The Russian national men’s football team will not play any friendly matches during the October international break, the Russian Football Union (RFU) told reporters Wednesday. 

Russia had been in negotiations with Pakistan to play a friendly match this month, but Pakistani outlet Geo News reported that the sides could not come to an agreement.

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Natalia Kondal, a Russian citizen with Ukrainian roots from the Ural Mountain city of Yekaterinburg, was forced to leave Russia shortly after the start of the war against Kyiv amid intensified repression from the Kremlin.

As she looked to get back on her feet in Europe, she turned to Kovcheg, an organization that helps Russian citizens rebuild

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The United States should “redirect” its efforts toward investigating the criminal sex ring allegations against rapper Diddy instead of seeking to punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, Moscow’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said in an interview. 

Maria Zakharova’s remarks came in response to bombshell federal U.S. racketeering and sex t

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More than half a billion euros in frozen Russian assets held by Dutch banks and other financial institutions appear to have been released, De Telegraaf reported.

The newspaper cited a report sent by Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp to the lower house of parliament which said that 97 million euros in private frozen Russian assets were held in

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A Russian military court has actually sentenced a volunteer at the makeshift memorial to killed opposition politician Boris Nemtsov to 12 years in jail for his participation with the Ukrainian military, the independent news website Mediazonareported Wednesday.Yevgeny Mishchenko, who was among those who kept watch at a Moscow bridge near the Kremlin where

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Russia's Defense Ministry said Wednesday it had retaken two villages in its Kursk region that were captured by Ukraine in a surprise offensive.

Russia has rarely claimed any recaptured territory since Ukraine launched its offensive into the border region on Aug. 6.

The ministry said in a statement that Russian troops "continued offensive operations,

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