The announcement comes just weeks after deadly floods ravaged the North Caucasus region.

The FSB and Investigative Committee claimed the pair had been acting on orders from a Ukrainian handler.

The official guest list for the May 9 military procession on Red Square has still not been made public.

Hotel reservations in the Krasnodar region, home to some of Russia’s most popular seaside resorts, have dropped 20.7% year-on-year for the May holidays.

Ruslan Kutayev, a member of the Platform for Dialogue with Russian Democratic Forces at PACE, said he had never been contacted to help women and LGBTQ+ people fleeing violence in Chechnya and had “no desire to look into” the issue.

Most of Russia's over 180 ethnic groups are denied indigeneity under Russian law. We spoke to researcher Dr. Ekaterina Zibrova to understand why.

Eksmo CEO Yevgeny Kapyev and his colleagues were detained last week after federal investigators earlier launched a probe into LGBTQ+ “propaganda” and “extremism.”

Regions officials later claimed the warning was a test despite residents reporting huge smoke clouds and a distinct chemical odor in the air.

Russia is seeking to strengthen ties across Africa through trade, investment and debt relief.

Putin offered a ceasefire in the fighting in Ukraine on May 9, when Russia celebrates the Soviet Union's World War II victory over Nazi Germany.

Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministry said the fire broke out in an outbuilding where the animals were presumably kept.

Prosecutors claimed the man gave his Russian intelligence handler information about German military aid for Ukraine and photos of NATO military convoys moving along motorways.