Economy seat for a one-way fare from Moscow to Istanbul or Dubai tops $9,000; Russian social networks teem with advice on how to avoid recruitment, leave the country

Ex-Russian lawmaker Sergei Markov blames Biden, Johnson, Truss for war after Putin announces partial mobilization; UK minister: 'Talk of nuclear war is completely unhelpful'

Putin says call-up needed to 'protect our homeland, its sovereignty and territorial integrity'; threatens West with 'all the means' available

Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev says ballot results in four regions controlled by Moscow would make new borders 'irreversible,' in move that could escalate fighting

DC-based think tank, citing claim by Moscow, says Kyiv deploying T-72s as it tries to push gains into Russian-occupied region of Luhansk

German chancellor latest Western leader to meet with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, long shunned following murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi

Reactors at country's second-largest atomic are unscathed but explosion damages windows in complex; no response from Moscow

In interview, US president optimistic about reducing inflation and Democrats' prospects in midterms, blasts Trump over top-secret documents found at Mar-a-Lago estate

Alla Pugacheva, popular since Soviet era, acts in solidarity with her spouse, TV presenter Maxim Galkin, who was marked over his criticism of Ukraine war

Allies in China and India begin indicating their apprehension and Kyiv's army partially recaptures northeast Ukraine, but Russian president vows to continue invasion