Osechkin founded a rights group for prisoners years ago and runs a project that exposes abuses in Russia’s prison system, but he said the threats against him escalated after he began investigating alleged Russian abuses in Ukraine and helping Russian military defectors flee.

The road crossing is the latest sign of the deepening relationship between Pyongyang and Moscow.

May 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. on Thursday urged countries to support its United Nations resolution demanding Iran halt attacks and mining of the Strait of Hormuz, but diplomats said China and Russia are likely to veto it.

Kremlin officials said a large strike on Kyiv would be “inevitable” if Ukraine disrupted the May 9 event, a prospect President Volodymyr Zelensky has appeared to allude to.

Protests have taken place at the prestigious arts fair over the inclusion of Russia for the first time since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Russia's Defense Ministry has declared a unilateral ceasefire in Ukraine to mark Victory Day, commemorating the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.

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Russia on Monday declared a unilateral ceasefire with Ukraine between May 8-9, when Moscow marks its annual World War II Victory Day commemorations​.

Russia and North Korea will soon be connected by road for the first time, as construction on a new bridge comes closer to completion, satellite imagery shows. On April 21, a ceremony marked the

Punk group Pussy Riot and Ukraine's FEMEN feminist organization have swarmed the Russian pavilion at the Venice Biennale, protesting outside the venue and releasing colored smoke.