Drone strikes hit an oil terminal and a VK data center as power failures, airport restrictions and a highway closure tested St. Petersburgās infrastructure.
Russia designated StopTime musicians Naoko and Alexander Orlov as āforeign agents,ā one year after their first detention over a St. Petersburg street concert.
A bipartisan Senate group says Trumpās Russian diesel deal would aid Putinās war effort while doing little to lower U.S. fuel prices.
Russian officials said more than 100 drones headed toward Moscow were destroyed, triggering airport restrictions, flight diversions and regional alerts.
German investigators are examining whether a crashed drone near a Bundeswehr logistics hub may have carried explosives.
Yabloko cleared the 5 percent threshold in Novgorod, preserving a key route to future State Duma participation without collecting signatures.
Latvia says a suspect in the Leipzig airport sabotage case had lived in Russia, as the investigation deepens scrutiny of aviation, logistics and security.
Russia says it will close Goethe-Institut branches after Germany moved to end the agreement covering the Russian House in Berlin.
Pro-Kremlin blogger Ilya Remeslo has been detained following his public criticism of Putin and the Ukraine war, raising questions about political dissent and governance risks in Russia.
Russia closes Romanian Consulate in St. Petersburg, responding to Romania's closure of the Russian Consulate in ConstanČa following a drone incident in GalaČi, Romania.
Russian air defenses intercepted 30 Ukrainian drones over the Leningrad region hours before the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum opened.