Authorities in Siberia’s Kemerovo region will pay schoolgirls who give birth, Russian state media reported Tuesday, marking at least the third such regional initiative amid the Kremlin’s push to reverse the country’s demographic decline.

Under a regional government decree, legal guardians of eligible schoolgirls will receive a one-time payment of

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Russia’s manufacturing sector suffered its steepest downturn in nearly three years last month, according to the latest data from S-P Global, as faltering domestic and export demand drove declines in output and new orders.

The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for Russian manufacturing fell to 48.2 in March, down from 50.2 in February — its sec

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China is all set to play a useful role in dealing with the war in Ukraine, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi informed Russian state media ahead of talks in Moscow on Tuesday.Wang met Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and is likewise anticipated to consult with President Vladimir Putin during his see, the Kremlin said. China is all set, taking into

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German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock implicated Russian President Vladimir Putin of stalling peace efforts in Ukraine as she arrived in Kyiv on Tuesday. Ukraine is prepared for an immediate ceasefire. It is Putin who is playing for time, does not desire peace and is continuing his war of hostility, which is an offense of global law,

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Russian Railways said Tuesday its website and mobile app were knocked offline by a cyberattack, the first such incident since last summer.

The state-owned rail company said ticket offices were unaffected, and sales at train stations continued as usual.

“Our website and mobile application have been subjected to a mass DDoS attack,” Russian Railways sa

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At least 15 people were injured in Ukrainian drone strikes in occupied eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, as Kyiv reported no over night Russian drone attacks for the very first time in months.The injured were on their morning commute when a Ukrainian drone struck a bus in the central square of Horlivka, stated Denis Pushilin, the Russian-installed governor of

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