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Volcano in Russia’s Far East Spews Huge Ash Plume Into Atmosphere
A volcano in Far East Russia’s Kamchatka region has begun spewing large amounts of ash and lava, destroying roadways and forcing schools and kindergartens in surrounding areas to close, Russian media reported Wednesday. The Klyuchevskaya volcano, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, began erupting in late June, although experts said at the time that it…
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The Belarus NPP Second Power Unit Has Been Put into Commercial Operation
The NPP has become the first fully implemented ROSATOM’s foreign project with the latest III+ VVER-1200 reactors. On November 01, 2023, power unit No. 2 of the Belarus NPP (its general designer and general contractor being the ROSATOM Engineering Division) has been put into commercial operation. The acceptance committee signed the acceptance certificate for the…
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Exiled Navalny Aide’s Father Released From Prison
The elderly father of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s top aide Ivan Zhdanov has been released from prison, he said Wednesday, after serving what his son called a political sentence. Yury Zhdanov, 69, the father of lawyer Ivan Zhdanov, wrote on Instagram that he was released from a prison colony in northwestern Russia’s Arkhangelsk region. “I’ve had…
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N. Korea Sends Russia Artillery Rounds for Satellite Technical Advice – Seoul
North Korea has sent Russia over one million artillery shells to use in its war against Ukraine, with Pyongyang appearing to receive advice on the development of satellite technology in return, a South Korean lawmaker said Wednesday, citing information provided by Seoul’s spy agency. Russia and North Korea are both heavily sanctioned by Western nations —…
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Crimea Targeted by ‘Large Number’ of Aerial Weapons
A “large number” of aerial weapons targeted annexed Crimea on Wednesday, Russian-installed authorities said. “The military is working to destroy a large number of various air targets in different areas throughout the peninsula,” Mikhail Razvozhayev, governor of the Crimean port city of Sevastopol, said on the Telegram messaging app. He did not specify what types of…
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Putin Replaces Vologda Governor Ahead of 2024 Elections
President Vladimir Putin has replaced the governor of northwestern Russia’s Vologda region in what observers see as the start of annual cadre changes ahead of key elections. Late Tuesday, Putin signed an executive order “accepting the voluntary resignation” of Governor Oleg Kuvshinnikov and appointing Georgy Filimonov as Vologda’s Acting Governor until the next regional elections, which…
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Ukraine Reports Broadest Russian Shelling Attack This Year
Ukraine said on Wednesday that Russia had shelled more than 100 settlements over the last 24 hours — more than in any single day so far this year. Moscow has fired millions of artillery shells on Ukrainian cities, towns and villages along the frontlines since it launched its offensive last February, reducing several across the…
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Three Russians Arrested in New York for Shipping Arms Components
Three Russian nationals were arrested Tuesday in New York for evading U.S. sanctions on the shipping of dual-use electronic components to Russia. Nikolay Golstev, 37, and his wife, Kristina Puzyreva, 32 — both Russian-Canadian citizens — were arrested along with their alleged partner Salimdzhon Nariddinov, 52, who has Russian-Tajik citizenship. The trio is accused of evading sanctions…
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Russia Denies Russian-American Journalist’s Appeal Against Detention
A Russian court on Tuesday denied an appeal by Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva against her pre-trial detention on charges of failing to register as a “foreign agent.” Kurmasheva is the second U.S. journalist to be arrested in Russia this year after Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained in March for “spying” — a charge that…
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Russian-Dutch Businessman Jailed 18 Months for Sanctions Violations
A court in the Netherlands has sentenced a dual Russian-Dutch citizen to 18 months in jail for violating EU sanctions by selling computer chips to companies linked to Russia’s defense sector. The Rotterdam District Court said Tuesday that the unidentified businessman exported dual-use electronic goods to companies “closely related to” Russia’s arms and defense industry.…
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Russia Introduces New Currency Controls for Exiting Companies to Prop Up Ruble – FT
Moscow has introduced strict new currency controls for foreign companies selling off their Russia-based assets as it attempts to shore up a weakening ruble, the Financial Times reported Tuesday, citing anonymous sources familiar with the matter. The new restrictions add to existing rules requiring foreign companies that seek to leave the country to sell their Russian…
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Russia Arrests Suspect in Murder Plot Against Ex-Ukrainian Lawmaker
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said Tuesday it had detained a man allegedly involved in the attempted murder of Oleg Tsaryov, a former Ukrainian lawmaker who was once purportedly slated to lead a pro-Russian puppet government in Kyiv. Tsaryov’s associates said Friday that he was shot and badly wounded at his home in annexed Crimea, while…
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Explosion Rocks Ammunition Plant in Central Russia
An explosion on Tuesday occurred at one of Russia’s largest ammunition manufacturing plants, emergency officials said. Authorities in central Russia’s Perm region, located some 1,000 kilometers east of Moscow, said a “bang” was heard at the Solikamsk Plant Ural early afternoon on Tuesday. “Windows and doors were broken [but] there are no victims, there is…
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At the Movies: How Western Directors Imagine Russians
Although the main cinema festivals around the world are not including any films made in Russia by Russian directors this year, that doesn’t mean that Russia is absent from movie theaters in the West. Foreign directors have been exploring the Russian context in their films, with characters both vile and brilliant in films that have…
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Russia to Spend Funds From Seized Zelensky Apartment on Ukraine War
Russian authorities will spend the earnings from the sale of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s apartment in annexed Crimea on Moscow’s war effort in Ukraine, a Russian-installed official said Tuesday. Crimea’s Kremlin-backed government auctioned off Zelensky’s confiscated apartment for 44.3 million rubles ($481,500) on Monday, with its buyer identified as Moscow resident Olga Lipovetskaya. “We unequivocally determined that the…
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France Arrests Russian Tycoon Kuzmichev in Tax, Sanctions Probe
French police have arrested Russian billionaire Alexei Kuzmichev, one of the co-founders of the Alfa Group who is targeted by EU sanctions, on suspicion of tax fraud and violating sanctions, sources close to the case said. Kuzmichev was apprehended in the Riviera resort of Saint-Tropez, a source who asked not to remain anonymous, told AFP…
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Chechnya’s Kadyrov Orders Police to Shoot Protesters Amid Anti-Israeli Unrest
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has issued shoot-to-kill orders against protesters to prevent unrest similar to Sunday night’s anti-Israeli riot in neighboring Dagestan, state media reported Tuesday. The RIA Novosti news agency said Kadyrov had instructed Interior Ministry and National Guard forces to detain anyone who takes to the streets in the Muslim-majority republic of Chechnya…
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Kremlin Eases Quarantine for Access to Putin as Presidential Elections Approach
The Kremlin has reduced the mandatory quarantine period to meet President Vladimir Putin to five days as the 2024 presidential election, in which he is widely expected to run for a fifth term, draws nearer. At the same time, personal meetings with Putin now hold greater significance for members of the establishment than ever amid…
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Putin Blames Ukraine, West for Anti-Israel Airport Riot
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday accused Ukraine and the West of instigating the anti-Israel riot at Dagestan’s Makhachkala airport Sunday evening, an accusation that Washington has called absurd. Security forces have detained over 80 people since the incident, which saw rioters in the Muslim-majority region take over the runway in an attempt to encircle…
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The Anti-Israeli Mob at Dagestan’s Makhachkala Airport, Explained
An anti-Israeli mob stormed Makhachkala International Airport in the North Caucasus republic of Dagestan on Sunday evening, searching for Jews and Israelis rumored to have arrived on a flight from Tel Aviv. To some observers, the scenes harkened back to the pogroms of the 19th and early 20th centuries, during which Jews in the Russian Empire…
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‘National Emergency’: Russian Officials Slam Failure to Prevent Anti-Israeli Riot in Dagestan
The anti-Israeli riot in Russia’s republic of Dagestan has exposed the Kremlin’s failure to maintain stability as it has exerted total control over the country, three Russian officials, a former Kremlin official and independent experts told The Moscow Times. Dagestan, a majority Muslim region and political stronghold for the Kremlin in the North Caucasus, was…
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Russia’s Chief Rabbi Calls for ‘Severe’ Punishment of Anti-Israeli Airport Rioters
Russia’s senior rabbi has called on authorities to “severely punish” anti-Israeli rioters who stormed an airport in the North Caucasus republic of Dagestan on Sunday as they searched for rumored Jewish passengers on a flight from Tel Aviv. Alexander Boroda, president of Russia’s Federation of Jewish Communities, said the Sunday evening violence laid bare the extent to…
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Putin Replaces Head of Russian Army Grouping in Southern Ukraine – TASS
President Vladimir Putin has replaced the commander of Russia’s Dnipro grouping of forces in southern Ukraine, the state-run news agency TASS reported Monday, citing an anonymous source. Colonel General Mikhail Teplinsky, who served as the head of the Russian Airborne forces, was reportedly named commander of the Russian Army in southern Ukraine’s partially occupied Kherson region.…
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Core Catcher for Unit 2 Has Been Delivered to the Construction Site of the El-Dabaa NPP (Egypt)
On October 25, 2023, the Core Catcher for Unit 2 has been successfully delivered to the construction site of the El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant in the Arab Republic of Egypt (its General Designer and General Contractor being the Engineering Division of ROSATOM). The Core Catcher is one of the main passive safety systems of the…
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France Seeks Deportation of 39 Russian Nationals Over ‘Radical’ Islamist Views – Interior Minister
France is seeking the deportation of 39 Russian nationals suspected of holding “radical” Islamist views, French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said Monday. Russian citizens are under “the strictest control” following a deadly Oct. 13 school stabbing in northern France that authorities have described as an Islamist terrorist attack, Darmanin told France’s RMC radio. Shortly after…
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Airport Riot ‘Attempt to Sow Discord’ Between Jews and Muslims – Orthodox Leader
Moscow’s Orthodox spiritual leader, Patriarch Kirill, on Monday condemned an anti-Israel riot at an airport in the Muslim-majority region of Dagestan as a bid to “sow discord” between Russia’s Jews and Muslims. The powerful religious leader spoke a day after a violent mob descended onto Makhachkala airport looking for Jews after a flight from Israel…
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Political Prisoners in Russia Stage One-Day Solidarity Hunger Strike
Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and other Russian political prisoners, including journalist and activist Vladimir Kara-Murza as well as opposition politician Ilya Yashin, staged a one-day hunger strike on Monday in a show of solidarity with political prisoners worldwide. Dating back to the Soviet period, “Political Prisoner Day” used to take place each year on Oct. 30,…
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Police Search Journalist’s Home in Russia’s Dagestan – Reports
Police in Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Dagestan have carried out a search at the home of a journalist known for his regular protests against political repression, local media reported Monday, citing his relatives. Authorities raided the home of Idris Yusupov in the regional capital of Makhachkala early Monday morning, according to the news outlet…
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Ukraine Says Hit Russian Air Defense System in Crimea
Ukraine said it had struck part of Russia’s air defense system in annexed Crimea overnight, as Moscow said it repelled a major attempted missile strike on the peninsula on Monday. Kyiv has increased attacks on the Black Sea peninsula, annexed by Moscow in 2014, since it launched a counteroffensive against Russian forces earlier this year.…
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Dozens Arrested After Anti-Israeli Mob Storms Airport in Russia’s Dagestan
Updated with Peskov’s remarks. At least 60 people were arrested after an anti-Israeli mob stormed an airport in Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Dagestan on Sunday night, Russia’s Interior Ministry has said. “More than 150 active participants of the riots have been identified, 60 of them have been detained and taken in for further investigation,” law enforcement…
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Poets in Moscow ‘Free Language From the Captivity of Violence’
From the outside, it may seem that Moscow life hasn’t changed at all, but this is a false impression. To understand how people who remain in Russia feel, here are three poems, all written after February 2022. Their authors describe what they see around them, and also what it’s like to write poetry in Russian…
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Anti-Israeli Mob Storms Airport in Russia’s Dagestan
A mob of anti-Israeli protesters stormed an airport in the North Caucasus republic of Dagestan on Sunday night following calls on social media to block a flight from Tel Aviv from landing in the majority-Muslim region. Video shared on social media showed hundreds of people gathered outside Makhachkala International Airport in the evening, with demonstrators brandishing Palestinian…
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Russia Says Downed 36 Ukrainian Drones Over Black Sea and Crimea
Russian forces shot down 36 Ukrainian drones over the Black Sea and the Crimean peninsula overnight, Moscow’s Defense Ministry said Sunday. “On the night of October 29, an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using air-type drones against facilities on the territory of the Russian Federation was stopped,” the ministry…
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Russians Remember Stalin’s Victims Amid Crackdown on Dissent
Russians commemorated the victims of Stalinist terror on Sunday, more than 20 months into Moscow’s Ukraine offensive that has been accompanied at home by a major crackdown on dissent. The Kremlin has doubled down on its version of history as troops fight in Ukraine, which often glosses over Stalinist crimes, with public commemoration of Soviet-era…
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Hamas Working to Free 8 Russian-Israeli Hostages – Reports
Hamas is trying to locate eight Russian-Israeli dual citizens among nearly 230 taken hostage during its attack on Israel after Moscow’s request to free them, Russian news agencies reported Saturday. Russia has good relations with the Palestinian militant group, which it does not consider a terror group, and has launched a diplomatic effort to try…
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Hamas Says Seeking to Free 8 Russian-Israeli Hostages – Reports
Hamas is trying to locate eight Russian-Israeli dual citizens among nearly 230 taken hostage during the Palestinian militants’ attack on Israel after Moscow’s request to free them, Russian news agencies reported Saturday. Russia has good relations with Hamas, which it does not consider a terror group, and has launched a diplomatic effort to try to…
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The Great Russian War Against Halloween
A dispute once arose in a Moscow liberal drawing room in the late 1870s. Did the heir to the throne (the future Tsar Alexander III), who considered himself purely Russian, have much Russian blood in him? The dispute was resolved by turning to the famous historian Sergei Solovyov, who happened to be among the guests.…
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Maxim Katz Wants to Unite Russia’s Splintered Opposition. That May Be Easier Said Than Done.
To his critics, Maxim Katz’s ideas for uniting Russia’s anti-Kremlin opposition are as realistic as a unicorn. Katz proposed last month what he calls “a concrete plan” to ensure that Putin is removed from power and asked opposition figures, including allies of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, to unite behind it. “The Russian opposition should…
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Russia’s Updated Climate Doctrine Drops Mention of Fossil Fuels
An updated version of Russia’s climate doctrine signed by President Vladimir Putin on Thursday has dropped language that directly links the burning of fossil fuels to greenhouse gas emissions. Russia’s climate doctrine, first introduced in 2009, outlines the government’s policy on climate change mitigation and adaptation. Thursday’s updated doctrine notes the “unprecedentedly high” rate of…
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Russian Space Boss Warns ISS Equipment Beyond Warranty
Moscow’s Roscosmos space chief warned Friday that most Russian equipment on the International Space Station (ISS) was beyond its warranty, weeks after the station’s Russian segment sprang another coolant leak. The leak, Russia’s third in less than a year, raised new questions about the reliability of the country’s space program, even as officials said crew…
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Representatives of Bangladesh got acquainted with the experience of Rosenergoatom in the sphere of isotope production
Rosenergoatom (Electric Energy Division of ROSATOM) as part of bilateral interaction between ROSATOM and representatives of the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (Institute of Atomic Energy and Institute of Radiation Polymer Technologies) on the implementation of a project to modernize the RPP-350 gamma installation intended for radiation processing agricultural products and research work, demonstrated to representatives…
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Russian Physicist Sentenced to 12 Years for Treason
A Moscow court has sentenced a physicist who worked on hypersonic development to 12 years in a penal colony on treason charges, the independent Mediazona news website reported Friday. Anatoly Gubanov, 66, is the former head of the Aerodynamics of Aircrafts and Rockets Department at the Moscow region’s Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI). He was detained…
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Russian Prosecutors Seek 3-Year Jail Term for Memorial Co-Chair
Russian prosecutors are seeking a three-year prison sentence for veteran human rights campaigner Oleg Orlov, who was fined by a Moscow court earlier this month, after he wrote an article saying Russia had become a “fascist” country under President Vladimir Putin, the Memorial rights group said Friday. Orlov, who serves as Memorial’s co-chair, was fined…
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A Curly Healthy Biting Hello
Клёво: cool, great, fab, super When things are good, you exclaim: Хорошо! When things are good and you are too young to legally drink you exclaim: Клёво! If you want, you can exclaim it when you’re old enough to drink or even get a pension — but the word does have a young vibe. So…
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Former Ukrainian Lawmaker Shot, Wounded in Annexed Crimea
Updated with criminal investigation. Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has launched a criminal investigation into the attempted assassination of Oleg Tsaryov, a former Ukrainian lawmaker who was reportedly slated to lead a pro-Russian puppet government in Kyiv. Oleg Tsaryov was shot and badly wounded at his home in annexed Crimea, his associates said earlier on Friday. “[Tsaryov]…
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Russia Raises Interest Rates to 15% on Inflation Fears
Russia’s Central Bank raised interest rates from 13% to 15% on Friday as it warned of higher-than-expected inflation across the economy. “Current inflationary pressures have significantly increased to a level above the Bank of Russia’s expectations,” the Central Bank said in a statement. The bank said domestic demand was increasingly outpacing the provision of goods and…
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Siberian Region Bans Halloween Festivities at Schools
Far East Russia’s republic of Sakha (Yakutia) has banned Halloween celebrations at schools across the region, local media reported Friday. Sakha’s Deputy Education Minister Alevtina Argunova circulated a letter to school principals demanding that they cancel all Halloween celebrations in classrooms, according to the news website SakhaDay. Instead, Argunova was said to have encouraged school…
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FSB Says Killed ‘Ukrainian Agent,’ Arrests 2 Others in Occupied Zaporizhzhia
Russian security forces killed what they claim was a Ukrainian GUR military intelligence agent and arrested two others in southern Ukraine’s partially occupied Zaporizhzhia region, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said Friday. The FSB described the shootout and arrests as a “special operation” that “thwarted the activities of three large secret intelligence groups.” “One of…
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Russia Says Ukraine Drones Targeted Nuclear Plant
At least three Ukrainian drones attempted to attack a Russian nuclear plant located some 110 kilometers from the border with Ukraine, Russia’s state nuclear plant operator said Friday. Rosenergoatom stressed that the incident at the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant did not cause any damage or affect the plant’s operations. “We confirm that on the evening…
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Russia Executing Soldiers Refusing Orders in New Ukraine Assault – White House
Russia is executing soldiers who refuse to follow the orders of their commanders as it carries out a new offensive in eastern Ukraine, the White House said Thursday, noting that Russian forces were suffering “significant” losses of armor and personnel. “We have information that the Russian military has been actually executing soldiers who are refusing to…
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Putin Says First Segment of ISS Replacement to Orbit by 2027
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that the first segment of the new space station that Moscow plans to construct to replace the ISS should be in orbit by 2027, despite recent setbacks. Russia previously announced its intention to withdraw from the International Space Station (ISS), where its cosmonauts are permanently stationed and the country…
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Sakhalin Region Aims to Chart Russia’s Climate Neutrality Course With Carbon Quotas
Russia’s Sakhalin region has become the first in the country to set carbon quotas, the latest step in its goal of achieving climate neutrality by 2025. In light of President Vladimir Putin’s 2021 announcement of Russia’s aim to reach climate neutrality by 2060, Sakhalin has emerged as a testing ground for mechanisms that could pave…
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Russia Rejects Kyiv-Backed Peace Talks in Malta
Russia on Thursday criticized Ukrainian-backed peace talks set to be held in Malta this weekend, warning any discussions without its participation would be counterproductive. The talks, which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hopes will drum up support for his own peace plan, come after similar gatherings in Jeddah and Copenhagen earlier this year. “Obviously such gatherings…
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Hamas Delegates Arrive in Moscow for Talks – Foreign Ministry
Delegates from the Palestinian militant group Hamas have arrived in Moscow for talks, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced Thursday evening. “I can confirm that representatives of the [Hamas] Palestinian movement are visiting Moscow,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a weekly briefing. “We will inform you additionally about its contacts,” she added. Moscow had…
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Russia Issues Arrest Warrant for Ukrainian Man Who Fought for Nazis
Russia has issued an arrest warrant for a Ukrainian World War II veteran in Canada who fought alongside the Nazis after Russian investigators pressed genocide charges against him. Yaroslav Hunka was celebrated in Canadia’s parliament as a veteran who had “fought for Ukrainian independence against the Russians” during a visit by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in…
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Russian Lawmakers Back Massive Military Spending Increase
Russian lawmakers backed a record increase in military spending to fund Moscow’s offensive on Ukraine, in a first reading of the bill Thursday. Defense spending will account for almost a third of all outlays in 2024 — up 68% to 10.8 trillion rubles ($115 billion). At more than 6% of the country’s GDP, military spending…
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Russian Man Accused of Working for Ukraine Killed in Police Shootout
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said Thursday it had killed a Russian man accused of planning to attack a military enlistment office on orders from Ukrainian intelligence services. Video shared by the state-run TASS news agency showed the unidentified man talking on the phone while filming a thermal power station in the city of Tver, located some…
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Former State TV Journalist Loses Custody of Children in Russian Court
Former Russian state TV journalist Marina Ovsyannikova has lost custody of her two children after a court battle with her ex-husband, independent media reported Thursday. Moscow’s Shcherbinka District Court issued the ruling behind closed doors as it dealt with issues relating to minors, according to the independent Sota news outlet, which cited the court’s spokesperson in…
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Israel Resumes Repatriation Services for Jews Living in Russia
Israel has resumed accepting applications from Russians for its repatriation program days after suspending document processing over fears of protests outside the Israeli embassy in Moscow, Israel’s Ambassador in Russia Alexander Ben Zvi said Thursday. Ben Zvi told the state-run news agency TASS that his diplomatic mission stopped accepting repatriation applications on Tuesday to avoid…
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Wandering Polar Bear in Northern Russia Sends Town Into ‘High Alert’
A polar bear has been making regular intrusions into an arctic town in Siberia’s Krasnoyarsk region over the past month, prompting officials to declare a “high alert” as the animal poses a threat to local residents, Russian media reported. Although the bear has not yet attacked anyone, authorities in the port town of Dikson —…