The Russian businessman has said sanctions were used as a weapon against himself and his home country Recently-released Russian businessman Viktor Bout told RT on Saturday that his case was an “experiment” in the legal persecution of Russia, with the US deploying sanctions against him and his home country alike.

A group of protesters burned Russia’s national flag during a rally on Finland’s Independence Day The Russian Foreign Ministry lodged an official protest with the Finnish authorities on Saturday over what it called an “unprecedented, unacceptable act.” Moscow was referring to a group of demonstrators who burned a Russian national flag during a mass rally…

The nation’s domestic security agency raided more than a dozen religious sites in Kharkov Region Ukraine’s domestic security agency, the SBU, conducted a new series of raids on Orthodox Christian churches in northeastern Kharkov Region on Saturday. The operation, which targeted 14 religious institutions, comes amid Kiev’s crackdown on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) over…