A Moscow court stated Tuesday that French scientist Laurent Vinatier filed an appeal against the three-year prison sentence handed to him last week for breaking Russia's foreign representative laws.Vinatier, a 48-year-old scientist working for a Swiss conflict mediation NGO, was detained in Moscow in June and charged with collecting details on

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Russian over night attacks left 3 individuals dead in the northeastern Ukrainian area of Sumy, where Moscow has stepped up its bombardments in recent months, local authorities said Tuesday.Sumy lies across the border from the Kursk area in southwestern Russia, where Ukrainian soldiers introduced a significant offensive in August and have managed to hold a

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South African President Cyril Rampahosaarrived in the Russian city of Kazan on Tuesday to attend the yearly BRICS summit as Moscow seeks to forecast the economic bloc as a geopolitical counterweight to the West.Russian media outletsshared videos of Ramaphosa being greeted by Rustam Minnikhanov, who heads the republic of Tatarstan where Kazan is

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A Moscow court sentenced Oscar-nominated film producer Alexander Rodnyansky to eight-and-a-half years jail in absentia on Monday for spreading "fake" information about the Russian army.

Rodnyansky, 63, was born in Kyiv but spent most of his career in Russia, producing dozens of TV series and movies there including Oscar-nominated crime drama

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South Korea might quickly release military intelligence workers in Ukraine to keep track of North Korean troops claimed to be fighting for Russia, the Yonhap news agencyreported Tuesday, pointing out a confidential government source. Seoul's spy agency stated Friday that Pyongyang sent a massive troop deployment to fight in Moscow's war versus Ukraine, claim

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A group of Ukraine war veterans signed up with protesters in Western Siberia's Tyumen area over the weekend, implicating regional officials of unlawfully taking their homes amid a roadway building and construction dispute.Around 50 protesters, including 5 males worn military uniforms, gathered in the city of Tyumen on Saturday to object what they declare to be a

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