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Reports: Putin Picks Sanctioned General Aleksandr Chaiko to Lead Air and Space Forces

Reports of the move point to pressure on Russia's air defenses after a surge in Ukrainian drone strikes.

Moscow Court Jails Novaya Gazeta Journalist Under New Personal Data Law

Russia Sentences Ex–Deputy Defence Minister Pavel Popov to 19 Years in Corruption Case

Russian Military Court Sentences Polina Yevtushenko to 14 Years on Treason-Related, Speech Charges

Moscow Court Orders Two-Month Pretrial Detention of Readovka Founder in Suspected 1 Billion-Ruble MoD Fraud

Russia Files Bills to Tighten Migrant Rules: Exit-or-Patent at 18 and Income Test for Work Permits

Moscow Replaces Gulag Museum With New Site Focused on Nazi Crimes

Russian Investigators Accuse Decorated Officer of Self-Inflicted Injury Payout Scam

Western Agencies Say Wagner-Linked Recruiters Are Using Vulnerable Europeans for Sabotage

Ex-Wagner Network Recruits 'Disposable' Saboteurs Across Europe, Western Intel Says

Chechen Supreme Court Overturns Zarema Musaeva Conviction, Orders Retrial

Senior Russian General Vladimir Alekseyev Shot in Moscow, Gunman at Large

Neiry Publishes Footage of Chip-Implanted Pigeons It Says It Can Steer Remotely

Moscow Court Freezes More Than 180 Million Rubles in Assets in Bulgakov Corruption Case

Rosatom Sets 2026 Target to Launch Pilot Operation of Kursk NPP-2

Moscow Court Registers LGBT 'Propaganda' Cases Against Seven Streaming Executives

Ukraine War Reaches 1,418 Days, Matching Soviet Great Patriotic War

Putin Reappoints Kovalchuk to Lead Kurchatov Institute, Appoints Supervisory Council for Five Years

Putin Signs Laws Expanding Disability Access and Extending Document Validity

Putin Proposes Annual 'Worst 100' List for Russian Educational Institutions