Russia’s state-owned agricultural bank Rosselkhozbank has acquired a 50% stake in Avito, the country’s largest classifieds platform.

The move is part of a broader wave of strategic e-commerce acquisitions that has seen Russia’s digital economy increasingly come under state control.

According to the RBC news website, the stake was purchased from

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Russian law enforcement authorities issued an arrest warrant for exiled journalist Yulia Taratuta after accusing her of violating the country’s “foreign agent” law, the news website Mediazonareported Monday.

Russia’s Justice Ministrylabeled Taratuta, a presenter with the exiled broadcaster TV Rain, a “foreign agent” in December 2022. The label, whi

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Russia's Defense Ministry on Monday launched a video showing North Korean soldiers undergoing battle training in Russia, shortly after both Moscow and Pyongyang validated reports of North Korean participation in the war.The video, shared by state media, shows Russian trainers teaching the North Korean soldiers how to deal with Kalashnikov assault
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A court in Kyrgyzstan ruled to place an employee of Russia’s state-funded cultural exchange agency Rossotrudnichestvo under house arrest after she was detained on suspicion of recruiting locals for the Russian military, the Interfax news agencyreported Monday.

Media reported last week that Kyrgyz law enforcement authorities arrested four people on

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The head of fire safety in Far East Russia’s Zabaikalsky region has resigned as wildfires continue to devastate forests and threaten populated areas, regional authorities said Monday.

Zabaikalsky region Governor Alexander Osipov signed an order dismissing Rinat Khismatulin as head of the region’s Department of Civil Defense and Fire Safety “at the o

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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered a temporary ceasefire in Ukraine during next week’s Victory Day celebrations, which mark the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.

According to a statement published by the Kremlin, the ceasefire, which was declared “out of humanitarian considerations,” wi

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