Greenpeace warns of oil spill threat following Aframax Rio tanker fire, saying Russian authorities lie about pollution “Even if only bunker fuel caught fire, this is a serious incident with a complex environmental impact,” the experts note.

African countries ask Ukraine to return citizens who fought for Russia and were captured The requests come from Kenya, Botswana, and Zimbabwe, with Nairobi demanding that its citizens be recognized as “victims of international human trafficking.”

Kazakhstan releases Ukrainian woman detained while attempting to recover grandson from Russia Liubov Rozhanska traveled to Astana to pick up her 8-year-old grandson, who is on Ukraine’s list of children unlawfully held in Russia. Her lawyer believes the episode was an FSB operation.

Montenegro to deport Russian pro-Kremlin war blogger and founder of Rybar propaganda project Mikhail Zvinchuk Prior to being arrested, Zvinchuk boasted on Telegram that he had entered Montenegro despite the sanctions and travel ban levied against him.

New anti-jamming antenna on Russian Geran-4 drone resembles design by Chinese company Harxon, The Insider finds Last year, The Insider found that the firm had become the main supplier of multi-element satellite-navigation antennas to Russia’s Alabuga, a major production hub for Geran attack drones.

Oil slick from Aframax Rio tanker fire off the coast of Sochi grows to 25 square kilometers, Greenpeace says The tanker, believed to be part of Russia’s “shadow fleet,” caught fire Oct. 6, sending up a plume of smoke visible for hundreds of kilometers.

Latvian citizen handed six years in prison for financing Russian military with €43 donation through Belarus Polina Kamlyova asked a friend in Belarus to send 157 Belarusian rubles towards the purchase of an electronic warfare system to jam FPV drones.

MEPs linked to Russia oppose European Parliament resolution declaring Russia’s new State Duma illegitimate Some of the MEPs, like Czech politician Ondřej Dostál, traveled to Moscow after being invited by a foundation tied to the GRU, while others met with Russia's foreign intelligence chief.

52-year-old Russian political prisoner Igor Yakovenko dies in Krasnodar detention center after being returned for “palliative care” Human rights advocates said Yakovenko was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. At least eight other political prisoners have died behind bars in Russia this year.

Drones attack two Yandex data centers in two days, damaging major facility in Kaluga The tech giant called the Kaluga facility its most powerful data center in Russia, but did not disclose the number of servers at the site at the time of the attack.

Russian attack on two buses in Ukrainian frontline city of Kramatorsk kills 30 and wounds at least 20 Three more people were killed in shelling in the village of Bilenke, bringing the overall death toll in the area to 33. “This attack will not go unanswered,” said President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Ukrainian drones hit Yandex site in first major attack on Russian data center housing two of the tech giant’s supercomputers The Sasovo data center in the Ryazan Region hosts two Nvidia A100-powered supercomputers used to train the company’s YandexGPT large-language model.

Japan extradites Russian man to Germany over role in Qilin ransomware group 28-year-old Vladimir K., known online by the nickname “snake,” worked for Qilin as a developer and received a substantial share of the ransom payments it facilitated.

Russia steps up sabotage campaign against Danish companies supplying Ukraine, intelligence service says Moscow is now “trying to hit targets that have a direct impact on the front line. That means weapons production,” said PET’s Josephine Christensen.

FSB-linked charges appear in 67% of Russia’s political cases in 2026, Memorial report finds While the overall level of political repression in Russia remains roughly unchanged, the charges brought against defendants are becoming more severe.

“They were smiling as they shot at us”: The Insider speaks with Israelis whose lives were turned upside down on October 7, 2023 Survivors, a former hostage, and an IDF soldier recall the attack, captivity, and war in Gaza.

Higher prices, simpler menus, and fewer customers: In year five of the war, Russia's restaurants and bars are finally struggling to survive Mid-range venues have been hit the hardest by the shrinking of the country's middle class.