General Aleksandr Syrsky has ordered the move from Avdeevka to “more favorable lines” Ukrainian troops have been ordered to leave the city of Avdeevka, Kiev’s newly-appointed commander-in-chief has said, claiming the decision was intended to preserve the “lives and health” of soldiers following months of desperate attempts to hold on to the frontline town near the Russian…

Alexey Navalny collapsed and died on Friday, in a prison colony north of the Arctic circle where he was serving a 19-year sentence under Russian laws on “extremist activities.” He was 47. In the West, the Kremlin critic was heralded as the Russian “opposition leader.” In Ukraine, he was denounced as a Russian nationalist. At…

The seizure of the country’s reserves would jeopardize the “immunity” of national assets worldwide, Elvira Nabiullina warns The global financial system would be disrupted if Brussels and Washington go through with threats to use Russian sovereign assets to help Ukraine, the head of the Bank of Russia, Elvira Nabiullina, warned on Friday.