All the headlines from our Russia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 12 2025 // Britain plans to ban companies from providing services such as shipping and insurance for Russian liquefied natural gas exports, in its latest attempt to help Ukraine in its war against Russia by trying to choke off...
Oct 28 2025 // Last Christmas, the tanker Yug cruised out of the Chinese port of Qingdao after offloading 2 million barrels of sanctioned Iranian oil. Near the Arctic, a vessel carrying Russian crude churned through icy seas, bound for...
Oct 24 2025 // The European Union adopted a new package of sanctions targeting Russia’s energy infrastructure, building on new US and UK moves to chip away at Moscow’s ability to wage its war against Ukraine.The EU measures...
Oct 21 2025 // Poland and Romania detained eight people suspected of planning sabotage on behalf of Russia, authorities in Warsaw said on Tuesday, with three arrests concerning an alleged new plan to send exploding parcels, this time to...
Oct 20 2025 // The European Union’s diplomatic arm, the EEAS, is urging member states to back a maritime declaration that would allow EU nations working with flag states to arrange inspections on Russia’s “shadow...
Oct 15 2025 // Britain targeted Russia’s two largest oil companies, Lukoil and Rosneft, and 44 shadow fleet tankers on Wednesday in what it described as a new bid to tighten energy sanctions and choke off Kremlin revenues.Lukoil...
Oct 9 2025 // Russia has reported a growing number of drone attacks deep inside its territory, with some reaching nearly 2,000 kilometers (1,200 miles) from the Ukrainian border, further testing the country’s air defenses as the...
Oct 8 2025 // The European Union has proposed restrictions on three firms that have provided fake flags to sanctioned oil tankers in Russia’s shadow fleet, according to documents seen by Bloomberg.The entities have supplied false...
Oct 7 2025 // The captain of an oil tanker that authorities in France have detained off the country’s Atlantic coast and which President Emmanuel Macron has linked to Russia will go on trial in February over the crew’s...
Oct 6 2025 // Russian warships have repeatedly sailed on collision courses, aimed weapons at Danish naval vessels and disrupted navigation systems in Denmark’s straits that connect the Baltic Sea to the North Sea, its defense...
Oct 3 2025 // Denmark accused Russia of waging a hybrid war against the Nordic nation and warned more attacks are likely, after a series of drone incursions disrupted operations at civilian and military airports.The Danish Defence...
Sep 26 2025 // Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned Danes to brace for more hybrid attacks, pointing to Russia as Europe’s main security threat, just before a suspected drone sighting disrupted air traffic in...
Sep 19 2025 // The European Union proposed a complete ban on imports of Russian liquefied natural gas from Jan. 1, 2027, as part of its latest measures to curb President Vladimir Putin’s ability to wage Moscow’s war against...
Sep 18 2025 // The Russian owner of a cargo ship linked to a cargo of ammonium nitrate at the center of the massive Beirut port explosion in 2020 has been arrested in Bulgaria, Lebanese judicial officials said Monday.The arrest of Igor...
Sep 17 2025 // Western insurers on Tuesday lost a London High Court bid to appeal against a judgment that hands aircraft lessors $1.0 billion-plus from their war risks insurance policies to cover the loss of jets stuck in Russia since...
Sep 12 2025 // The US will urge its allies in the Group of Seven to impose tariffs as high as 100% on China and India for their purchases of Russian oil in an effort to convince President Vladimir Putin to end his war in...
Sep 2 2025 // A plane carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was disrupted by what authorities suspect was Russian signals interference in Bulgaria.Authorities in Bulgaria have determined that the GPS jamming...
Aug 28 2025 // The European Union is mulling introducing secondary sanctions in an effort to prevent third countries from helping Russia circumvent the bloc’s existing punitive measures against Moscow, according to people familiar...
Aug 21 2025 // One month after being hit by European Union sanctions, India’s Nayara Energy Ltd. is relying on a growing pool of dark-fleet tankers to transport its products, and a narrowing menu of crude imports to keep its...
Aug 14 2025 // Russian hackers briefly took control of a dam in Norway earlier this year, the head of the Nordic country’s counter-intelligence agency said on Wednesday, the first time Oslo has officially attributed the cyberattack...