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Russia and Ukraine announced Saturday they had exchanged 115 prisoners of war each, just over two weeks after Kyiv launched a surprise incursion into Russia's Kursk region.

The exchange came as Kyiv mounted its offensive in Kursk and as Russia eyes more east Ukrainian towns. It also came on Ukrainian Independence Day.

Both countries thanked the

Details: Category: Russia; Published: 26 August 2024

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President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed more "retribution" against Russia on Ukrainian Independence Day Saturday, as Kyiv and Moscow announced the exchange of 230 prisoners just over two weeks into Ukraine's surprise offensive on Kursk.

Zelensky also signed a law banning the Russian-linked branch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and called the

Details: Category: Russia; Published: 26 August 2024

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The U.S. revealed sweeping sanctions Friday versus practically 400 individuals and business connected to Russia's war effort in Ukraine, a day before Ukraine's self-reliance day.The moves revealed by the U.S. Treasury, State and Commerce departments develop on a raft of existing sanctions versus Russia over the invasion, now well into its third year. Russia

Details: Category: Russia; Published: 24 August 2024

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Inmates at a prison in southern Russia’s Volgograd region seized control of the facility and took hostages on Friday, with at least three prison guards killed and all four attackers "neutralized" by special forces, officials said.

The siege comes two months after Islamic State-linked prisoners took guards hostage in another facility and as ethnic

Details: Category: Russia; Published: 24 August 2024

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Russia has more than 100 years worth of coal at current and higher production capacities, the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Alexander Kozlov said Friday.

Russia’s total coal reserves are estimated at 273 billion metric tons, 46.4 billion of which is currently being extracted, according to the RIA Novosti state news agency.

“Even w

Details: Category: Russia; Published: 24 August 2024

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Five males who participated in last year's airport storming in the North Caucasus republic of Dagestan were handed differing jail sentences, court authorities said Friday.Hundreds of people came down on Dagestan's Makhachkala International Airport in late October as they searched for Israeli people reported to be onboard a flight showing up from Tel Aviv.