The Latest Breaking News from Russia

US treasury department says Russian state-backed media spent millions to recruit ‘unwitting American influencers’

Federal prosecutors criminally charge Russian media employees and seize Kremlin-backed websites

The United States indicted two employees of Russia's RT and imposed sanctions on top editors of the state-funded news outlet on Wednesday, accusing them of seeking to influence the 2024 US presidential election.

The prospects of American-supplied missiles in Ukraine's war against Russia aren't the only things preparing for launch; U.S. military contractor Lockheed Martin Corp.'s stock price is also blasting off to new heights.

The Biden administration announced a series of actions Wednesday to curb covert foreign influence operations from Russia.

Russian troops are inching ever close to Ukraine’s eastern city of Pokrovsk, a vital logistical hub for Kyiv’s outgunned and outnumbered forces, leading some analysts to question the wisdom of a Ukrainian lightning offensive on Russian soil that was intended to distract Moscow from its Donbas push.

As Russia keeps pounding Ukrainian cities with airstrikes and advances along the frontline in Donbas, regional elections in two states in eastern Germany have seen a surge of support for parties on the extreme right and extreme left.

President carries out biggest government shake-up since start of war as deadly attacks continue

Animal rights groups said Wednesday that gunfire killed a beluga whale that rose to fame in Norway after its unusual harness sparked suspicions the creature had been trained by Russia as a spy.

Germany's military put a first Iris-T air-defense system into service on its own soil Wednesday having delivered several of them to war-torn Ukraine to intercept Russian rockets, drones and missiles.

President carries out biggest government shake-up since start of war as Moscow’s deadly aerial assault continues