Malaysian fighting in Ukraine injured in drone strike but still alive

KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian man who is fighting in the war between Ukraine and Russia has been injured but remains alive, Tan Sri Razarudin Husain. The Inspector-General of Police said intelligence gathered showed that the 20-year-old man from Kedah was injured by shrapnel from a Russian drone strike in October. ALSO READ: Cops verifying claims of MyKad, M'sian...

Sabah eyes Russian tourists heading to Southeast Asia via Shanghai

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah wants to woo Russian tourists transiting through Shanghai on their way to Southeast Asia, said Tourism, Culture and Environment Datuk Christina Liew. She said the current three weekly flights from Moscow to Shanghai make it a hub with huge potential from which to pull Russian tourists into Sabah as they make their way...

Husband of Russia’s richest woman arrested on murder charge after office shootout

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vladislav Bakalchuk, the estranged husband of Russia's richest woman, was arrested and charged with murder on Thursday, his lawyers said, after a deadly shootout at the Moscow office of Russia's largest online retailer. Two people were killed in a shooting on Wednesday just a few blocks away from the Kremlin at the Wildberries...

Foreign Ministry monitoring situation in Russia, urges Malaysians to stay alert

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's Foreign Ministry, through its embassy in Moscow, is closely monitoring the recent drone attacks in Moscow and other developments in the Kursk region. "We will continue to assess the situation to ensure the safety of Malaysians (in Russia)," it said in a statement on Thursday (Aug 22). Malaysians residing in or visiting affected areas...

India PM Modi to visit Ukraine, weeks after rebuking Putin in Moscow

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Ukraine, the foreign ministry said on Monday (Aug 19), his first trip to the war-torn country since its conflict with Russia and about a month after he met President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. Details of the trip will be shared later in the day, the foreign ministry...

In Russia, Biden’s verbal slip over Putin’s name draws mockery and unease

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Joe Biden has shown he is "a pro-Russian candidate being controlled by the Kremlin," Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman joked on Friday, after the U.S. president misspoke and introduced Ukraine's leader as "President Putin" before correcting himself. Video of the gaffe at a NATO summit in Washington on Thursday featured prominently on news bulletins in...

Russia’s sanctioned business union mulls establishing national Bitcoin fund

Russia’s sanctioned business association considers a national Bitcoin fund to enhance the use of digital financial assets in foreign trade. The Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP), a sanctioned Russian union representing the country’s wealthiest business figures, is considering launching a national crypto fund to use crypto in foreign trades as Russian business explores options...

Russia pilots new system for tracing crypto-to-fiat links

Russia’s central bank and Rosfinmonitoring pilot a new system to trace connections between crypto transactions and fiat operations. The Bank of Russia alongside Rosfinmonitoring, the country’s main body for financial intelligence, is working on a platform to detect connections between fiat operations and crypto transactions amid efforts to evaluate the size of the local crypto market. According to a report from...

World Court dismisses much of Ukraine’s case against Russia

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Judges at the top U.N. court on Wednesday found that Russia violated elements of a U.N. anti-terrorism treaty, but declined to rule on allegations brought by Kyiv that Moscow was responsible for the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014. In the same ruling, judges at the...

Putin says Ukraine’s statehood at risk if pattern of war continues

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Ukraine's statehood could suffer an "irreparable blow" if the pattern of the war continued, and Russia would never be forced to abandon the gains it had made. Putin made his televised comments a day after Switzerland agreed to host a global summit at the request...