A private jet belonging to the Wagner mercenary group has crashed en route to St, Petersburg from Moscow, with officials saying the company's chief, Yevgeny Prigozhin, was one of 10 people on the passenger list.
One of Russia's longtime leading independent sources of news, which closed last year amid growing pressure from the Kremlin, is now facing the prospect of seeing its brand snatched up by Russian state-controlled media.
U.S. software giant Microsoft will not renew licenses for Russian companies from September 30, the U.S. company said in a letter sent to Telecom Daily Agency in Russia on August 11.