As Moscow prepares for possible negotiations with Washington aimed at ending its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, it is seeking a far more ambitious outcome than a mere ceasefire: a global reordering of spheres of influence.

In the Kremlin’s view, such an agreement would effectively mean U.S. recognition of Russian dominance in the post-Soviet space

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A Moscow court has ordered businessman Vladislav Bakalchuk, the ex-husband of Russia’s wealthiest woman, to return part of the assets he was awarded during their divorce, state media reported Monday.

Tatiana Kim and Bakalchuk finalized their divorce in February following a surprise merger last summer between Russia’s largest online retailer W

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A Moscow court has posthumously found a guy who was killed by his children almost 7 years ago guilty of sexually abusing them, Russian media reported Monday.Krestina, Angelina and Maria Khachaturyan confessed to killing their dad, Mikhail Khachaturyan, in July 2018 after what they described as years of physical, mental and sexual

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A Russian Orthodox priest claimed during an Easter sermon on Sunday that labor migrants are arriving in the country to “replace” local residents.

Father Yevgeny, head of the Yekaterinburg diocese, said that “many thousands” of migrants entering Russia “view the Holy Russia of the Risen Christ as a relic and an anachronism” and pose a “huge test of s

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Russian authorities are bracing for a continued slump in oil prices, with the Economic Development Ministry significantly reducing its 2025 forecast for the average price of Urals crude to $56 per barrel.

That would mark the lowest level since 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic triggered a collapse in global demand and pushed Urals to an annual

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Russia's Emergency Situations Minister Alexander Kurenkov visited the Zabaikalsky region in the nation's Far East on Monday to assess growing wildfires in the areaAs of Monday, 50 wildfires were burning throughout the Zabaikalsky region and covered roughly 168,000 hectares (415,137 acres), according to the Interfax news firm, which cited regional

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