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Fuel purchase restrictions are beginning to make a comeback in some regions as persistent shortages continue to dog the domestic market following months of Ukrainian drone strikes on oil...
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Russia and Ukraine exchanged 103 prisoners of war each following mediation from the United Arab Emirates, Russia’s Defense Ministry said Wednesday.
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An adviser to Russia’s transportation minister has stepped down after Azerbaijan issued a warrant for his arrest over comments made during YouTube livestreams earlier this summer.
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Ukrainian drones struck an oil refinery and a residential building in the republic of Bashkortostan, leaving at least one person injured, regional head Radiy Khabirov said Wednesday.
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Four people were injured after a stun grenade went off during a school safety drill in the Moscow region, health officials said Tuesday.
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The head of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, Rodney Mims Cook Jr., who is the key official overseeing President Donald Trump’s controversial White House ballroom extension, held private diplomatic...
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Japan's ambassador to Moscow was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday after Tokyo issued a sharp protest over President Vladimir Putin's first-ever visit to the disputed Kuril...
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Ukraine launched 637 drones at Moscow and the surrounding region between Wednesday night and Tuesday morning, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said, marking one of the largest air assaults on the Russian...
The Moscow Timesby The Moscow Times4d ago
Russia’s Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by the liberal Yabloko party, upholding a decision to cancel the registration of its federal slate of candidates for next month’s State Duma...
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The rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, is set to perform two concerts in St. Petersburg this October, the Russian event promoter Say Agency announced Monday.
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A judge in the Pskov region has sentenced veteran opposition politician Lev Shlosberg to 11 years and one month in prison for “discrediting” and spreading “fake news” about the Russian military...
The Moscow Timesby Reuters4d ago
The European Union plans to significantly expand sanctions against Russia in the coming months over its war in Ukraine, the bloc's foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, told the German newspaper Die...
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Myanmar's junta chief-turned-president Min Aung Hlaing left for Russia on Monday for his first official visit to the country since he assumed the presidency in April, state media reported.
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The chief economist at Russia’s state development corporation VEB.RF has been fired after presenting a report earlier this year warning that Russia cannot win a prolonged war of attrition against...
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A judge in Moscow sentenced the founder of Russia’s largest car dealership and ex-lawmaker Sergei Petrov to nine years in prison in absentia after finding him guilty of using fake documents to...
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At least six people were killed in a Ukrainian rocket attack in the western Belgorod region, local authorities said Monday morning.
The Moscow Timesby Reuters5d ago
Ukrainian drones struck the Moscow region overnight on Sunday in what the provincial governor said was one of the largest attacks to have targeted the region, and which he said had left at least...
The Moscow Timesby Reuters5d ago
An F-18 fighter on a NATO air policing mission shot down a drone that illegally breached Romanian national airspace, the fourth unmanned aircraft shot down over the country this year, Romania's...
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reaffirmed the deepening of ties with Russia in a message to President Vladimir Putin as Pyongyang marked the anniversary of independence from Japan's colonial rule...
The Moscow Timesby Reuters6d ago
Russia has asked Washington and Ankara to explain reports of possible plans to transfer to Kyiv a "substantial arsenal" of U.S.
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