Country’s dollar bond coupon is due on Wednesday as foreign assets remain frozen Russia’s payment on two bond coupons due on Wednesday in national currency instead of US dollars would constitute a sovereign default for the country, US credit rating agency Fitch said on Tuesday.

The country’s defense chief vows to use ‘credible military force’ to deter Beijing, if needed Australian Defence Minister Peter Dutton warned China could use Russia’s conflict with Ukraine as a “distraction” to launch its “own acts of aggression” as thousands of US troops deploy to Australia.

Naples street artist Jorit creates a giant mural of Dostoevsky after the author was canceled at a university in Milan A street artist in Naples is protesting with his art against the move by a university in Milan to cancel a course on Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. Jorit has painted a giant mural of the…