Kremlin opponent Alexei Navalny started writing his posthumously released memoir Patriot while recovering from an almost fatal nerve agent poisoning in Germany. Eventually including his jail diary, the book offers new insights into his early life and political profession, as well as the conditions he dealt with in the months leading up to his death in

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A history teacher in the Far East Russian city of Khabarovsk created a club for students to learn about Juche, the state ideology of North Korea, Russian media reported Tuesday.

According to the club’s founder, Vladislav Kushnirenko, members of the club are currently undertaking work to “debunk myths” about the isolated country after having visited

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North Korea's Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui arrived in Moscow Wednesday to hold "strategic" talks with her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov.

The visit comes amid Western warnings that thousands of North Korean troops are training in Russia and could be deployed to fight Ukraine.

"Choe Son Hui is coming to Moscow on an official visit to hold

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The Kremlin on Wednesday dismissed a current report by the Financial Times declaring that Russian and Ukrainian authorities are talking about a potential pause on strikes on each others energy infrastructure.Theres a lot of fake news nowadays, and it has absolutely nothing to do with reality, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov informed reporters when asked to discuss the report. Even the most reputable publications do not avoid this.FT reported Tuesday that Ukraine and Russia remain in discuss halting strikes on energy websites. The discussions, moderated by Qatar, mark a resumption of previous de-escalation efforts that were deserted after Kyiv released its attack into the Kursk region, according to sources cited by the newspaper.However, a previous senior Kremlin authorities told feet that President Vladimir Putin is unlikely to agree on any offer as long as Ukrainian soldiers are trampling the land in Kursk.Nevertheless, according to an unnamed Ukrainian official, Russian and Ukrainian intelligence agencies allegedly reached an understanding to lower the frequency of attacks on each others energy facilities in current weeks.This summer season, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zleneksysaid Russian attacks had actually damaged half of Ukraines electrical energy generation capability since the winter.

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Russian law enforcement authorities in annexed Crimea charged a woman with treason for allegedly buying non-fungible token stamps in support of the Ukrainian military, the Memorial human rights groupsaid.

Lyudmila Kolesnikova, 34,said in a letter to volunteers that she had been placed in pre-trial detention after being arrested by Federal Security

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Russia's military said Wednesday that its forces captured the village of Kruhliakivka in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region, where it has been stepping up pressure on Kyiv's forces for months.

The village was home to around 1,200 people before the full-scale invasion and lies around 20 kilometers (12 miles) south of Kupiansk, an embattled

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