News from Latvia
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Latest from Latvia
- Berlin police detain leader of Russian art group ‘Voina’ Oleg Vorotnikov and his son · Meduza · 28m ago · EN
- Ukraine apologizes for revealing North Korean POWs’ transfer to South Korea. Seoul says apology isn’t enough, vows ‘firm measures.’ · Meduza · 36m ago · EN
- Moscow prosecutors open criminal case over production of Multikan-8 vaccine linked to dozens of dog deaths · Meduza · 1h ago · EN
- Russia to double spending on internet traffic blocking and filtering · Meduza · 3h ago · EN
- Russia strikes bridge over Dnipro River in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia, injuring five, including Red Cross workers · Meduza · 5h ago · EN
- Massive Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow and surrounding region kills two, sets region’s largest oil depot ablaze · Meduza · 5h ago · EN
- The earliest known plague outbreak happened in what is now Russia 5,500 years ago. Scientists found the evidence in ancient teeth. · Meduza · 12h ago · EN
- Russia arrests the director of its military-themed Patriot Park on suspicion of bribery. (His predecessor was jailed for embezzlement.) · Meduza · 14h ago · EN
- Number of Russians with residence permits rose 61% in Spain after 2021, while falling in Latvia, Estonia, and Czechia · Meduza · 15h ago · EN
- Russia has brought its first known treason case based on tax payments to Ukraine · Meduza · 16h ago · EN
- Russian court sentences ‘Masyanya’ creator Oleg Kuvayev in absentia to four years over antiwar cartoon and ‘foreign agent’ violations · Meduza · 17h ago · EN
- Russia says it’s fighting scammers. Its latest proposals would push VPN services off Russian servers, tie eSIMs to devices, and expand telecom data retention. · Meduza · 17h ago · EN
- Putin authorizes Italian banking group UniCredit to spin off part of its Russian bank and sell the remaining business · Meduza · 18h ago · EN
- State media silently corrects poem in Putin quote after he misrecites lines Russians supposedly ‘absorb with their mother’s milk’ · Meduza · 18h ago · EN
- Plague may have resurfaced in Russia. But this isn’t the Black Death. · Meduza · 18h ago · EN
- NHL regular-season goals champion Alexander Ovechkin says this season will be his last · Meduza · 18h ago · EN
- India is one of Russia’s biggest energy buyers. Can it also help broker peace with Ukraine? · Meduza · 19h ago · EN
- Ukraine’s path into the EU may come with a catch for its farmers: limits on subsidies and market access · Meduza · 19h ago · EN
- Russian tennis star Daniil Medvedev disqualified from Beijing semifinal against Novak Djokovic after hitting spectator in face with ball · Meduza · 19h ago · EN
- Kremlin tells Russians to ignore ‘rumors’ of a possible plague outbreak in Siberia. U.S. and EU officials say they’re monitoring the situation. · Meduza · 19h ago · EN
- Denied asylum in the U.S., imprisoned in Russia. Activist Leonid Melekhin gets 6 years for ‘justifying terrorism.’ · Meduza · 19h ago · EN
- Russian strikes leave Ukraine with almost no spare locomotives, further complicating grain exports · Meduza · 19h ago · EN
- An activist challenged Russian officials after they blocked his protest against election fraud. Now he’s been jailed on drug charges and accused of ‘involvement in a Ukrainian armed group.’ · Meduza · 19h ago · EN
- Sochi’s former mayor reportedly left to fight in Ukraine. Authorities brought him back, and a court has now sentenced him to 15 years for bribery. · Meduza · 20h ago · EN
- Washington Capitals hockey star Alexander Ovechkin to launch his own beer brand in Russia · Meduza · 20h ago · EN
- Russian military deserter kills and dismembers three women · Meduza · 20h ago · EN
- Russia strikes Ukraine’s Kharkiv, killing three and injuring more than 30 · Meduza · 21h ago · EN
- Munition falls near Moldovan checkpoint on border with Ukraine, injures border guard · Meduza · 22h ago · EN
- Estonia moves troops closer to Russian border under ‘active defense’ program · Meduza · 23h ago · EN
Latest about Latvia from around the world
- Latvia's president supports PM Kulbergs to form government after election win · Straits Times · 1h ago · EN
- From Panama to Belgium via Latvia: In Josue Vergara Gent have a future star · Yahoo Sports · 1h ago · EN
- Fake NATO deaths, Epstein claims and drones: how Russia targets elections in the Baltics · Euronews · 8h ago · EN