Russian law enforcement authorities pressed new bribery charges against billionaire Vadim Moshkovich just days before his pre-trial detention was set to expire, the Kommersant business newspaper reported Tuesday, citing a Moscow court.

Moshkovich, the founder of agricultural giant Rusagro, was arrested in late March on charges of large-scale fraud

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French authorities rejected a request from Telegram founder and Russian-born entrepreneur Pavel Durov to visit the United States, Politicoreported Tuesday, citing the Paris prosecutor’s office.

“Such a trip abroad did not appear imperative or justified,” the office was quoted as saying.

Durov, who was banned from leaving France last year after being

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U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin expressed regret over the decline in U.S.-Russia relations during their phone call this week, while also reflecting on their countries’ World War II alliance, a senior Kremlin official said Tuesday.

“The leaders spoke at length and warmly about how our countries were allies during World War II

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Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said Tuesday that it seized more than 1.8 metric tons of cocaine bound for the European Union, with an estimated street value of 6 billion rubles ($74.5 million).

The law enforcement agency said it intercepted the first shipment of 1.1 metric tons in March and arrested two suspects: a Ukrainian citizen and a

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“The special military operation will end. The presidents will reach an agreement. But… no one will bring back my husband,” Russian military widows from different regions write on Instagram. 

Their videos are often accompanied by footage of their dead husbands and a track by the singer Machete: “I'm crying, your mascara runs.”

Among those sharing

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday accused Russia of stalling peace talks and seeking to prolong the war, despite U.S. efforts to broker a ceasefire.

U.S. President Donald Trump held separate calls with Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday. The two sides also met for the first direct negotiations in over three

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