The Russian Foreign Ministry says only around 1,000 US nationals received entry documents in the first quarter of this year Russia’s Foreign Ministry has said it only issued around 1,000 travel visas to US citizens in the first three months of this year. There was also a sharp drop in the number of visitors from…

Kiev has labeled a video of Russian troops in training by France 24 “a disgrace to journalism” French state-owned news channel France 24 has removed a video report about Russian troops in training from its website, after it caused outrage among Ukrainian officials.

Russia will start serving summons electronically, using a digital database of eligible citizens Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed into law amended conscription and mobilization rules, establishing a unified digital database of citizens subject to military service. The measure was fast-tracked through the legislature in Moscow in less than a week.