“Down! And now this gesture will make the dog sit,” says a National Guard officer, his face half-covered by a balaclava, as he points at a German Shepherd. He stands in a school assembly hall in the Russian-occupied Kherson region. The dog obeys, and the children laugh.

The session is part of a professional training program run by the Russian

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Finland will keep its land border with Russia closed indefinitely due to continued concerns over a potential surge in asylum seekers allegedly encouraged by Moscow, the Finnish government announced Wednesday.

The Nordic country shut its 1,340-kilometer (830-mile) eastern border in December 2023 amid an uptick in asylum seekers from the Middle East

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Moscow said Wednesday that it is prepared to do “everything” within its power to help diplomatically resolve the standoff between the United States and Iran over Tehran’s nuclear program.

Russia, which holds the world’s largest confirmed stockpile of nuclear weapons, has strengthened its military ties with Iran since launching its full-scale i

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The Russian ruble reinforced to 82.3 to the U.S. dollar on Wednesday, making it the best-performing currency worldwide year-to-date and surpassing even the standard safe house of gold.The ruble has actually strengthened 38% versus the dollar on the non-prescription market given that the start of this year, information put together by Bloomberg shows.Accordin
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Serbian authorities have issued passports to dozens of Russians with Kremlin ties since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the investigative news outlet IStories reported Wednesday, citing government data.

A total of 204 Russians were naturalized as Serbian citizens between early 2022 and April 2025, including many with links to Russia’s defense i

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A decorated opera singer from Siberia’s republic of Tyva was arrested in Moscow earlier this year on espionage charges, the exiled news outlet Mediazona reported Wednesday.

Tsetsendelger Tegshee, 31, was born in Mongolia near the Russian border. He studied art in the Tyvan capital of Kyzyl and has performed with the Tyva State Philharmonic since

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