Wildfires in Siberia covered more than 13.4 million hectares, 78% of which are in Yakutia, a vast northwestern area where dozens of houses are damaged or evacuated. The smoke has reached the North Pole for the first time in recorded history

Russia's Supreme Court has ruled that the LGBT 'movement' is 'extremist', sparking a global outcry over fears that the designation will allow the country to tighten repression against gays and transgender people

Russia will respond if Finland closes the remaining border crossings between the two countries, said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, not specifying Moscow's reaction

An investigation under the hypothesis of a 'terrorist act' has been opened for the derailment of a train in Ryazan region; numerous sabotage incidents on the Russian railway network have occurred since the start of the war in Ukraine

The Defence Ministry announced that it had 'successfully' tested - internally - an intercontinental ballistic missile launched from a submarine in the White Sea, off the country's northwest coast, towards Kamchatka peninsula