The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday unsealed charges against a Russian national accused of leading the development and deployment of malicious software that infected thousands of computers over more than a decade.

CNN has obtained Russian radio transmissions that Ukrainian officials say provide further evidence that Russian superiors are ordering soldiers to execute Ukrainian prisoners of war in violation of international law.

A few dozen Kremlin opponents attended an anti-war conference organized in Brussels at the initiative of former oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who has become one of the main figures of Russian dissent abroad.

Aircraft lessor SMBC Aviation Capital has booked a further $654 million in proceeds from insurance settlements over the past year related to jets stranded in Russia following Western sanctions, the Irish-headquartered company said on Thursday.

Intercepted Russian radio chatter obtained by CNN appears to correspond with drone footage showing the suspected execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war last year. The killing of surrendering Ukrainian troops is alleged by Kyiv and international experts to be part of an orchestrated Russian policy.

Many Russian soldiers say they would see a cease-fire along the current front lines as a failure, hinting at the nationalist discontent the Kremlin could face in accepting a cease-fire.

Russian lawmakers are pushing for new rules to give domestic companies the right to ignore any buyback options they agreed with Western firms that left the country, to keep a grip on strategic sectors and promote domestic production.

A US federal indictment unsealed Thursday accused a Russian man of leading a global cybercrime ring that fleeced victims around the world of millions of dollars.

But text messages between the pair, written in the late summer of 2021 and recovered from Mr. Shmyrev’s phone, reveal the personal, often frustrating side of their lives. The Times reviewed transcripts of the messages, which were shared with foreign intelligence services as part of a wide-ranging investigation into Russian espionage.