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Islamic State inmates have taken two prison officers hostage at a jail in the southern Russian city of Rostov, the prison services announced Sunday. "The inmates took two prison officers hostage" in Detention Center Number One of the Rostov region, prison authorities said in a statement. "Negotiations on the release of the hostages are underway," it added. The state-run TASS news agency, citing an anonymous law enforcement source, reported that IS members who are due to appear in court on terrorism charges are among the hostage takers. Russia has been the target of several attacks claimed by t...
The Moscow Times
Updated with hostage release. Two prison guards at a detention center in the southern Russian city of Rostov have been freed unharmed just hours after inmates with connections to the Islamic State took them hostage, Russia's prison service said Sunday. "During a special operation... the criminals were liquidated and the employees taken hostage were freed and were not injured," the prison service said in a statement. Prison authorities had said earlier on Sunday that "negotiations on the release of the hostages" were underway. The state-run TASS news agency, citing an anonymous law enforcement ...
The Moscow Times
A total of 14 Russian and 11 Belarusian athletes were included on Saturday by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on an initial list of "Individual Neutral Athletes" (AINs) eligible to compete in the Paris Games. The athletes had to qualify for the Games and pass a double check, first by the international sports federations and then by the IOC, to prove they did not actively support the war in Ukraine or have any links with their countries' armies. The athletes named on Saturday compete in four disciplines. Sixteen are wrestlers. The IOC has also approved two weightlifters, three trampol...
The Moscow Times
A Russian Su-24 bomber violated Swedish airspace near the strategic Baltic Sea island of Gotland, leaving only after Sweden scrambled two JAS-39 fighter jets, Sweden's military said on Saturday. The incident on Friday occurred three months after the Scandinavian country became a full member of NATO, dropping two centuries of military non-alliance. "On Friday afternoon, a Russian Su-24 jet fighter violated Swedish airspace east of Gotland's southern tip. The Swedish air combat command warned the Russian aircraft with a verbal call," the Swedish Armed Forces said. "When this was not heeded and t...
The Moscow Times
The pace of inflation in Russia accelerated yet again in May as officials warn huge public spending to support the military offensive on Ukraine is overheating the economy. Increases in government expenditure have supported Russia's economy in the face of a barrage of Western sanctions but also triggered surging prices and labor shortages in many sectors not connected to the campaign. Inflation was running at 8.3% on an annual basis in May, Russia’s statistics agency Rosstat said on Friday — the highest rate since February 2023. That was up from 7.8% at the end of April and far ahead of the co...
The Moscow Times
Moldova's authorities and an opposition politician said Friday aviation officials had denied landing permission to a flight bound for the capital Chisinau carrying pro-Russian opposition activists. According to Romanian authorities, the flight from Armenia was redirected to an airport near the capital Bucharest. Moldovan pro-Russian MP Marina Tauber announced the incident in a post on Telegram. "Chisinau airport refused to allow a flight from Moscow via Yerevan carrying participants in the congress of the Moldovan opposition political bloc 'Victory' to land," she wrote. "The aircraft was diver...
The Moscow Times
Russian officials privately admit that their chances of preventing an Armenian exit from the Moscow-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) are slim, two Russian officials, one current and one retired Russian diplomat, and a former CSTO official have told The Moscow Times. Some of The Moscow Times’ sources agreed to speak on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the issue. While Russia seeks to avoid losing one of its closest military allies and a blow to its interests in the region, officials in Moscow understand that the longer the rift between Yerevan and Moscow lasts,...
The Moscow Times
Italy on Friday arrested a Russian national suspected of helping the son of a former regional governor in Russia escape house arrest while awaiting extradition to the United States on charges of illegally exporting military technology. The Russian national allegedly arranged for Artyom Uss — the son of ex-Krasnoyarsk region Governor Aleksandr Uss — to flee Italy in March 2023, the day after an Italian court ordered his extradition to the United States. Uss was detained at Milan Malpensa airport in October 2022 after the U.S. issued a warrant for his arrest, with Washington accusing him of bein...
The Moscow Times
A Russian-Ukrainian activist imprisoned on charges of plotting treason died in custody earlier this week, the U.S.-funded regional news outlet Sibir.Realii reported Friday, citing the activist’s family. Igor Pokusin, 61, was arrested in May 2022 on suspicion of vandalizing pro-war banners in Abakan, the capital of Russia’s Siberian republic of Khakassia. Though Pokusin was soon released without bail on the condition of restricted movement, he was arrested again in July of the same year in the city of Krasnoyarsk by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) and put under house arrest. Russian aut...
The Moscow Times
Finland’s border guard service said Friday that a suspected violation of its airspace by Russia earlier this week is now believed to have involved four warplanes instead of the initially reported one. “As the investigation progresses, it has become apparent that in addition to the one Russian plane reported earlier, there is also reason to suspect three other planes of territorial infringement,” the border service said in a statement. Finnish authorities said the “violation is suspected to have occurred by a four-plane division, which included two bomber and two fighter-class aircraft,” adding...
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