
Ex-Pussy Riot Member Says She Helped the FSB Spy on Kremlin Critics
Rita Flores said FSB officers coerced her into signing a cooperation agreement after threatening to kill her relatives and put her in prison.
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MBFC: Left-Center; independent Russian outlet, critical of Kremlin

Rita Flores said FSB officers coerced her into signing a cooperation agreement after threatening to kill her relatives and put her in prison.
Two of the soldiers had been previously classified as missing in action since 2024 and eight since 2025, Ukrainian officials said.
Authorities have blamed the fires on summer heat and Siberian silk moth infestations, which have killed off vast swaths of trees and left behind highly flammable deadwood.
Zelensky said Russia could draft more troops in 2027 to reach an overall goal of 500,000.
The strike is the first on Ozon so far, after weeks of attacks targeting its larger rival, Wildberries.
A shopping mall was struck in the daytime attack on President Volodymyr Zelensky's hometown.
A shopping mall was struck in the daytime attack on President Volodymyr Zelensky's hometown.
Bondarenko, who is running for office in the State Duma, said police are threatening to charge him for publicly displaying Nazi symbols.
The Russian tech company is seeking daily compensation of $700,000 until Apple reinstates its apps.
The order comes as the federal government struggles to fill its own budget shortfall, which has reached 6.5 trillion rubles ($77.4 billion).
The removal of the exiled singer’s song comes after distributors in Ukraine also cut the track from the film’s Ukrainian release following complaints from moviegoers.
Idite Lesom said it has received a growing number of complaints from individuals who were forcibly detained and coerced into signing contracts with Russia’s Defense Ministry.
City authorities said warehouses, a school and a children's hospital were among the sites hit during the overnight barrage.
The Russian president claimed that the damage caused by ongoing attacks on industrial and commercial sites has not been critical.
Yana Lantratova, Russia’s human rights chief, said she met with her Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Lubinets during the prisoner swap.
The plant's director described the incident as "the worst event the plant has faced," the UN nuclear watchdog said.
White House officials reportedly “hoped unlikely envoys” such as Rodney Mims Cook Jr. could “help break the diplomatic deadlock” in Ukraine peace talks.
The high court upheld its earlier ruling that the pro-peace party had made copyright violations and broken campaign finance laws.
Sources said the proposed sanctions would target around 1,600 Russian individuals and entities, mostly linked to the military-industrial complex.
Sergei Petrov, an ex-lawmaker who now lives in Austria, was found guilty of using fake documents to smuggle billions of rubles out of Russia.
The special powers allow the state to assume control over the physical, financial and legal assets of facilities that fail to maintain adequate security or are slow to make repairs following attacks.
Belarus said it acted as a mediator in the latest prisoner-of-war exchange.
Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said the proposed measures include a deferral of taxes and insurance payments, as well as a freeze on tax audits.
Ozon said it had evacuated more than 300 people and that work had been halted.
The strike is the first on a facility owned by online retailer Ozon, coming after weeks of drone attacks on its larger rival Wildberries.
A shopping mall was struck in the daytime attack on President Volodymyr Zelensky's hometown.
Mediazona was initially branded a “foreign agent” in 2021. It was later removed from the registry after its founding legal entity was shut down.
Communist Party officials said Bondarenko faces charges of extremism over an old social media post featuring a photo of Alexei Navalny.
One of the people was accused of spying on trains carrying petroleum products at a Moscow railway station and surveilling government buildings in the Russian capital.
Authorities in the town of Bolokhovo said they had filed a police complaint after identifying a child who drew characters from a popular animated series onto the rubber safety surface of a newly renovated playground.
The Russian leader seldom travels to the regions. So what's behind his latest tour of cities across Siberia and the Far East?
Vladimir Putin reportedly intervened directly to restore Sergei Bochkarev to his position at Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office.
City authorities said warehouses, a school and a children's hospital were among the sites hit during the overnight barrage.
The Russian president claimed that the damage caused by ongoing attacks on industrial and commercial sites has not been critical.
Moscow said it stands ready to provide legal defense for Alexei Chadayev and two other Russian commentators now wanted in Azerbaijan.
Regional prosecutors said they were investigating the incident, which took place in the city of Shchyolkovo, located northeast of Moscow.
Vladimir Putin’s first-ever visit to the disputed islands last week has prompted a diplomatic back-and-forth between Moscow and Tokyo.
The performances will take place on Oct. 10 and 11 at the Gazprom Arena, a venue capable of hosting around 80,000 spectators.
Russia will be the fifth country former junta chief Min Aung Hlaing has visited since becoming president in April.
Another four people were wounded in the overnight strike, local authorities said, with a 14-year-old being among them.
The MC-21’s troubled development reflects the mounting pressure on Russian civil aviation.
Tit-for-tat attacks by Russia and Ukraine, both major grain exporters, on ports and vessels in recent weeks have shuttered grain terminals and forced shippers to delay or cancel loadings for dozens of cargoes during the peak export season.
The online retailer said four of its facilities were targeted in overnight attacks throughout the North Caucasus.
Putin threatened to hit back at Ukraine's “most sensitive economic sectors.”
Despite a growing selection of organized tours and deepening ties between Moscow and Pyongyang, few Russians are venturing to the country.
A shopping mall was struck in the daytime attack on President Volodymyr Zelensky's hometown.
Finnish border authorities said the airspace violation occurred Thursday afternoon in the western Gulf of Finland and lasted around three minutes.
Kyiv accused “Masha and the Bear” of spreading “pro-Russia narratives” and posing a threat to Ukrainian national security.
Reports suggested a Lukoil-operated oil refinery was targeted in a drone barrage on the Ural Mountains region of Russia.
Donskoy, who died in 1389 aged 39, ruled the principalities of Muscovy and Vladimir, which would later become the core of the Russian state.
The hotline is for exile groups and political dissidents facing intimidation, surveillance or physical violence from foreign operatives inside the country.
City authorities said warehouses, a school and a children's hospital were among the sites hit during the overnight barrage.
A woman died in a district bordering Ukraine’s Sumy and Kharkiv regions when a drone struck the vehicle she was traveling in, regional officials said.
Both Gazprom Neft and Tatneft are limiting the amount of fuel that customers in Moscow and the surrounding region can purchase.
Authorities said a drone sparked a fire at an oil refinery in the regional capital of Ufa, hitting a unit that was undergoing maintenance.
White House officials reportedly “hoped unlikely envoys” such as Rodney Mims Cook Jr. could “help break the diplomatic deadlock” in Ukraine peace talks.
At least three people, including a 10-year-old girl, were injured across the region, local authorities said Tuesday morning.
The veteran Yabloko politician was found guilty of “discrediting” and spreading “fake news” about the Russian military.
Andrei Klepach, who served as VEB.RF’s chief economist for 12 years, was reportedly fired after the bank’s leadership received a phone call “from above.”
"Additional details regarding Sunday’s incident remain under investigation, but the drone appears to be Russian," a spokesperson for NATO's military headquarters said.