The billionaire recently traveled to Ukraine carrying messages between Moscow and Kyiv. It's not the first time he has been involved in peace efforts.

Russia’s Embassy in Tel-Aviv said Russians currently in Israel should exercise caution and follow instructions from local authorities.

Prosecutors had accused Khodorkovsky of posting “knowingly false information” on social media about the Russian military’s actions in Ukraine.

The leadership shuffle comes on the heels of an agreement ratified last month by Russian President Vladimir Putin, which seeks to align South Ossetia’s laws closer to Russia’s.

The Ukrainian president said he used the backchannel to notify Vladimir Putin that Ukraine will never surrender its eastern Donbas region.

Authorities said a Ukrainian drone killed the assistant driver of a train traveling from Moscow to Simferopol, the peninsula’s second-largest city.

Nikol Pashinyan's push to forge closer ties with the West and move Armenia out of Moscow's orbit has angered the Kremlin and drawn rebukes from Putin.

Authorities said a Ukrainian drone struck a train traveling from Moscow to Simferopol, the peninsula’s second-largest city.