Syria’s Bashar Al-Assad flees to Moscow after regime collapses, Russian media says
Syrian rebels appeared to have toppled the longtime dictatorship on Sunday after years-long civil war.
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Putin likely wins another six-year term: Here’s why the landslide results are criticised as a sham
Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to have won reelection, Russian officials announced Sunday, reelecting him for another six-year term as democracy experts describe the victory as a sham and elections in the country are neither free nor fair.
Russian hackers’ lawsuit reveals weaknesses in Apple’s iOS 16
A Moscow legal battle strongly indicates that phone forensics tools used by both the FBI and FSB are exploiting security loopholes in Apple’s operating system.
‘Serious mistakes’: Putin breaks silence on Prigozhin plane crash
Putin also said his former ally, who led a brief rebellion in June before his apparent death in a plane crash Wednesday, was “a person with a complicated fate.”
Wagner chief Prigozhin denies attempting a coup in first comments since stunning rebellion
The brief armed rebellion led by Russia’s Wagner Group over the weekend was a response to being attacked, not an attempt to overthrow Russian leadership, the mercenary group’s leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said Monday, in his first public statement since accepting a deal to end the biggest threat to Vladimir Putin’s rule in years.
Where does Wagner get its money? How Russia’s mercenaries-turned-rebels earned millions
The Wagner Group led an armed rebellion within Russia, dramatically expanding cracks between its leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and his former ally Russian President Vladmir Putin.
Family feud over unclaimed fortune after ex-Russian billionaire’s mysterious death
Once one of Russia’s youngest billionaires, real estate baron Dmitry Zelenov mysteriously died in France less than two months ago. Now his fortune is caught up in a Florida court case and entangled In an international family feud spanning three generations.
Monetary policy to dictate global equities’ volatility and direction
Monetary policies will remain the key determinant of both equity markets direction and style leadership between growth and value.