Russia plots major strike on Europe's largest nuclear plant power lines: source

Ukraine nuclear facilities face Russian attack threats as Moscow weighs strikes on power substations to force capitulation, officials say. Zaporizhzhia is a primary target.

Russia says Moldova's plans to merge with Romania would destroy its statehood

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that plans floated by Moldova's president to hold a referendum on reunification with Romania would be destructive to Moldovan statehood.
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How to Win the Shadow War With Russia

Russia is prosecuting a war that knows no borders. Ukraine is the open front, but the objective is larger: to defeat a coalition of adversaries, including all of Europe and the Russian opposition figures that have taken refuge there.

Graham says Russia sanctions bill 'never going back on the shelf' after Trump backs push

Bipartisan Russia sanctions package would impose tariffs on countries buying Russian oil and gas, primarily targeting China and India energy purchases.

IMF cuts Russia's 2026 growth forecast by 0.2 percentage points to 0.8%

The International Monetary Fund cut its forecast for Russia's economic growth in 2026 by 0.2 percentage points to 0.8% on Monday. The fund, which has not sent monitoring missions to assess the state of the country's economy since November 2019,

4 years after his arrest in Russia, American David Barnes moved to remote penal colony

Four years after David Barnes was charged in Russia with abusing his children in Texas despite not being charged with a crime in the U.S., he is now in a penal colony.

Russia's new Geran-5 turbojet drone looks like Iran's Karrar UAV and is souped up with American parts, Ukraine says

The Geran-5 features US parts such as digital signal processors and clock generators, along with a Chinese jet engine and $8,100 modem, GUR said.

Russia gives U.S. man 5 year prison term for, it says, illegally transporting weapons

Russia has sentenced American Charles Zimmerman to five years in prison for illegally transporting weapons, a court said, noting that a rifle was found on his yacht after it docked in the port city of Sochi.
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