Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Tuesday banning oil supplies to countries that have introduced price caps on Russian oil and petroleum products, according to the decree published on the Kremlin’s website – a move that may prove to be largely symbolic. Eko Hot Blog reports Earlier this month, Western countries implemented a … Read more
Russian sausage tycoon Pavel Antov has been found dead at an Indian hotel, two days after a friend died during the same trip. Eko Hot Blog reports that they were visiting the eastern state of Odisha and the millionaire, who was also a local politician, had just celebrated his birthday at the hotel. EDITOR’S PICKS … Read more
Putin said he’s ‘ready to negotiate peace’ over the ongoing war in Ukraine. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Russian President, Vladimir Putin has accused the West of halting negotiations and claimed that Russia was being torn apart by western allies of Ukraine. Putin’s comments come after the Ukrainian war was addressed by a number of … Read more
At least 20 people have been killed after a blaze swept through a home for the elderly in the Siberian city of Kemerovo, Russian officials say. Eko Hot Blog reports that another six people were injured. The entire top floor of the the two-storey wooden building was gutted by the overnight fire. EDITOR’S PICKS British … Read more
The United States has accused North Korea of supplying battlefield missiles and rockets to the Russian mercenary group Wagner for use in Ukraine. Eko Hot Blog reports that the White House said the shipment violated UN Security Council resolutions and that it would announce further sanctions on Wagner. EDITOR’S PICKS British Airways: Flights Leaving US … Read more
The Russian military commanders are scared of Crimea’s vulnerability’ to Ukraine. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Russian military commanders are increasingly worried about the vulnerability of Crimea to Ukrainian attacks, according to the UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD). The fears have forced Putin’s generals to make a significant change to their bombing campaigns against Ukrainian … Read more
Putin met with his Generals as Russian missiles pounded Ukrainian cities. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Russian President, Vladimir Putin met his military chiefs on the same day his forces launched another wave of missiles at Ukraine’s infrastructure. Mr Putin spent most of Friday at the headquarters of the “special military operation” discussing ideas for … Read more
Ukraine said Russia is preparing additional 200,000 troops to attack Kyiv. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces expects a new Russian attack on Kyiv in the early months of 2023. On Friday, Russia launched a ‘massive’ missile attack on Ukraine’s energy plants amid warnings Vladimir Putin is plotting a vast … Read more
Russia has fired over 70 missiles at Ukraine in one of Putin’s biggest attacks. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Russia fired more than 70 missiles at Ukraine on Friday, knocking out power in Kharkiv and forcing emergency nationwide blackouts, according to Ukrainian officials. Three people were killed when an apartment block in Kryvyi Rih in … Read more
Deadly Russian attacks have plunged the retaken Kherson region into total darkness. EKO HOT BLOG reports that two people were killed on the second day of Russian attacks on central Kherson, recaptured by Ukraine last month. Heavy shelling on critical infrastructure in the port area left the entire city without power, according to the regional … Read more
Russia has declared that they will be ‘no Christmas ceasefire in Ukraine’. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Moscow on Wednesday said no “Christmas ceasefire” was on the cards after nearly 10 months of a devastating war in Ukraine. Russia and Ukraine are not currently engaged in talks to end the fighting, which is raging in … Read more
Putin has issued another nuclear threat to the West as he prepares for combat. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued another thinly veiled nuclear threat to the West after pictures showed a Yars strategic missile being prepared for combat. In the clip, the massive projectile is shown being placed in … Read more
The US is finalising plans to send Patriot missile defense system to Ukraine. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the US is expected to send Patriot missiles to Ukraine in order to help shoot down long-range Russian missiles. The development is coming months after Kyiv requested the defence system to help in the ongoing war with … Read more
The UK has vowed to ‘turn lights back on’ in Ukraine amid Russia’s attacks. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the United Kingdom (UK) has vowed to “turn the light on in Ukraine”. Exports Minister Andrew Bowie attended ‘Ukraine: Turning the Lights Back On – A supply procurement event’ to discuss government support in working together … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin will not hold his traditional big year-end news conference, the Kremlin has said, for the first time in 10 years. Eko Hot Blog reports that spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, “we hope the president will, after all find an opportunity to talk” to the media. EDITOR’S PICKS New Orleans: Man Kills Female … Read more
EU has slapped new sanctions on Iranian experts helping Russia with explosive drones. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the European Union foreign ministers have imposed new sanctions on Iranian clerics, senior officials and top state media employees over the brutal crackdown on protesters, and also on experts they believe are linked to supplying Russia with … Read more
US officials are meeting on Monday to discuss steps on how to free ex-US Marine Paul Whelan from Russian custody, according to a US envoy. Eko Hot Blog reports that President Joe Biden is under pressure to bring Whelan home following the release of Brittney Griner. EDITOR’S PICKS New Orleans: Man Kills Female Uber Driver … Read more
Ukrainian troops have destroyed Wagner HQ in Luhansk’. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Ukrainian forces have struck the headquarters of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, says the exiled governor of Luhansk in eastern Ukraine. Serhiy Haidai said a hotel where the group met in Kadiivka, Luhansk, had been hit with major losses. EDITOR’S PICKS Colombia: Landslide … Read more
Freed Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout said on Saturday he “wholeheartedly” supports Moscow’s so-called “military operation” in Ukraine and that if he had the opportunity and necessary skills, he would “certainly go as a volunteer.” Eko Hot Blog reports that Bout, nicknamed the “Merchant of Death” by his accusers, was released Thursday from US detention … Read more
Russian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Yan Rachinsky blasted President Vladimir Putin’s “insane and criminal” war on Ukraine in his acceptance speech in the Norwegian capital Oslo on Saturday. Eko Hot Blog reports that Rachinsky, from Russia’s human rights organization Memorial, claimed resistance to Russia is known as “fascism” under Putin, adding this has become “the … Read more