A Russian soldier was killed early Wednesday when his car exploded in Sevastopol, a major port city in annexed Crimea, in what officials say was likely caused by an improvised explosive device.

Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev said emergency services received a call about a vehicle exploding and then catching fire just before 10:00 a.m.

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Niger's government wants Russian firms to invest in uranium and other natural resource production, its mining minister said on Wednesday, amid worsening relations with its former colonial ruler France.

French nuclear group Orano suspended uranium production in Niger last month. The move came after the country's military junta, which seized power in

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Belarusian political prisoner Maria Kalesnikava has appeared in a photo with her father, in her first appearance since she disappeared from contact 21 months ago.

Kalesnikava, who led huge 2020 protests against President Alexander Lukashenko, was imprisoned after she famously ripped up her passport as the Belarusian KGB tried to forcibly deport her.

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Authorities in the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia released several opposition activists who were arrested while protesting an economic agreement with Russia in exchange for their supporters unblocking key roads and bridges, state mediareported Tuesday.

Five activists were arrested outside Abkhazia’s parliament on Monday after local lawmakers

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The city of Helsinki has begun proceedings to seize Finland’s largest sports and entertainment arena from Russian oligarchs under Western sanctions, Reuters reported Tuesday, citing a recent city board decision.

Helsinki Hall, owned by a company under the control of Gennady Timchenko and Roman Rotenberg, has been closed since Russia's invasion of

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Iranian bank cards can now be used in Russia, Iranian state television reported, marking a new effort by Tehran and Moscow to counteract Western sanctions through strengthened financial cooperation.

Iranian banks have been cut off from the SWIFT international payment system since 2018, following the U.S. withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal and

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