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Ksenia Karelina freed in latest US-Russia prisoner swap

A US-Russian dual national jailed in Russia for treason was freed in a prisoner exchange and is now on her way back to the US, Marco Rubio announced.

10/04/2025

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Wildfires ravage parts of Russia's Far East and Caucasus

Several buildings were destroyed after wildfires broke out on the outskirts of Chita, a city in Russia’s Far East, on Tuesday, according to the Russian Emergency Ministry.

09/04/2025

Russia

Russian court cuts jail sentence of US soldier as diplomatic ties thaw

US Staff Sergeant Gordon Black was jailed by a court in Vladivostok last year for three years and nine months for theft and making threats of murder.

07/04/2025

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Russia continues December's Kerch Strait oil spill clean-up

Russia continues its Black Sea clean-up operation in the Kerch Strait, after last December’s oil spill from two storm-stricken Russian tankers, according to Russian authorities.

05/04/2025

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Vladimir Putin calls up 160,000 Russians for military service

The decree says conscription applies to all citizens aged between 18 and 30 and covers the period from April to July.

31/03/2025

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China's FM visits Russia amid uncertain Ukraine ceasefire

While Beijing has publicly maintained a neutral stance, China continues to provide diplomatic and economic support to Russia.

31/03/2025

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US dismisses Putin's idea of temporary UN governance in Ukraine

The Russian leader suggested that Ukraine be under temporary UN control until a "competent" government was elected, despite it being contrary to Ukrainian law.

28/03/2025

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Watch Moscow’s squirrels live with AI-powered feeders

Viktor Bokrenev and Olga Gorlova use AI and cameras in Moscow parks to monitor and study squirrels, aiming to enhance urban wildlife conservation.

27/03/2025

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Does international law allow Europe to seize Russian assets?

While Russia has said seizing its assets would amount to 'theft', the question of whether such a move is legal under international law is a thorny one.

21/03/2025

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Ukraine loses biggest town it had occupied in Russia's Kursk region

Ukraine's General Staff has confirmed that it has withdrawn from the town of Sudzha,days after Russia said it had re-captured it.

16/03/2025

Europe News

Russia says it has recaptured Sudzha in the Kursk region from Ukraine

More than 200 people were evacuated from Sudzha in Russia’s Kursk region as Moscow carries out an intense aerial campaign to reclaim the area from Ukraine.

15/03/2025

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Putin agrees with US' ceasefire proposal, but says there are ‘nuances’

Russian President Vladimir Putin specifically questioned what would happen to Russia’s Kursk region and the Kremlin's demands, which Moscow refers to as the "root causes" of its all-out invasion of Ukraine.

13/03/2025

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Residential buildings hit in Ukrainian drone attack on Russia

More than 70 drones targeted Moscow but were intercepted, while attacks near the Russian capital caused casualties and damage, according to local officials.

11/03/2025

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Moscow hit by largest drone attack in three years, officials claim

Russia and Ukraine traded fire ahead of crunch talks on ending Moscow's war between Ukrainian and US officials in Saudi Arabia.

11/03/2025

Russia

Putin's party gifts meat grinders to mothers of dead Russian soldiers

The International Women's Day gift sparked a backlash, which officials responded to by stating that bereaved mothers had asked for the meat grinders.

10/03/2025

Europe News

Russia expels two British diplomats over alleged espionage

The move follows a series of expulsions between the UK and Russia, escalating diplomatic tensions amid the ongoing war in Ukraine.

10/03/2025

Russia

Russian forces use gas pipeline to attack Ukrainian troops in Kursk

Russian special forces crawled inside a gas pipeline to strike Ukrainian units from the rear in the Kursk region, Ukraine’s military has said.

09/03/2025

Russia

Putin referred to Napoleon's 1812 failure to conquer Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin, reacted to the speech of French President Emmanuel Macron, who called Russia a threat to Europe.

06/03/2025

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Putin praises Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine as 'main heroes'

The Russian president also used his video message on Sunday to pledge greater support for military personnel and new weapons and equipment for the army.

23/02/2025

Europe News

Russia's opposition remains leaderless a year after Navalny's death

"Alexei Navalny gave his life for a free and democratic Russia," EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas said on the anniversary of his death.

16/02/2025

Russia

Putin vision of peace is an enslaved Ukraine, expert says

Since Donald Trump announced the beginning of the peace negotiations over Russia's war against Ukraine, the US authorities have made several statements on what Ukraine should and should not expect. Yet, there are no indications of any conditions or concessions Moscow will have to settle for.

13/02/2025

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Four Russian nationals behind 8Base ransomware arrested, says Europol

A complex international operation involving 14 coordinated law enforcement agencies led to the arrest of four Russian nationals behind the 8Base ransomware group.

12/02/2025

Russia

109 fishermen rescued from drifting ice floe in Russia

Russia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations sent out rescue teams to retrieve the stranded fishermen.

12/02/2025

Russia

US teacher freed by Russia, White House cites diplomatic progress

Speaking to reporters at the White House on Tuesday, Trump said, “We were treated very nicely by Russia, actually. I hope that's the beginning of a relationship where we can end that war.”

12/02/2025

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Russian city's mayor says over 70 flats damaged in Ukrainian attack

A Ukrainian attack on the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don damaged 76 apartments overnight, the city's mayor said.

09/02/2025

Europe News

IAEA chief says attacks around Zaporizhzhia NPP have increased

Russian forces seized the nuclear plant after invading Ukraine in2022. They've held it ever since, but fighting around it has raised fears of a nuclear accident.

08/02/2025