Russia claims it is withstanding the impact of sanctions. Sweden's finance minister said satellite images show a different story.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said early on Friday that air defence units had intercepted three separate attacks by Ukrainian drones headed for Russia's capital.

Moscow bank staffer arrested on suspicion of stealing “about $1.8M from a client's safe deposit box” and swapping the banknotes for crypto.

Kremlin propagandist Vladimir Solovyov issued a fresh warning to NATO member U.K. over assistance provided to Ukraine in the war.

The MMA fighter Lamberd Akhiadov received cryptoassets and cash worth $151,000 before “carrying out a terrorist attack” in 2022, police say.

Reliance on Russia’s military offerings has become increasingly prevalent in parts of Africa, amid an aggressive push by Moscow to lessen Western influence on the continent.

A bank employee in Moscow stole 180 million rubles ($1.8 million) from a client’s safe deposit box, according to Interior Ministry spokesperson Irina Volk.

China's largest airline, China Southern Airlines, has suspended flights from Beijing to Moscow at the end of January, a surprise move that comes just ahead of the Chinese New Year. Newsweek reached out to China Southern Airlines and the Russian Foreign Ministry with an emailed request for comment outside of office hours.

Could the personal data of Cuban emigrants from different countries end up in the hands of Russian intelligence bodies? Could the online platforms of companies registered in the US and Spain that sell products in Cuba purchased by emigrants serve as instruments for Moscow to penetrate those countries?

President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to broker a peace deal in Ukraine, but as he prepares to take office, peace seems as elusive as ever.

The leader of Moldova's breakaway region of Transdniestria has travelled to Moscow for talks to resolve an energy crisis following the suspension of Russian gas deliveries, Transdniestria's news agency reported on Tuesday.