Russia rounds up thousands of migrants at New Year’s Eve festivities – reports
Reuters Russia’s police have detained thousands of migrants across the country in New Year’s Eve raids with scores of them facing deportation, Russian media reported on Monday. About 3,000 migrants were detained in Russia’s second-largest city of St Petersburg during checks “to prevent crime,” Russia’s RIA state news agency reported. “As it turned out, more […]
Russia protests Pope’s comments as Vatican seeks to mediate
Rome, ItalyAP Russia has lodged a formal protest with the Vatican over Pope Francis’ latest condemnation of atrocities in Ukraine, in which the pontiff blamed most of the cruelty on Chechens and other minorities in an apparent effort to spare ethnic Russian troops from criticism. The Kremlin’s Ambassador to the Holy See, Alexander Avdeev, told […]
Gunmen kill 11 at Russian military base in latest blow to war in Ukraine
Reuters Gunmen shot dead 11 people at a Russian military training ground on Saturday, the defence ministry said, in the latest blow to President Vladimir Putin’s forces since the invasion of Ukraine. RIA news agency cited the ministry as saying 15 other people were wounded in the shooting on Saturday in the south-western Belgorod region […]