The Russian economy is in an increasingly precarious state as a result of a shift to a war mode and of Western sanctions over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, a report by the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) said on Tuesday.

A CNN investigation found that residents of Mariupol, including schoolchildren, are being trained in new media programs and “blogger schools” with ties to the Russian state.

The 90-minute film depicts Vladimir Putin in the gym, the kitchen and musing about how the West is responsible for trying to bring down Russia.

India has approved three Russian insurers, including a unit of top lender Sberbank , to provide marine cover to ships arriving at Indian ports, a government notification shows, helping Moscow maintain oil supplies to a key market.

The leader of a British-based Russian spy ring which prosecutors said carried out surveillance for the Kremlin was sentenced in a London court on Monday to nearly 11 years in jail, as his five team members were jailed for a total of about 40 years.

If the U.S. wants to “retire” from leading the free world, a new grouping of democracies should step up, Anders Fogh Rasmussen said.

A Russian prosecutor on Monday requested six years in prison for Grigory Melkonyants, co-chair of the independent election monitoring group Golos. Melkonyants was arrested in August 2023, accused of organising the work of an "undesirable organisation".

Four Russian figure skaters have been approved by the International Skating Union to try to qualify for the 2026 Winter Olympics as neutral athletes who have not supported the invasion of Ukraine

In March, Russian investigative outlet Important Stories reported that relations between Kadyrov and Putin had become strained over his alleged talks with repre