A look at Putin’s new scheme to identify the next generation of Russian leaders among veterans of the war in Ukraine Participants in A Time of Heroes meet with Vladimir Putin, 14 June 2024. Photo: Kremlin.ru Earlier this year, the Kremlin launched A Time of Heroes, a programme aimed at offering career advancement to a new Russian elite made up of Ukraine war veterans stringently selected for their loyalty and suitability for high office.

What did the libertarian president achieve when he promised big changes to Argentina? Argentine President Javier Miley greets his supporters at a ceremony to mark Fatherland Day in Cordoba, Argentina, May 25, 2024. Photo: Ariel Alejandro Carreras/EPA “Mad anarchist”, “man with a chainsaw” - these were all the names critics and supporters called Javier Miley when the economist won the presidential election.

Sviatlana Krutsikava. Photo: Dissidentby A Belarusian woman who has been repeatedly charged with political crimes committed suicide by throwing herself under a train on Tuesday, nonprofit organisation Dissidentby, which supports political prisoners in Belarus, reported on Wednesday.

Yulia Latynina - about how Erdogan is pushing out his competitors in the Middle East and what they could agree on with Putin A poster showing Erdogan at a rally after the overthrow of Assad, Istanbul, Türkiye, December 8, 2024. Photo: Yasin Akgul / AFP / Scanpix / LETA The editors may not share the author's opinions. The first division of Syria was completed.

Ukraine launched missile and drone strikes on Russia’s Rostov and Bryansk border regions overnight on Tuesday, damaging an industrial facility and causing a fire on an oil pipeline, according to local officials.

New section “New Europe” - about how economic changes will affect each of us How will record high inflation hit prices in the new year? What will you have to spend more on? How much money was spent on the war in Syria and what could it be used for (spoiler: for medicine and education)? Will the “cannibalization” strategy help Aeroflot and will it make flying safer?

Photo: Chp Krasnoyarsk / Telegram A street camera in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk has captured the moment a man “fell” to his death from the 11th floor of the Russian Investigative Committee’s building in the city, regional news outlet NGS24 reported on Tuesday. The man, whose identity has not been verified by official sources, died after falling through the roof of an adjacent two-storey building, the outlet wrote.

How K-pop united protesters against the South Korean president People sing to K-pop music during a protest demanding the removal of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol from power outside the National Assembly in Seoul, December 8, 2024. Photo: Philip Fong / AFP / Scnapix / LETA On December 3, South Korean President Yun Seok-yeol issued a statement declaring martial law in the country.

Roman Dobrokhotov. Photo: Facebook A Russian spy cell operating in the UK planned to kidnap and kill Roman Dobrokhotov, the founder and current editor-in-chief of Russian independent media outlet The Insider, the BBC and The Telegraph reported on Tuesday. The revelation came during the trial in London of five Bulgarian nationals who are accused of spying on individuals and places of interest to Russia over a period of nearly three years, the BBC reported.

Photo: Bashar al-Assad / EPA-EFE/TOLGA BOZOGLU Russian authorities convinced former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that he would lose the war to armed groups led by Islamists from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, and invited him and his family to leave the country with the help of Russian intelligence. Bloomberg reports this, citing three sources. As the publication’s interlocutors said, Russian intelligence agents took Assad out through a Russian air base in Syria.

In the series “First Number”, scripted by Sergei Minaev, they invent a new Russian gloss and are still at war with the new ethics. What does war have to do with it? Still from the series “First Number”. Photo: KION The Kion online cinema has started releasing the series “First Issue” with Evgeny Tsyganov - he plays the editor-in-chief of a new glossy magazine launched in modern Moscow.

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un (C) views a fighter jet fly-by in Pyongyang, North Korea, 11 October 2021. Photo: EPA-EFE/KCNA Russia has agreed to provide North Korea with MiG-29 and Su-27 fighter jets as a quid pro quo for Pyongyang’s transfer of thousands of its troops to bolster Russia’s war effort in Ukraine, according to Admiral Samuel Paparo, the head of the US Armed Forces’ Indo-Pacific Command.

Photo: ASTRA At night, Ukrainian missiles attacked Taganrog, said the head of the Rostov region, Yuriy Slyusar. According to the Shot telegram channel, the strike took place around 04:20 local time. Local residents reported hearing at least 10 explosions, and the city's air defense system went off. Baza reported that local residents complained about closed bomb shelters. Slyusar said that as a result of the attack, an industrial enterprise was damaged and 14 cars were burned.

Deputy Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov in Beijing, China, 30 January 2019. Photo: EPA-EFE / THOMAS PETER / POOL The Kremlin would “definitely be prepared to consider” another prisoner exchange with the US after president-elect Donald Trump takes office in January, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told US broadcaster NBC on Tuesday.

Photo: EPA/JEON HEON-KYUN Russia and the DPRK agreed to send MiG-29 and Su-27 fighters in exchange for the transfer of North Korean military personnel to the Kursk region, said the head of the US Indo-Pacific Command, Admiral Samuel Paparo. Paparo made this statement on December 7 at the Reagan National Defense Forum, but his words were only now noticed. The military man emphasized that North Korea itself offered to send its contingent to help Russia and received a positive response.