Category: Russia
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Russian envoy to U.S. return to Russia after Biden calls Putin a killer
Russia’s ambassador to the United States returned to Moscow, Russia on Sunday for discussions on how to address degrading U.S.-Russia relations after U.S. President Joe Biden said he thought Vladimir Putin was a killer. The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday it was recalling its ambassador, Anatoly Antonov, for urgent discussions after Biden said in […]
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Tesak was ‘tortured and murdered’ with CCTV cameras not working, say family
More evidence has come to light that Maxim Martsinkevich, nicknamed Tesak, was murdered in his cell, his father and lawyer said. Officials in Russia say that Tesak committed suicide in his cell in a Urals detention center. The officials claim that he committed suicide by asphyxia on 16 September 2020. He was 36. His father […]
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Russian nationalist Tesak found dead in jail in Russia
Maxim Martsinkevich, who went by the nickname Tesak (Russian for machete) has been found dead in what is said to be a suicide inside his jail cell in the Urals region of western Siberia, prison authorities said Wednesday. Tesak was serving a 10-year sentence for a violent attack on synthetic cannabinoids dealers. Martsinkevich, 36, had […]