Billionaire banker and entrepreneur Oleg Tinkov on Monday said he renounced his Russian citizenship because of the conflict in Ukraine, which he had previously criticized.

"I have taken the decision to exit my Russian citizenship. I can't and won't be associated with a fascist country, that started a war with their peaceful neighbor and killing

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The United States on Monday accused Russia of extortion at the expense of the developing world after it demanded Ukrainian security guarantees on its Crimea fleet for preserving a secure corridor to export grain.

"What you're describing appears to be either collective punishment or collective extortion," State Department spokesman Ned Price told

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Russia stripped prominent climate activist Arshak Makichyan of his Russian citizenship Monday, according to a post on his Instagram page.

"The Russian state has deprived me of my only citizenship," the activist, who is currently living in exile in Germany, wrote on Monday. 

Known as Russia’s "lone climate activist" for his solo protests on Moscow’s P

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Moscow on Monday summoned the Dutch ambassador to "protest strongly" against Western efforts to "recruit" Russian diplomats in the Netherlands, the Foreign Ministry said.

Ambassador Gilles Beschoor Plug was called in to hear Moscow "protest strongly against an attempt to recruit the military attache of Russia's Embassy in The Hague on Oct. 20 by a

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Cargo ships loaded with grain and other agricultural products left Ukrainian ports on Monday despite Russia's decision to pull out from a landmark deal designed to ease the global food crisis.

As one of the brokers of the grain deal, Turkey has stepped up diplomacy with the two warring countries in a bid to save it as Russia warned that continuing

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The Russian-born co-founder and CEO of British digital bank Revolut has become the fourth billionaire to renounce his Russian citizenship, The Telegraph reported on Saturday.

Nik Storonsky, 37, had dual British and Russian citizenship until his decision to renounce his Russian citizenship earlier this year, the report said.

Storonsky, who has

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