MOSCOW—A Russian court plans to consider a request by a former U.S. Marine imprisoned in Russia to be transferred to the United States to serve his sentence there, his lawyers said on Wednesday. Russia convicted Paul Whelan—who holds U.S., British, Canadian, and Irish passports—of spying in June 2020 and sentenced him to 16 years in…
Russian Court to Consider Transferring Jailed Ex-Marine to US: Lawyers
2 Killed, Several Hurt in Gas Blast in Russian Apartment Block
MOSCOW—A gas explosion on Wednesday in a nine-story block of flats in a city near the Russian capital killed two people and damaged apartments, a law enforcement agency said. Big holes in the outer walls of the building in Noginsk city, 50 kilometers (31 miles) east of Moscow, could be seen in video footage. Debris…
Russian Woman Befriends Bear That She Rescued From Safari Park, Now They Go Fishing Together
An adorable set of pictures show a rescued brown bear and his owner fishing together on a boat in Russia. Archie the brown bear and Veronika Dichka like to spend time fishing on the lake in their native Novosibirsk, in southern Siberian, Russia. Veronika rescued Archie from a safari park that was running out of business…
Pro-Russian National Bolsheviks Spread Mayhem in the West
A Russian fascist-communist hybrid movement – National Bolshevism, is discrediting genuine conservatives and patriots in the US and other Western nations, to undermine the West. Trevor Loudon exposes Moscow’s hidden weapon against the West. Counterpunch is an Epoch Times show available on Facebook, Gab, and YouTube. Support Counterpunch: donorbox.org/counterpunch Follow Epoch TV on Facebook and…
Russian Police Detain Journalists Who Back Media Freedom
MOSCOW, Russia—Russian police on Saturday detained several journalists who protested authorities’ decision to label a top independent TV channel as a “foreign agent.” The journalists held individual pickets outside the main headquarters of the country’s top domestic security agency, the FSB, on Moscow’s Lubyanka Square. They held placards such as “Journalism is not a crime”…
Russian Firefighting Plane Crashes in Turkey, Eight Killed: Interfax
MOSCOW/ANKARA—Eight people were killed when a Russian firefighting Be-200 plane crashed in Turkey on Saturday, the Russian defense ministry was cited by Interfax news agency as saying. The Russian military said last month a Be-200, part of the Russian naval air forces, had been sent to help Turkey fight wildfires raging through southern coastal regions….
Russia Edges Japan, China for Gold in Men’s Gymnastics
TOKYO—Nikita Nagornyy huddled with the rest of the Russian men’s gymnastics team, stared at the scoreboard and waited. And waited. And waited. What in reality was only a few moments seemed like forever to the group representing the Russian Olympic Committee. In a way it was. For a quarter-century, the Russians had ceded the top…
Putin Inspects New Russian Fighter Jet Unveiled at Air Show
MOSCOW—President Vladimir Putin inspected a prototype of a new Sukhoi fifth-generation fighter jet on Tuesday that Russia unveiled at its annual MAKS air show with an eye on export markets. The warplane, given the project name “Checkmate,” is likely to be touted as a rival to the U.S. F-35 stealth fighter, said Oleg Panteleyev, head…
Engine Failure Forced Russian Plane to Make Hard Landing, Investigators Say
MOSCOW—Russian investigators said on Saturday engine failure had caused a small passenger plane to make a forced landing in Siberia a day earlier, flipping the aircraft upside down but causing no serious injuries among the 18 people on board. Fears had swirled over the fate of the Russian Antonov An-28 plane after it went missing…
New German Space Command to Tackle Russian, Chinese Threat, Overcrowding
UEDEM, Germany—Germany opened a new Space Command on Tuesday, following the lead of other Western countries amid growing concerns over Russian and Chinese military advances in outer space and a surge in satellite launches. In the last two years, the United States, France, and Britain have all established space commands—military bodies with responsibility for space…
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