By AP and published by Yahoo!News Moscow – Assailants burst into a large concert hall in Moscow on Friday (Mar.22) and sprayed the crowd with gunfire, killing over 60 people, injuring more than 100 and setting fire to the venue in a brazen attack just days after President Vladimir Putin cemented his grip on
Tag: Moscow
Russia says West enabled drone attacks near Moscow
By AFP and published by CNA Moscow – Moscow said Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian territory would “not be possible” without US and Nato help, escalating its rhetoric after reporting it had downed five drones near the capital on Tuesday (July 4). Ukraine meanwhile accused Russia of planning “dangerous provocations” at the Moscow-controlled Zaporizhzhia
Read moreUkraine war comes to Moscow as drones strike both capitals
By Reuters and published by Euractiv.com Moscow/Kyiv – Ukrainian drones struck Moscow on Tuesday (May 30) but were neutralised, Russia said in what one politician called the worst attack on the capital since World War Two, while Kyiv was also hit by air for the third time in 24 hours. Since Russia sent troops
Read moreCar blast kills daughter of Russian known as ‘Putin’s brain’
By AP and published by ABC News plus CNN Moscow – The daughter of an influential Russian political theorist often referred to as “Putin’s brain” was killed in a car bombing on the outskirts of Moscow, authorities said today (August 21). The Moscow branch of the Russian Investigative Committee said preliminary information indicated 29-year-old
Read more