Renowned Director and People’s Artist Natalia Kasatkina Passes Away at 89

Renowned Director and People’s Artist Natalia Kasatkina Passes Away at 89

People’s Artist of the RSFSR, director of the Moscow Classical Ballet Theater Natalia Kasatkina died at the age of 89. reported RIA Novosti her assistant Valentina Buryanova. According to the assistant, the choreographer died on the night of March 14. TASS Buryanova statedthat Kasatkina died late in the evening of March 13 at the Sklifosovsky … Read more

Imran Khan and Wife Sentenced to Prison: Pakistan Corruption Case Verdicts and Political Fallout

Imran Khan and Wife Sentenced to Prison: Pakistan Corruption Case Verdicts and Political Fallout

A Pakistani court has sentenced former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra to 14 years in prison in a corruption case involving the sale of government property, Reuters reports. Khan is also prohibited from engaging in political activities for 10 years. Bushra Khan has been taken into custody. A day earlier, Khan was … Read more

Yemeni Houthis Attack British Oil Tanker Marlin Luanda in Gulf of Aden: Latest Updates

Yemeni Houthis Attack British Oil Tanker Marlin Luanda in Gulf of Aden: Latest Updates

The Yemeni Ansar Allah movement announced an attack on the British oil tanker Marlin Luanda, which was sailing through the Gulf of Aden to the Red Sea. reports BBC. American officials said the strike was carried out by an anti-ship ballistic missile. A nearby warship responded to the distress signal sent by the tanker. There … Read more

CIA Video Encouraging Russians to Cooperate: Recruitment Tactics and Russian Response

CIA Video Encouraging Russians to Cooperate: Recruitment Tactics and Russian Response

The US Central Intelligence Agency published a video on its social networks entitled “Why I contacted the CIA: for the sake of the Motherland,” in which it once again calls on Russians to cooperate with the agency. The video presents the internal monologue of a fictional 35-year-old employee of the GRU (the main directorate of … Read more

66-Year-Old Businessman Arrested for Illegally Exporting Sensitive American Technologies to Russia

66-Year-Old Businessman Arrested for Illegally Exporting Sensitive American Technologies to Russia

In the United States, 66-year-old Ilya Kan was arrested, accused of exporting “sensitive American technologies” to Russia. About it reported on the US Department of Justice website. The Ministry of Justice reported that Kan is a citizen of the United States, Israel and Russia. According to court documents, Kahn owns US companies Senesys Incorporated and … Read more

Record-Breaking Billion-Ruble Lawsuits Filed in Moscow and St. Petersburg Over ‘Naked’ Party

Record-Breaking Billion-Ruble Lawsuits Filed in Moscow and St. Petersburg Over ‘Naked’ Party

Two lawsuits were filed in the courts of Moscow and St. Petersburg due to the “naked” party. The amount of claims for each of them is one billion rubles, RIA Novosti reports. In Moscow, a group of citizens led by producer Alexander Inshakov filed a class action against TV presenter Nastya Ivleeva in the Tagansky … Read more

Former Rector of Moscow Trinity Church Defrocked by Diocesan Court: Latest News

Former Rector of Moscow Trinity Church Defrocked by Diocesan Court: Latest News

The Moscow diocesan court defrocked the former rector of the Moscow Trinity Church in Khokhly, Alexei Uminsky. This decision was made at a meeting of the church court on Saturday, January 13. About it reports “New Newspaper”. Now this decision must be approved by Patriarch Kirill. Court secretary Alexander Mironov told Novaya Gazeta that “the … Read more

Ukraine’s National Commission for Rehabilitation exonerates film director Sergei Parajanov 50 years after conviction for “sodomy”

Ukraine’s National Commission for Rehabilitation exonerates film director Sergei Parajanov 50 years after conviction for “sodomy”

The National Commission for Rehabilitation in Ukraine, 50 years later, rehabilitated film director Sergei Parajanov, convicted in the USSR under the article on “sodomy”, reported Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance. The decision states that after a detailed analysis of the criminal case and other archival documents, a political motive was identified in the prosecution and … Read more

Progressive Party of Serbia (SNS) Wins Majority in December 17 Parliamentary Elections

Progressive Party of Serbia (SNS) Wins Majority in December 17 Parliamentary Elections

The Progressive Party of Serbia (SNS) wins the majority of votes in the parliamentary elections held on December 17. The first results of the processing of ballots and polls conducted by Ipsos and CeSID show that the SNS can count on 46.2% of the vote, while its main rival, the center-left Serbia Against Violence (SPV) … Read more

The European Union’s Indecisiveness on Ukraine’s Accession Could Benefit Putin: Zelensky Urges Action

The European Union’s Indecisiveness on Ukraine’s Accession Could Benefit Putin: Zelensky Urges Action

The indecisiveness of the leaders of the European Union on the issue of starting negotiations with Ukraine on the country’s accession to the EU could become a victory for Russian President Vladimir Putin. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky stated this while speaking via video link at the European Council in Brussels. According to the Ukrainian leader, … Read more