Rusia
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-24 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +3 min

Moscova încearcă să obțină autorizarea vaccinului Sputnik V atât din partea OMS, cât și a Agenției Europene a Medicamentului. Cu toate acestea, într-un comunicat publicat pe site, varianta în limba engleză, compania susține că OMS a identificat doar patru probleme, nu șase, așa cum se arată în raportul OMS publicat miercuri. Compania a reiterat, de asemenea, afirmațiile privind presupusa superioritate a vaccinului Sputnik V față de cele occidentale, spunând că "spre deosebire de vaccinurile străine, Sputnik V demonstrează în mod constant o siguranță și eficiență remarcabile în lumea reală". Rusia încearcă în prezent să obțină autorizarea vaccinului Sputnik V atât de la OMS, cât și de la Agenția Europeană a Medicamentului. Fabrica spune că a invitat din nou OMS, pentru a doua inspecția a fabricilor.

Persons: OMS, Pharmstandard, Dmitri Peskov Organizations: Organizația Mondială a Sănătății, Moscow, OMS, Moscova, Agenției Europene, Sputnik, Rusia, Agenția Europeană Locations: Rusia, Ufa, Kremlin

☆ Angajații din sectorul serviciilor din Moscova riscă să rămână șomeri în cazul refuzului de a se imuniza
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-24 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +2 min

Angajații din sectorul serviciilor din Moscova riscă să rămână șomeri în cazul refuzului de a se imunizaLocuitorii Moscovei au stat la coadă la celebrul magazinul GUM din Piața Roșie din capitala Rusiei, în cea mai fierbinte zi de iunie, în așteptarea vaccinului anti-COVID care să le permită să-și păstreze locul de muncă. Săptămâna trecută, primarul Moscovei, Serghei Sobianin, a ordonat vaccinarea obligatorie pentru 60 % din angajații din sectorul serviciilor din oraș și a adăugat restricții legate de restaurante și evenimente, care impun oamenilor să scaneze un QR care confirmă vaccinarea, relatează The Moscow Times, citat de Digi24. Chiar dacă vaccinarea rămâne voluntară în Rusia, lucrătorii din domeniul serviciilor din Moscova riscă să-și piardă locul de muncă dacă decid să nu facă vaccinul. „Dacă un moscovit lucrează în sectorul serviciilor, trebuie să fie vaccinat. Dacă au luat o decizie de a nu se vaccina, atunci ar trebui să înceteze pur și simplu să lucreze în sectorul serviciilor ”, a spus purtătorul de cuvânt al Kremlinului, Dmitri Peskov.

Persons: Serghei Sobianin, Dmitri Peskov, Joi Organizations: The Moscow Locations: Moscova, Rusiei, Rusia, Moscovei

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