Russia

Russian Pres. Putin signs decree for nuclear retaliation against non-nuclear states

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed a decree allowing Moscow to use nuclear weapons against a non-nuclear state subject to nuclear powers’...

Russia distances itself from #EndBadGovernance protesters waving its flag

The Russian Federation through its Embassy in Nigeria, has denied being involved in the ongoing #EndBadGovernance protests in the country. Russia was reacting...

Moscow declares U.S. enemy nation

Amid escalating tensions between the two nations over the conflict in Ukraine, Russia has made a historic move, labeling the United States an...

Moscow’s terrorist attack: Death toll rises to 115

The Russian investigative committee said at least 115 people have died after last night’s attack at a concert hall near Moscow with fears...

40 killed as gunmen attack concertgoers in Moscow after US Embassy warnings

Just west of Moscow, three attackers dressed in military fatigues stormed into the Crocus City Hall music venue. They started firing automatic guns...

Another six-year term for Putin as he tops Russian presidential polls, emerging longest serving president in 200 years

Exit polls on Sunday indicated that Vladimir Putin had won a second six-year term as President of Russia, making the tough former spy...

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s death: Widow vows to challenge Putin

Alexei Navalny’s widow, Yulia, has promised to continue in the path of her husband, which is to fight for a “free Russia.”. In...

Russian activist and Putin critic Alexei Navalny dies in prison

Russia’s most significant opposition leader for the past decade, Alexei Navalny, has died in prison inside the Arctic Circle, the prison service said....

Wagner chief, Prigozhin, dies in plane crash

Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was listed as a passenger on a private jet that crashed on Wednesday evening north of Moscow with...

Food insecurity: Russian Pres. Putin promises Africa free grains supply

Russia President Vladimir Putin has promised free supply of grains to African countries across several spheres to tackle food insecurity and deepen relations...

Russia conducts precision missile strikes in Ukraine’s port facility destroys 60,000 tonnes of grain

Russia unleashed intense drone and missile attacks on the two Ukrainian port cities of Odesa and Mykolaiv overnight on Wednesday, destroying 60,000 tonnes of...

Putin orders temporary ceasefire in war with Ukraine starting January 6

After 11 months, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered a temporary ceasefire in Ukraine on the eve of Orthodox Christmas following a...

Ukraine To Citizens: Leave The Country To Avert Energy Crisis

Persecondnews.com reports that parts of Ukraine are sending residents away to ensure that energy supplies do not collapse over the winter and that people...

Gunmen kill 11 trainee-volunteer soldiers at Russian military base

Gunmen have opened fire on people at at a Russian military training ground on Saturday, killing at least 11, Per Second News gathered....

‘Putin’ the cart before the horse in Ukraine

By Olukayode Oyeleye Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, is clearly now at his wit’s end. His gestures in the past one day or two...

Revealed! How Russia’s mercenary group plunder resources in Africa to fund war against Ukraine

  The United State’s Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield has accused Russia’s notorious mercenary army, the Wagner Group, of plundering Africa’s natural resources...