The Russian Orthodox Church revealed a monument in Yekaterinburg today commemorating a recent military operation versus Ukrainian forces in the southwestern Kursk region.The monument, made from an area of a gas pipeline, is part of a picture exhibit celebrating Operation Pipeline, throughout which hundreds of Russian special forces crawled 16

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The Kremlin on Wednesday condemned the arrest of the leader of Moldova's semi-autonomous Gagauz region, calling it a political relocation targeted at reducing opposition to the nation's pro-EU president.Moldovan police arrested Gagauz leader Evghenia Gutul at Chisinau International Airport late Tuesday, putting her in custody for 72 hours. A Moldovan

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A Russian military court on Wednesday sentenced 12 members of Ukraine’s Azov Battalion to prison terms ranging from 13 to 23 years on terrorism charges in the largest and highest-profile trial of Ukrainian prisoners of war since the full-scale invasion.

All of the defendants were taken as prisoners of war, arrested during filtration procedures or

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Moscow and Washington are presently going over the possibility of restarting gas shipments to Europe through the Nord Stream pipeline, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told Russia's state-run Channel One on Wednesday. Now, of course, there are disagreements. Is it only in the interests of Russia and the United States to restore regular

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Russia's Defense Ministry on Wednesday implicated Ukraine of breaching a 30-day time out on attacks versus energy facilities, which Moscow claims has been in impact for more than a week.The allegations follow earlier reports that Ukraine and Russia agreed in concept to stop strikes on energy targets after U.S.-mediated talks. On Tuesday night,

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Russia’s second-largest oil producer, Lukoil, reported a 26.5% drop in net profit for 2024, citing asset impairment losses and increased deferred taxes.

Lukoil posted a net profit of 848.5 billion rubles ($10.1 billion) last year, down from 1.1 trillion rubles ($13.7 billion) in 2023. Revenue, however, rose nearly 9% to 8.6 trillion rubles ($102.1

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