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A Russian court has actually purchased the seizure of JPMorgan Chase's assets as part of a lawsuit by Russia's second-largest bank VTB to restore its funds blocked abroad by sanctions, Reutersreported Friday, pointing out court documents.The St. Petersburg Arbitration Court ruled to take $155.8 million in any currency from all JPMorgan checking account, according to

Details: Category: Russia; Published: 12 October 2024

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Dozens of residents of a small village in Russia’s republic of Sakha (Yakutia) protested against local authorities on Wednesday after a 12-year-old local girl died from injuries sustained in an attack by a pack of stray dogs.

"We came here to demand at least some action,” a local resident who attended the protest told the Sibir.Realii news outlet,

Details: Category: Russia; Published: 12 October 2024

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Russia on Friday sentenced a Siberian man to 18 years in prison for planning an arson attack on an army office.

It also sentenced two men in a region near Moscow to 16 years for setting railways on fire allegedly on the orders of Ukraine.

Moscow saw a wave of arson attacks on military enlistment offices after President Vladimir Putin ordered an

Details: Category: Russia; Published: 12 October 2024

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Russia has raised the so-called “exit tax” and the minimum discount for foreign companies seeking to pull out of the country, the RBC news website reported Thursday, citing three anonymous sources familiar with the new rules and one lawyer.

Russia has since December 2022 forced foreign companies to sell their assets to Russian buyers at steep

Details: Category: Russia; Published: 12 October 2024

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Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Friday hailed their close views on world affairs, with the Russian leader stating ties with Tehran were a concern for Moscow.The pair held a conference in Turkmenistan, one of the world's most secretive states, in the middle of soaring tensions in the Middle East, with Israeli air strikes on Lebanon's

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A Ukrainian journalist who was captured by Moscow while reporting from occupied east Ukraine has died in Russian detention, a Ukrainian official said Thursday.

Victoria Roshchyna, who would have turned 28 this month, disappeared in August last year after traveling to Russian-held east Ukraine for a report.

She remained missing until April 2024, when