Risk of US secondary sanctions has forced banks in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan to suspend financial ties and stop honoring Mir transfers The use of the Mir bank card, which operates through a Russian payments system, will no longer be possible in Kyrgyzstan and in most Kazakh banks, as the former Soviet republics face the risk of…

Nine homes will have to be rebuilt from scratch after the incident in Russia’s Voronezh Region, Governor Aleksandr Gusev says Four people were injured and nine homes suffered significant damage when a projectile accidentally detached from a Russian military aircraft in the country’s Voronezh Region, Governor Aleksandr Gusev has said.

Moscow has slammed remarks as “provocative rhetoric… unacceptable for a responsible nuclear state,” Russia could launch an attack on NATO, triggering a global conflict involving American troops, US President Joe Biden claimed on Wednesday, while urging Congress to pass a $111 billion national security package.