Latest Russia Headlines
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US Slaps New Charges on Ukrainian Over Russian Cyberattacks
Dec 10 2025 // The US Department of Justice unveiled additional charges against a Ukrainian woman accused of supporting Russian state-backed cyberattacks against critical infrastructure. Victoria Eduardovna Dubranova, 33, was indicted on...
EU, G7 Weigh Ban on Maritime Services for Russian Oil Exports, End to Price Cap
Dec 8 2025 // The Group of Seven countries and the European Union are in talks to replace a price cap on Russian oil exports with a full maritime services ban in a bid to reduce the oil revenue that helps finance Russia’s war in...
Yet Another Russia-Linked Tanker Gets Attacked in the Black Sea
Dec 2 2025 // A fourth Russia-connected tanker in under a week was attacked on Tuesday, a sharp uptick in strikes on Moscow-associated shipping as the war in Ukraine nears a fifth year. The tiny oil and chemicals tanker Midvolga-2 was...
Third Russia-Linked Oil Tanker Suffers Explosions at Sea
Dec 1 2025 // An oil tanker carrying diesel suffered four external explosions near Dakar, Senegal, its manager said, the third vessel with links to Russia to have been struck over the last few days. Seawater entered the engine room of...
Poland Expects Russia to Escalate Sabotage After Rail Explosion
Nov 26 2025 // Poland’s deputy prime minister said he expects Russia to escalate its sabotage activities in the country following an explosion on a busy rail route to Ukraine for which authorities blame Moscow. Krzysztof Gawkowski...
Russia Attacks on EU Are State-Sponsored Terrorism, Top Diplomat Says
Nov 19 2025 // The European Union’s top diplomat said that Moscow’s aggression against the bloc, including an explosion that occurred in Poland over the weekend, should be considered terrorism. “These sabotage acts they...
Big Russian Port Operator Says its Systems Were Targeted by Foreign Hackers
Nov 14 2025 // Russia’s Port Alliance group, which operates a network of sea cargo terminals, said on Thursday that foreign hackers had targeted its systems over three days in a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack and an...
UK to Ban Maritime Services for Russian LNG Exports
Nov 12 2025 // Britain plans to ban companies from providing services such as shipping and insurance for Russian liquefied natural gas exports, in its latest attempt to help Ukraine in its war against Russia by trying to choke off...
Reuters: Iran, Russia and the New Zealand Insurer That Kept Sanctioned Oil Flowing
Oct 28 2025 // Last Christmas, the tanker Yug cruised out of the Chinese port of Qingdao after offloading 2 million barrels of sanctioned Iranian oil. Near the Arctic, a vessel carrying Russian crude churned through icy seas, bound for...
EU’s New Sanctions Boost Allies’ Push to Hit Russian Energy
Oct 24 2025 // The European Union adopted a new package of sanctions targeting Russia’s energy infrastructure, building on new US and UK moves to chip away at Moscow’s ability to wage its war against Ukraine. The EU measures...
Poland, Romania Foil Russian Exploding Parcels Plot, Warsaw Says
Oct 21 2025 // Poland and Romania detained eight people suspected of planning sabotage on behalf of Russia, authorities in Warsaw said on Tuesday, with three arrests concerning an alleged new plan to send exploding parcels, this time to...
EU Seeks Maritime Declaration to Inspect Russia’s ‘Shadow Fleet’
Oct 20 2025 // The European Union’s diplomatic arm, the EEAS, is urging member states to back a maritime declaration that would allow EU nations working with flag states to arrange inspections on Russia’s “shadow...
UK Sanctions Russia’s Lukoil and Rosneft, Targets Shadow Fleet
Oct 15 2025 // Britain targeted Russia’s two largest oil companies, Lukoil and Rosneft, and 44 shadow fleet tankers on Wednesday in what it described as a new bid to tighten energy sanctions and choke off Kremlin revenues. Lukoil...
Drone Attacks Are Now Seen 2,000 Kilometers Inside of Russia
Oct 9 2025 // Russia has reported a growing number of drone attacks deep inside its territory, with some reaching nearly 2,000 kilometers (1,200 miles) from the Ukrainian border, further testing the country’s air defenses as the...
EU Eyes Sanctions on Fake Flags Used by Russia Shadow Oil Fleet
Oct 8 2025 // The European Union has proposed restrictions on three firms that have provided fake flags to sanctioned oil tankers in Russia’s shadow fleet, according to documents seen by Bloomberg. The entities have supplied false...
Captain of Oil Tanker Linked to Russia’s Shadow Fleet Will Face Trial in France
Oct 7 2025 // The captain of an oil tanker that authorities in France have detained off the country’s Atlantic coast and which President Emmanuel Macron has linked to Russia will go on trial in February over the crew’s...
Denmark Reports Repeated Russian Naval Provocations in its Straits
Oct 6 2025 // Russian warships have repeatedly sailed on collision courses, aimed weapons at Danish naval vessels and disrupted navigation systems in Denmark’s straits that connect the Baltic Sea to the North Sea, its defense...
Denmark Says Russia Is Waging Hybrid War After Drone Scare
Oct 3 2025 // Denmark accused Russia of waging a hybrid war against the Nordic nation and warned more attacks are likely, after a series of drone incursions disrupted operations at civilian and military airports. The Danish Defence...
Denmark Warns Russian Sabotage Likely as Another Drone Suspected
Sep 26 2025 // Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned Danes to brace for more hybrid attacks, pointing to Russia as Europe’s main security threat, just before a suspected drone sighting disrupted air traffic in...
EU Proposes Full Ban on Russian LNG From 2027, a Year Early
Sep 19 2025 // The European Union proposed a complete ban on imports of Russian liquefied natural gas from Jan. 1, 2027, as part of its latest measures to curb President Vladimir Putin’s ability to wage Moscow’s war against...
