Central Russia saw dramatic temperature swings throughout April, fluctuating well above and below seasonal norms, the country’s chief meteorologist told state media Tuesday.

“It’s an extremely unique April because the weather fluctuated from one extreme to the other,” said Roman Vilfand, head of research at the Russian meteorological service Rosgi

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A court in Russia's Sverdlovsk region has sentenced a man to 12 years in a high-security penal colony for donating about $25 to the Ukrainian military, the independent Mediazona news website reported Monday.

Prosecutors alleged that Yevgeny Varaksin, 27, a resident of the closed city of Lesnoy, transferred 100 Polish zlotys “to finance the Armed F

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Russian left-wing activist Sergei Udaltsov went on trial Monday on charges of validating terrorism online, a charge that carries a sentence of up to 7 years in prison. The trial has actually begun. The indictment has actually been revealed. Sergei pleaded not guilty, state news company RIA Novosti priced estimate Udaltsov's lawyer, Dmitry Agranovsky, as saying.The
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Russian authorities have identified someone as a member of the “international LGBT movement” for the first time since the country’s Supreme Court designated the non-existent organization as “extremist,” the legal rights group Perviy Otdel said Monday.

When Russia’s Supreme Court banned the “international LGBT movement” in November 2023, it claimed t

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President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed into law a bill expanding the criteria for designating individuals and companies as foreign agents, targeting Russians gotten in touch with foreign federal government companies and international organizations in which Russia is not a member.The amended legislation also allows authorities to designate as foreign a
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday praised the late Pope Francis as a “defender” of humanism and justice and lauded his efforts to foster dialogue between the Catholic and Orthodox churches.

“Pope Francis enjoyed great international respect as a devoted servant of Christian teachings, a wise religious and state leader, as well as a s

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