The foreign minister of Belarus, who earlier this year dismissed international concerns over a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine being launched from his country, has died at the age of 64, the Belta news agency reported on Saturday. 

"The Belarusian foreign minister Vladimir Makei has died suddenly," the country's state news agency reported,

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Transgender and non-binary people in Russia have faced rising harassment and physical abuse since the start of the war in Ukraine, activists say, as the Kremlin doubles down on an ideology of “traditional values” in the face of international isolation.   

In particular, the country’s mobilization campaign has led to transgender women still o

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As the temperatures plunge in eastern Ukraine, Sergiy Khmil says he has little choice but to use the stacks of ammunition boxes left by the retreating Russian forces as firewood this winter.

Without the wood, Khmil says he will probably freeze amid the ruins of his destroyed village of Kamyanka. 

"The most difficult thing is to get enough chopped

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Ahead of Mother’s Day celebrations in Russia on Sunday, President Vladimir Putin met with the mothers of soldiers recently called up to serve in Ukraine at his residence outside Moscow on Friday. 

“I understand perfectly well that for you, as well as for so many other women in Russia whose sons are in the war zone, the attitude towards this holiday

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At least 9,311 Russian soldiers have died since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine nine months ago, according to an independent investigation conducted jointly by the BBC Russian Service and independent Russian news outlet MediaZona. 

The death toll, which was published by the BBC on Friday, only includes officially confirmed fatalities,

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Alexei Kudrin, a longtime ally of President Vladimir Putin, is expected to assume a leadership position in the restructuring of Russian tech giant Yandex, state media reported on Friday.

Yandex is awaiting Putin’s blessing to sell its main operations in Russia and appoint Kudrin to its new structure, several reports indicated earlier this week.

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