North Korea's decision to deploy thousands of soldiers to Ukraine's cutting edge seals Pyongyang's controversial military alliance with Moscow, experts informed AFP, and pulls Russia deeper into Korean peninsula security.About 1,500 North Korean unique forces soldiers are already in Russia seasoning, likely to head to the front lines quickly, Seoul's

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Russia said Friday that it had swapped 95 Ukrainian soldiers held captive for an equal number of Russian troops in an exchange deal brokered by the United Arab Emirates.

"As a result of the negotiation process, 95 Russian servicemen were returned from territory controlled by the Kyiv regime," Russia's Defense Ministry said.

"In return, 95 Ukrainian

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's suggestion that Kyiv would seek nuclear weapons if it could not join NATO was a "dangerous provocation," Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday.

The Ukrainian leader made the comments at an EU summit on Thursday, in which he said "either Ukraine will have nuclear weapons, which will protect us, or we

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The BRICS group of nations is driving worldwide economic growth quicker than innovative Western economies, Russian President Vladimir Putinsaid at the group's company online forum on Friday.The five initial members of BRICS -- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa-- together with its four newbies represented 37.4% of worldwide GDP compared to 29.3%

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Russia and Ukraine said Friday they exchanged the bodies of 590 fallen soldiers in the latest publicly known swap between the two warring countries.

Moscow received the remains of 89 soldiers, the RBC news websitereported, citing Russian lawmaker Shamsayil Saraliyev, who is a member of a parliamentary group dedicated to Russia’s so-called “special m

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As Moldova gears up for its presidential election and EU referendum this Sunday, President Maia Sandu is banking on both her victory and a successful EU referendum, which would mark a decisive moment in her efforts to bring Moldova into the European Union. 

In total, 11 candidates are vying for the presidency in the Oct. 20 vote. Current opinion

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