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Several prominent Russian defectors and dissenters have been silenced while abroad, seemingly by Russia, according to experts. The Kremlin has denied involvement in such incidents.

Since President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine, attacks and harassment of Russians -- prominent or not -- have been blamed on Moscows intelligence operatives across Europe and elsewhere.

An alliance between the two powers could embolden China to push ahead with their invasion of Taiwan, which it has always described as a breakaway province, and could kick off an open war with the US

The military defector was killed in a hail of gunfire and then run over by a car in Spain. The opposition figure was struck repeatedly with a hammer in Lithuania. The journalist fell ill from a suspected poisoning in Germany. Since President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine, attacks and harassment of Russians —…

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Russian media outlet Vazhnye Istorii (Important Stories) has reported that the Russian authorities are forcibly deporting incapacitated people from the occupied territories, and the Kremlin's children's ombudsman Maria Lvova-Belova and the foundation where almost all of her relatives worked are involved in the deportation.

 

Russian Deputy Defence Minister Timur Ivanov is in a Russian detention centre and being prosecuted by the Putin regime as a result of active measures taken by Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU). Source: Ukrainska Pravda sources at DIU Details: In March 2024, DIU conducted a special operation that resulted in them gaining access to a significant amount of confidential information and official documents belonging to Russian Deputy Defence Minister Timur Ivanov, who is Sergei Shoigu's deput...

Russia's Deputy Defence Minister Timur Ivanov, 48, has been at the helm of the ministry throughout the Ukrainian war - but is now accused of committing treason against Vladimir Putin

Russia had its prosecutor general's website claimed to be compromised by Russian-speaking hacktivist operation RGB-TEAM, which admitted stealing a trove of data, including an archive with 100,000 Russian criminal records between 1993 and 2022 that has been leaked on Telegram, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.