Russian doctors have demanded a probe into Covid-19 patients jumping from high rise buildings after a 101-year-old paratrooper became the latest to fall to his death. The war hero, who had recently fought off coronavirus, jumped to his death from a high floor in Moscow. Valery Severinov – born under Lenin’s rule two years after … Read more
Relations between Russia and Nato are ‘at their lowest since the end of the Cold War’, while there is a ‘growing risk’ of military conflict, it has today been warned. Former Russian and western diplomats have warned that treaties between the two military powers that have ‘safeguarded us for 30 years’ are ‘gone or fraying’. … Read more
Shocking moment fireworks factory explodes in Russia sending thousands of rockets into the skies and locals running for cover A fireworks factory caught fire in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, set off mass explosion The wildly dangerous fireworks display lasted minutes lighting up night sky Over 400 firefighters were needed to tackle the blaze on the morning of Dec … Read more
A seven-year-old girl developed necrosis and had her forearm amputated after enduring months of domestic abuse in Russia. Little Aisha Azhygova became disabled and will need years of psychological recovery following constant batteries she suffered at the hands of her aunt-in-law Makka Ganieva, 36, a court in Sunzha, southwestern Russia heard. The details of Aisha’s … Read more
Russian hypersonic missile expert is detained on suspicion of passing top secret data to the West Associate Professor Anatoly Gubanov, 63, detained on suspicion of high treason Was being held by Russia’s counterintelligence service and faces 12 to 20 years Expert made several ‘classified’ scientific developments in hypersonic missiles He is feared to have passed … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his government to start mass vaccination against coronavirus from next week, with sailors, doctors and teachers first in line to get the nation’s own jab. Sputnik V has been touted in Russia as the world’s ‘first registered Covid-19 vaccine’ after it received regulatory approval in early August. However, giving the … Read more
A Russian Vogue model has been charged with stabbing her husband to death with a kitchen knife in a jealous rage. Lilia Sudakova, 26, faces up to 15 years in jail in Russia, accused of killing Sergey Popov, 28, after he ‘flirted’ with a woman who he had brought home from a bar. She was … Read more
Ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal who was poisoned by nerve agent Novichok has a live-in nurse as he continues his recovery nearly three years after Salisbury attack, daughter reveals Sergei Skripal, 69, and daughter Yulia were poisoned in Salisbury in March 2018 Both survived, but Mr Skripal had to have a tracheotomy and breathes via a … Read more
Coronavirus-stricken mother, 36, gives birth to baby son on her death bed while attached to a ventilator in Russia after virus also killed her family Svetlana Sorochinskaya, 36, gave birth while on a ventilator in St Petersburg She died hours later from the virus after naming her son Kirey The virus also killed her mother … Read more
A 17-year-old girl claimed to be Vladimir Putin‘s secret love child has said she dreams of living in London or New York. Her alleged unmasking this week comes as the Kremlin admits it is braced for further allegations about the Russian leader’s private life. There is already shock in Moscow at a sudden spate of … Read more