Britain on Thursday announced its largest sanctions to date against Russia's "shadow fleet" of tankers used to sidestep a Western embargo on oil exports after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

The government's latest crackdown bars 18 ships from U.K. ports and British maritime services, bringing the total number of sanctioned vessels to 43.

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Serbian authorities bought a Russian expat involved in anti-Kremlin activist work to leave the country by the end of this week over threats he presumably positions to nationwide security, local media reported Wednesday. According to Serbian broadcaster N1, a CNN affiliate, Russian person Anton Bobryshev has actually lived in the Balkans nation for 8 years
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Foreign companies looking for to leave Russia will be forced to pay a heftier exit tax and voluntary contribution to the state treasury, Finance Minister Anton Siluanovsaid Thursday, verifying earlier reporting of the scheduled boost. The discount rate for foreigners will increase from 50% to 60%, Siluanov, who heads a federal government financial investment com
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British counterterrorism police said Thursday they were investigating how a package burst into flames at a shipping warehouse earlier this year after a similar case in Germany was blamed on Russia.

The incident occurred at a DHL warehouse near Birmingham on July 22. No one was injured in the fire, which was put out by staff and the fire brigade.

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Russia will deport more than 2,000 undocumented migrants following a recent series of police raids, the Moscow branch of Russia’s Interior Ministryannounced Thursday.

The weeklong raids in the Russian capital, dubbed “Operation Nelegal 2024,” uncovered more than 13,000 violations of immigration law, according to the ministry’s statement.

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More than twice as numerous Russian travelers have checked out Japan so far this year compared to 2023, according to preliminary data from the Japan National Tourism Organization published on Thursday.In the first nine months of 2024, almost 64,000 Russians went to the East Asia island nation, while the same duration in 2015 saw just 27,070 visitors from
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