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Russia Today
23-07-2025
- Russia Today
‘Ukrainian agent' caught in Russia was recovering explosive device
A Ukrainian agent has been detained in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod Region while attempting to retrieve an improvised explosive device from a concealed cache, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Wednesday. The Russian citizen, allegedly recruited by Ukraine's secret service while on a visit to the country last year, was arrested in the Nizhny Novgorod Region, approximately 400 kilometers east of Moscow. In a video released by the FSB, the man claimed Ukrainian agents had coerced him by threatening his family members living in Ukraine. He told investigators he had been apprehended during his fourth trip to a rural village roughly 30 kilometers west of Nizhny Novgorod, where he was instructed to retrieve equipment. The FSB also published footage showing materials seized from the suspect, including four kits apparently intended for assembling small quadcopter incident follows other recent arrests linked to Ukrainian intelligence activity inside Russia. On Monday, the FSB said it had apprehended a Moldovan citizen accused of conducting surveillance on a defense facility in the Ryazan Region on behalf of Ukraine's military intelligence agency, the HUR. Last week, the FSB released a video of a shootout involving a suspected Ukrainian sympathizer. According to authorities, the suspect lobbed a grenade at security officers during an attempted arrest. The FSB frequently reports arrests of individuals working as part of Ukrainian sabotage networks. The suspects typically operate alone, guided remotely by Ukraine's intelligence services through encrypted messaging platforms, and use hidden drop points to exchange equipment.
Russia Today
05-07-2025
- Politics
- Russia Today
Russian Communists want Stalin rehabilitated
The Russian Communist Party (CPRF) has set the goal of restoring the reputation of Joseph Stalin, adopting a resolution calling for 'historical justice' for the one-time Soviet leader. According to the document supported at a party convention held this week, the criticism of the Stalin era and his policies leveled by his successor, Nikita Khrushchev, was 'misdirected' and 'politically motivated.' In its resolution, the CPRF distanced itself from Khrushchev's assessment of what he called Stalin's 'personality cult.' In 1956, Khrushchev, who himself played a significant role in the political oppression of the Great Terror – a period of mass repressions in the USSR in 1930s – denounced during a famous Communist Party congress the crimes of his former boss and the cult of personality he cultivated during his reign. He also introduced a policy of 'de-Stalinization,' removing memorials to his predecessor around the country. Stalin's legacy still divides opinion inside modern Russia. Some revere him for his leadership through World War II, while others view him as a tyrant responsible for the death of imprisonment of many. Russia's modern Communist Party views Stalin in an increasingly positive light. In 2021, the Communists in Nizhny Novgorod Region announced their plans to construct a museum dedicated to him. 'Stalin is a symbol of victory, the commonwealth of fraternal nations, the power and greatness of the Power that ensured peace in the world and kept it from World War III,' the head of the local party branch, Vladislav Yegorov, said at the time. According to Yegorov, the Nizhny Novgorod Stalin Center should become the first step towards opening similar museums across Russia. The party also organized the erection of monuments to Stalin throughout the country. At the latest convention, the CPRF also adopted another resolution calling on President Vladimir Putin to rename the city of Volgograd back to Stalingrad. Long-time CPRF party head Gennady Zyuganov has long advocated for such a step. He made a similar appeal ahead of the 80th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany in the Second World War in May. According to the CPRF resolution, Volgograd Region should revert to its 'historical' name as well. The Kremlin has so far not commented on the initiatives.
Russia Today
01-07-2025
- General
- Russia Today
Russian warplane crashes during training
A Russian SU-34 medium-range fighter-bomber crashed during a training flight in the country's Nizhny Novgorod Region on Tuesday, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has reported. Both the pilot and the navigator who operated the twin-seat aircraft are understood to have ejected and are reportedly alive. According to the ministry's statement quoted by Russian media, 'during landing, the release system of one of the landing gear legs failed.' The pilot made several attempts at fixing the issue while in flight, before deciding to abandon the aircraft. The crew proceeded to divert the warplane away from populated areas and ejected, Russian military officials said, noting that the SU-34 was not carrying any ordnance. The incident reportedly resulted in no casualties or damage on the ground. 'A rescue team has been flown to the crash site to evacuate the crew to their home air base. According to the information from the site, both members are alive,' the ministry stated. In early April, a Russian Tu-22M long-range strategic bomber crashed in Irkutsk Region. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the four crew managed to eject, but the pilot did not survive the landing. Military officials named a technical failure as the suspected cause of the crash. Several weeks before, a Russian SU-25 fighter jet was lost during a training flight in far-eastern Primorsky Region. The pilot ejected and was evacuated to safety.
Russia Today
25-06-2025
- Russia Today
Kiev-orchestrated bomb plot thwarted in Moscow Region
Two Russian citizens who were collecting an improvised explosive from a cache outside Moscow, have been killed after opening fire on law enforcement, the Federal Security Service (FSB) reported on Wednesday. The deceased were identified by the agency as 'accomplices of Ukrainian special services,' who allegedly planned to use the device in a terrorist attack targeting a Russian military service member. According to the FSB, video footage appearing to show surveillance scenes along with the alleged IED proves that the bomb was ready for activation when it was seized. Plot details were subsequently discovered on suspects' phones and investigators are reportedly treating the case as a felony involving unlawful possession of explosives. The FSB frequently reports having disrupted terrorist operations allegedly coordinated by Ukrainian intelligence services, though suspects are typically apprehended alive. Exceptions have occurred, particularly when Kiev is believed to rely on radicalized individuals with links to international terrorist organizations. One such case was reported in April 2024, when two Central Asian Islamists allegedly planned to use first-person-view drones armed with explosive devices to target an oil refinery in Nizhny Novgorod Region. The FSB claimed the suspects were directed to retrieve the equipment from a cache and were given operational instructions by a 'Ukrainian handler.'
Washington Post
20-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
Two friends wrote a gay romance — and had to flee Russia
In April 2016, Elena Malisova was feeling overworked and listless when, over Skype, she asked her friend Kateryna Sylvanova to write her a story — something happy and bright. The two, who at the time were based in Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod respectively, had bonded after meeting on Ficbook, a Russian-language writing platform. Sylvanova protested: 'I'm also tired — you write me something.'
