Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday selected new acting guvs for the Sverdlovsk and Orenburg regions ahead of gubernatorial elections later this year.Orenburg's outbound guv, Denis Pasler, replaced Yury Kuivashev as guv in Sverdlovsk, according to a Kremlin decree. Throughout a telecasted conference, Putin told Pasler that he
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The head of Moldova's semi-autonomous area of Gagauzia has gotten in touch with Russian President Vladimir Putin to press Moldovan authorities to launch her from cops custody after she was detained previously this week.Moldovan cops detained Gagauz leader Evghenia Gutul at Chisinau International Airport late Tuesday, positioning her in custody for 72
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Siberian journalist and activist Maria Ponomarenko, who is serving a six-year jail sentence for speaking out against the war in Ukraine, was sentenced Thursday to an additional year and 10 months for allegedly assaulting prison guards.

Ponomarenko, 46, was convicted in 2023 for publishing reports on Russia’s bombing of a theater in Mariupol, U

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North Korea has deployed an additional 3,000 troops to Russia this year and continues to supply missiles, artillery and ammunition to support the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine, South Korea’s military said Thursday.

Russia and North Korea have strengthened ties since Moscow’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, with Seoul accusing North Korean leader Kim Jong

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Russian migration authorities released fewer passports to foreign citizens in 2015 than they have since a minimum of 2020, the Kommersant organization paper reported Thursday, pointing out Interior Ministry data.Authorities gave 209,000 Russian passports in 2024, nearly 45% less than in 2023. The variety of momentary residency approvals fell more than
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday that the United States will examine Russia's requested conditions for agreements with Ukraine, but cautioned that a peace deal would take time.

"It won't be simple. It'll take some time, but at least we're on that road and we're talking about these things," Rubio told a news conference in Jamaica.

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