https://www.rferl.org/z/666 RFE/RL's latest news, features, commentary, and multimedia content on Russia https://www.rferl.org/Content/responsive/RFE/en-US/img/logo.png https://www.rferl.org/z/666 en Copyright 2026 - RFE/RL, Inc. 60 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 04:40:23 +0200 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL Hungarian opposition leader Peter Magyar has scored a landmark election victory over Prime Minister Viktor Orban, ousting US President Donald Trump's closest ally in Europe on promises of rebuilding the country's European Union ties and curbing them with Moscow. https://www.rferl.org/a/hungarian-opposition-leader-magyar-landslide-victory-orban/33730633.html https://www.rferl.org/a/hungarian-opposition-leader-magyar-landslide-victory-orban/33730633.html Sun, 12 Apr 2026 23:48:33 +0200 NewsRussiaUkraineHungaryThe Rundown Stories Ukraine and Russia again accused each other of violating an Orthodox Easter truce, with both sides alleging thousands of attacks and other violations. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-easter-truce-violations/33730471.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-easter-truce-violations/33730471.html Sun, 12 Apr 2026 11:00:23 +0200 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Kyiv reported more than 450 violations of a 32-hour truce between Russia and Ukraine just hours after it came into force on April 11, following pledges by both countries to cease fire in light of Orthodox Easter. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-orthodox-easter-truce-zelenskyy-putin/33730029.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-orthodox-easter-truce-zelenskyy-putin/33730029.html Sat, 11 Apr 2026 15:28:29 +0200 UkraineNewsRussiaRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories WASHINGTON -- The United States has condemned Russia’s latest actions against independent media following reports of new detentions and a high-profile newsroom raid in Moscow. https://www.rferl.org/a/condemns-russia-journalists-raid-novaya-gazetta/33729884.html https://www.rferl.org/a/condemns-russia-journalists-raid-novaya-gazetta/33729884.html Sat, 11 Apr 2026 05:35:21 +0200 NewsRussiaThe Rundown Stories A former top Russian Defense Ministry official was sentenced to 19 years in prison for his role in a snowballing, politically charged corruption investigation that has rattled the top levels of Russia’s military amid the war on Ukraine. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-defense-corruption-popov-shoigu/33729466.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-defense-corruption-popov-shoigu/33729466.html Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:39:05 +0200 NewsRussiaRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Hungarians vote in elections on April 12 as war rages in neighboring Ukraine and the government’s relationship with Russia is under intense scrutiny. Polls suggest that after 16 years in office, Prime Minister Viktor Orban may lose power to opposition leader Peter Magyar. https://www.rferl.org/a/hungary-election-orban-magyar-opposition/33729297.html https://www.rferl.org/a/hungary-election-orban-magyar-opposition/33729297.html Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:13:37 +0200 FeaturesRussiaUkraineHungaryThe Rundown Stories Kyiv and Moscow pledged to halt fighting for 32 hours to mark Orthodox Easter, as US-backed peace negotiations to end Russia's four-year war falter and Washington focuses on its own war with Iran. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-orthdox-easter-ceasefire-zelenskyy-putin/33728799.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-orthdox-easter-ceasefire-zelenskyy-putin/33728799.html Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:11:31 +0200 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories British authorities say they have tracked three Russian submarines operating near the United Kingdom in what officials described as a suspected intelligence-gathering mission targeting critical undersea cables and energy infrastructure, according to reporting by international media. https://www.rferl.org/a/britain-russia-submarines-healey-undersea-infrastructure-tension/33728781.html https://www.rferl.org/a/britain-russia-submarines-healey-undersea-infrastructure-tension/33728781.html Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:50:46 +0200 NewsRussiaThe Rundown Stories Hackers connected to Russia’s military intelligence agency snuck into thousands Internet routers used in homes and offices worldwide and secretly monitored e-mail traffic and website logons and passwords for months, authorities said. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-hacker-routers-gru-military-intelligence-forest-blizzard/33728527.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-hacker-routers-gru-military-intelligence-forest-blizzard/33728527.html Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:56:02 +0200 NewsRussiaThe Rundown Headline Russia's Supreme Court has allowed the Nobel Peace Prize-winning rights group to be labeled as an "extremist" organization, a move that will allow authorities to go after anyone who contributes to the work of the group or shares materials it has published. https://www.rferl.org/a/nobel-memorial-extremist-russia/33728508.html https://www.rferl.org/a/nobel-memorial-extremist-russia/33728508.html Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:47:29 +0200 NewsRussiaThe Rundown Stories Russia's main security agency detained a former Russian freelancer for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, accusing the man of treason and claiming he allegedly communicated with Ukrainian intelligence. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-fsb-freelancer-rferl-detained-treason/33728421.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-fsb-freelancer-rferl-detained-treason/33728421.html Thu, 09 Apr 2026 12:32:33 +0200 NewsRussiaThe Rundown Stories The drop does not signal a political crisis for Putin. But Kremlin officials are sensitive to shifts in public opinion, and the current trend is being scrutinizing internally by the officials charged with managing Russia’s political system. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-putin-approval-ratings-popularity-falling-war-politics/33727746.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-putin-approval-ratings-popularity-falling-war-politics/33727746.html Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:05:00 +0200 FeaturesRussiaUkraineRussia Invades Ukraine More than 4,000 people have been evacuated from their homes after a dam burst in Russia's southern region of Daghestan. At least four people have died in flooding caused by record rainfall and melting mountain snow. But some residents have blamed local officials for mismanaging the region's infrastructure. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-dam-bursts-flooding-dagestan/33726935.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-dam-bursts-flooding-dagestan/33726935.html Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:02:20 +0200 VideosRussiaThe Rundown Stories The West “must keep Ukraine as a priority” and increase pressure on Russia amid the US-Israeli war with Iran, which is drawing attention away from Europe’s deadliest conflict since 1945, Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna told RFE/RL. He also said the Iran war “is now also a NATO topic.” https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-ukraine-russia-nato-tsahkna-security/33726914.html https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-ukraine-russia-nato-tsahkna-security/33726914.html Tue, 07 Apr 2026 18:57:24 +0200 IranFeaturesRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories A Russian drone strike on a civilian bus in the Ukrainian city of Nikopol has killed four people and injured 16 others, Ukrainian officials said, amid a wave of overnight attacks that left civilians, including children, dead or injured on both sides. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-war-deadly-drone-strikes/33726601.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-war-deadly-drone-strikes/33726601.html Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:44:15 +0200 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories At least three people, including a two-year-old, were killed in an overnight Russian drone strike on the southern Ukrainian port of Odesa, Ukraine said on April 6. On the same day, Kyiv also said it had hit a Russian missile carrier in an attack on the port of Novorossiisk. https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-exchange-drone-strikes/33725871.html https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-exchange-drone-strikes/33725871.html Mon, 06 Apr 2026 14:09:24 +0200 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Serbian military and police officers have found a cache of highly powerful explosives not far from a pipeline that carries Russian natural gas from Turkey to Hungary, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on April 5. https://www.rferl.org/a/serbia-explosives-gas-pipeline-hungary-balkan-stream/33725278.html https://www.rferl.org/a/serbia-explosives-gas-pipeline-hungary-balkan-stream/33725278.html Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:12:37 +0200 NewsRussiaUkraineSerbiaHungaryThe Rundown Stories Ukraine has kept up its attacks on Russian oil export and production infrastructure, hitting facilities in two regions, while widespread Russian drone attacks on Ukraine killed at least one civilian overnight and fighting persisted at the front, officials said. https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-oil-drone-strikes-donbas/33725223.html https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-oil-drone-strikes-donbas/33725223.html Sun, 05 Apr 2026 12:27:30 +0200 NewsRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Stories Marking the 1,500th day of the full-scale invasion, Russia launched a massive wave of air strikes across Ukraine during the night of April 3–4. https://www.rferl.org/a/zelenskyy-russia-easter-escalation/33724676.html https://www.rferl.org/a/zelenskyy-russia-easter-escalation/33724676.html Sat, 04 Apr 2026 12:37:21 +0200 NewsRussiaUkraineThe Rundown Stories Days after the film ‘Mr. Nobody Against Putin’ Won an Oscar for best documentary, a Russian court banned it, and prosecutors labeled its director a “foreign agent.” What does he think about it? “You couldn’t dream up a better advertising campaign." https://www.rferl.org/a/pavel-talankin-mr-nobody-film-putin-interview/33723253.html https://www.rferl.org/a/pavel-talankin-mr-nobody-film-putin-interview/33723253.html Sat, 04 Apr 2026 11:32:21 +0200 FeaturesRussiaUkraineRussia Invades UkraineThe Rundown Headline