The U.S. Defense Department said Monday that Moscow and Beijing are increasing their cooperation in the Arctic as climate change opens the region to greater competition over maritime routes and resources.

"We've seen growing cooperation between the PRC and Russia in the Arctic commercially, with the PRC being a major funder of Russian energy

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Russian state-run television channels buffooned the United States presidential election after President Joe Biden withdrew from the race on Sunday and backed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party's brand-new nominee.Vladimir Solovyov, the host of a popular evening talk reveal broadcast on the Rossiya 1 channel and among the Kremlin's a lot of loyal

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Indonesia’s state-owned oil and natural gas corporation Pertamina is looking to purchase Russian oil for the first time in more than a decade, Reuters reported on Monday, citing three anonymous traders familiar with the matter.

As Southeast Asia’s largest economy, Indonesia stepped back from buying Russian oil following the full-scale invasion of U

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A court in the republic of Tatarstan has sentenced Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva to six-and-a-half years in prison for spreading “fakes” about the army, the Associated Press reported on Monday, citing court records and a court spokeswoman.

Kurmasheva, a dual U.S.-Russian citizen who works for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL),

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Election authorities in St. Petersburg have rejected all candidates from the liberal opposition party Yabloko who had sought to run in the city’s upcoming municipal elections, the local news outlet Bumagareported on Monday.

Yabloko spokesman Dmitry Anisimov told Bumaga that all 83 members who filed paperwork to run for municipal council seats in

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Russia's Supreme Court has actually upheld a 19-year prison sentence for Alexei Navalny, state media reported on Monday, more than five months after the opposition activist passed away in an Arctic jail. In a closed-door hearing held on July 2, the court declined an appeal by Navalny's defense group versus a nearly two-decade sentence for creating an extremist

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11 dead in suicide bombing at a security post in Pakistan