Russian President Vladimir Putin is urgently demanding measures to save the nation's faltering economy as the situation spirals out of control, according to Russian media reports. Experts are cautioning that the magnitude of Russia's economic challenges renders most of Putin's crisis-response measures ineffective.

Amid a sharp downturn in industrial business activity, the Kremlin is making emergency efforts to stabilize the situation. On Saturday, Putin issued an urgent directive to maintain …

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed his country's unwavering support for Russia in the ongoing war in Ukraine. As reported on Sunday, July 13, by the North Korean state news agency KCNA, during a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Kim expressed North Korea's readiness to "unconditionally support and encourage all actions by the Russian leadership to eliminate the root causes of the Ukrainian crisis".

A day prior, Lavrov held talks with North Korean Foreign Minister Choe …

Lenar Mansurov, the former CEO of "Gazprom Mezhregiongaz Makhachkala," has been arrested on charges of accepting a particularly large bribe. This was confirmed on Friday, July 11, by attorney Vladislav Zhivaev from the law firm "Mushailev, Udzensky, Rybakov & Partners." The arrest information is also recorded in the Savelovsky District Court's files in Moscow.

The Telegram channel Baza reports that Mansurov has been placed in an investigation detention center.

Lenar Mansurov took up the role …

Following the withdrawal of Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) units from the Kursk region, the whereabouts of approximately a thousand residents remain uncertain, according to Russia’s Ombudsperson for Human Rights, Tatyana Moskalkova. "Our efforts brought back over 100 people from Sumy. Initially, the list of those missing contained 2,000 names. As of today, there are still about a thousand unaccounted for," she shared in an interview with RIA Novosti.

Moskalkova confirmed the complete list of the …

In a statement made in late June, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed that Ukraine was facing a group consisting of 695,000 Russian soldiers. However, officials from Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence Service told Liga.net that more than 700,000 Russiians are now engaged in combat against Ukraine.

This figure marks an increase of 60,000 since May and 120,000 since November. Additionally, Russian National Guard troops are involved in the fighting. Their numbers are about 35,000 across …

Ukraine is set to receive its first shipent of long-range missiles financed by Germany, according to Major General Christian Freuding, head of the special task force for Ukraine in the Bundestag. Germany is allocating significant funds toward Ukraine's procurement of these advanced missiles. During a broadcast on ZDF, Freuding underscored the heightened military tension in Ukraine, with Russian forces maintaining battlefield initiative for weeks, if not months.

The situation continues to …

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived in North Korea for a working visit. Reports from Russian and North Korean media indicate that after attending a meeting of ASEAN foreign ministers, Lavrov headed to the city of Wonsan, known for its missile test sites and naval bases.

In Wonsan, Lavrov held discussions with North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui, focusing on the war in Ukraine and the situation on the Korean Peninsula.

According to the Russian Foreign Minister, Moscow …

In a sweeping security operation, police in Moscow are reportedly conducting widespread checks on trucks, as reported by the Telegram channel Baza.

According to Baza, traffic police are rigorously inspecting drivers' documents alongside the cargo compartments of larger vehicles such as lorries and Gazelle vans, specifically searching for concealed drones. The channel's sources note that these inspections commenced "several days ago."

In response, additional traffic police checkpoints have …