Authorities in Russia's republic of Bashkortostan and the neighboring Chelyabinsk region robbed homes and apprehended activists who oppose a government-backed plan to develop copper mining deposits near their neighborhoods, regional media reported Thursday. Earlier this year, a subsidiary of mining giant Russian Copper Company (RCC) verified plans for
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A tech entrepreneur whose widely filmed broad-daylight kidnapping from a central Moscow railway station has stirred controversy will face criminal charges alongside his kidnappers, Russian investigatorsannounced Thursday.

Chechen authorities said Areg Shchepikhin, 39, was “not abducted, but detained by law enforcement officers” in front of wit

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Russian President Vladimir Putin is prepared to help deal with the standoff between Iran and the United States over Tehran's nuclear program, the Kremlin stated Thursday. We have a close collaboration with Tehran. And President Putin stated that he was ready to use this collaboration to assist deal with the Iranian nuclear problem, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov
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The Kremlinconfirmed Thursday that President Vladimir Putin told U.S. President Donald Trump that Russia would strike back after Ukraine's drone strikes on its airbases that damaged a number of nuclear-capable bombers last weekend.Putin, nevertheless, did not mention Sunday's attack on airfields deep inside Russian area, consisting of Siberia, in his public
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Russia on Thursday declared the British Council an “undesirable organization,” a move that is likely to make it more difficult for Russian citizens to study and live abroad.

The British Council is one of the organizers of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS), one of the world’s most widely used academic English exams for n

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The prospect of a temporary ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, let alone a negotiated end to the war, remains elusive after the second round of direct talks in Istanbul on Monday.

Instead, the Kremlin is demanding sweeping territorial, military and geopolitical concessions from Ukraine and the West while continuing to escalate its offensive along

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