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Alexander Lukashenko said last week that up to $44 million belonging to Belarus was “stuck at Citibank” and called for its return.

World Taekwondo initially suspended Russian and Belarusian athletes and canceled all Russia-based events in March 2022 after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

A Russian frigate was said to have fired flares toward a Danish military helicopter in international waters, narrowly missing the aircraft.

An Ozon warehouse was among several sites damaged during a missile attack on the southern port city of Taganrog, officials said.

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The operation offers an early indication that Moscow is continuing to resupply facilities at Tartus port and the Khmeimim airbase under the new deal.

The payments reportedly included around $100,000 to rent a private island and $70,000 for a fireworks display.

President Vladimir Putin ordered the icon to be transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church in 2023.

The rapper is accused of expressing support for a designated terrorist organization and making statements during his concerts that authorities say “justify” terrorist ideology.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said it intercepted nearly 400 Ukrainian drones across Russia and annexed Crimea overnight.

Energy customers will receive gas supplies from domestic reserves and additional imports from Iran during the maintenance.

They argued that more than 4 years of exclusion has deprived a generation of athletes of their careers.

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The Zaporizhzhia plant, Europe's largest, was seized by Russian forces in the early weeks of the Ukraine war.

The civilian death toll has risen sharply in Ukraine over the past two months as Russia steps up attacks on power plants and other infrastructure.

In April, the Kremlin said Putin could travel to the G20 summit after U.S.

The expected appearance comes after the U.S. welcomed Russia's finance minister to a meeting of G20 countries in North Carolina.

The move reflects a broader trend of increased recruitment payouts as regional governments scramble to meet military enlistment quotas.

The veteran human rights activist discusses life since his release, receiving the Nobel Prize behind bars and the outlook for Belarusian society.

Seven Yabloko candidates running in single-member constituencies in Tomsk remain on the ballot despite the court ruling.

A delegation of more than 300 Russian executives is accompanying Putin to New Delhi to negotiate supply chains and food security contracts.

Policymakers said rising fuel costs, driven by Ukrainian drone attacks on oil refineries, are making it difficult for them to tame inflation.

All four of Russia’s major mobile operators launched 5G in Moscow, St.

At least four people were killed in separate strikes across Russia as Ukraine launched hundreds of drones at the country overnight.

The three men are accused of schemes that collectively affected tens of thousands of people and caused millions of dollars in losses.

Valieva had been at the center of a doping scandal that rocked the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

A judge found Andrei Kushanryov guilty of embezzling billions of rubles meant for the development of a high-tech memory chip.

At a recent conference, leading Indigenous voices sought to assert themselves as a political force shaping global discourse and policies on Russia.

The sarcophagus of Grand Prince Dmitry Donskoy was uncovered this summer during restoration work at Moscow's Cathedral of the Archangel inside the Kremlin.

The Ryazan oil refinery, which supplies Moscow with fuel, was also attacked by drones in May and July.

Around 30 new metro stations will open in the next five years, officials said, followed by an additional 35 stations by 2035 — twelve of which will be built in the Moscow region.

In a separate seaborne drone attack on the Black Sea city of Sochi, 28 people were injured, local officials said Thursday morning.

The FSB alleged that Ukraine planned to use the information to carry out a false-flag attack targeting British diplomatic personnel.

Authorities in the Irkutsk region also earlier imposed a quarantine in two towns and said infected animals would need to be culled.

Novy Urengoy is Russia's unofficial gas capital, located in the Yamal-Nenets autonomous district in northwestern Siberia.

The two countries moved to deepen energy ties during President To Lam’s visit to Moscow.

Pavel Syutkin was arrested last October over Telegram posts about atrocities committed against civilians in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha.

Maxim Petlin told Russian media that his lawyer advised him not to comment on reports of his departure “for the safety of my family and myself.”

The 69 Russian passengers and crew members were stuck for several days after a Norwegian court ordered the seizure of the Professor Molchanov at the request of the Ukrainian energy company Naftogaz.

The avalanche swept down Mount Mizhirgi, one of the highest peaks in the North Caucasus, on Sunday, hitting a group of around 30 climbers.

Russian officials said more than two dozen people were wounded during the overnight attack on the port city.

The Russian House has been the subject of fierce debate since at least the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Trump was said to have pitched an end to the war as a way to “immediately” restore U.S.

The authorization for federal postal service employees to carry anti-drone weapons comes as Ukraine ramps up its attacks across the country.

Matyukhin headed the Central Bank during the turbulent period of economic and political transition after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Russia's Foreign Ministry said it would issue a “harsh and painful” response to the expulsion of its diplomats in Budapest.

Helsinki said the fence addresses heightened security risks following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and could be extended further.

The arrest comes days after pro-Kremlin media reported that Major General Nikolai Varpakhovich was shot and wounded in the Saratov region.

Unverified reports also claimed that Ukraine targeted a Rosneft-operated oil refinery in the southern Saratov region.

Moscow gave diplomats and employees at the German consulate in St.