Russian actor Mikhail Yefremov will join the theater troupe of pro-Kremlin filmmaker Nikita Mikhalkov following his early release from jail on parole, Mikhalkov validated Friday.Yefremov, 61, was founded guilty in 2020 of eliminating a shipment motorist in a head-on collision while driving intoxicated in central Moscow. He was sentenced to 8 years in a
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Sberbank CEO German Gref alerted Friday that a combination of high rates of interest and a miscalculated ruble was producing a ideal storm that could stunt financial investment and weigh down on Russia's financial development in the years ahead. We're facing a big set of problems that can be called a perfect storm, Gref stated during a Sberbank-organized breakfast a
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Crime and Punishment: An Ex-Wagner Mercenary Recounts Russia&s Suicide Warfare in UkraineCrime and Punishment: An Ex-Wagner Mercenary Recounts Russia&s Suicide Warfare in Ukraine
Crime and Punishment: An Ex-Wagner Mercenary Recounts Russia&s Suicide Warfare in Ukraine

Alexander Platov was in prison for murdering his wife when an unexpected opportunity arose. In 2022, he was recruited into the Wagner mercenary group to fight in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in exchange for a pardon. Six months later, he was a free man. 

Unable to reintegrate into civilian life, Platov signed a new contract with the Defense

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A military court in southwestern Russia's Belgorod area sentenced Nadezhda Rossinskaya, an anti-war activist who assisted Ukrainian refugees, to 22 years in prison on charges of treason and terrorism, her legal representative and local mediareported Friday.Rossinskaya, who also goes by the name Nadine Geisler, wasarrested in February 2024 on suspicion of inciti
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Someone was killed and more than a lots others were wounded in Russia's most current aerial attack on Ukraine, which targeted the southern port city of Odesa, officials said on Friday.Ukraine's emergency situation services published pictures of firefighters assisting a female in pyjamas climb from the window of a real estate block in flames.Law enforcement authorities
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Foreign direct financial investment in Russia fell to simply $3.3 billion in 2024, its lowest level considering that 2001, according to new information released by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The data, released during Russia's flagship St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, reveals a 62.8% decline in financial investment between 2023 and 2024 and
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