The strikes “caused minor damage” to the plant, but operations were halted “protectively” to mitigate possible risks, the publication wrote. Restarting production will take several days, the outlet’s source added.

But as Mr Morrison shows in his technicolour chronicle of the city, beneath the petro-funded sheen, Moscow is a domain of purges, paranoia and ravenous power. History has shaped its character; equally,

The ban extends even to government agencies and emergency services, with only the defense ministry and mayor's office allowed to make posts.

A Moscow court has ruled in favor of Russia’s Central Bank in its lawsuit against Euroclear, the Brussels-based clearing house that holds the bulk of Moscow’s frozen assets in Europe, Russian media has reported.

Over the weekend, Ukraine launched its largest drone assault on Moscow since the start of the war in February 2022. It deployed more than 500 drones in coordinated waves that kept Russian air defenses firing through the night and into the morning.

Four years ago, President Vladimir Putin offered Moscow and its business elite a de facto deal: Support my war in Ukraine, and in exchange you won’t have to think about it. In the past week, that deal was broken.

The diplomatic slight occurred just days before Russian dictator Vladimir Putin traveled to Beijing, exposing a stark contrast between China's public rhetoric and its highly measured diplomatic actions.