Russian emergency authorities have acknowledged that 15 people were killed in last spring’s catastrophic flooding in the Orenburg region despite previously insisting there were no casualties, the investigative outlet Vyorstka reported Tuesday, citing a government report.

The flooding, among the worst in nearly a century, struck the cities of

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Lawmakers in Russia’s lower-house State Duma on Tuesday passed a bill banning advertising through organizations designated as “undesirable” or “extremist,” a move likely to steer businesses away from promoting their services on platforms like Facebook and Instagram.

Russia added U.S. tech giant Meta to its list of “terrorist and extremist” org

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Russia is suing Shell for 1.5 billion euros ($1.6 billion) over allegedly unpaid gas supplies to the state energy giant Gazprom in 2022, the British-Dutch company said in its annual report published Tuesday.

Shell announced in early 2022 that it would sever ties with Gazprom, halt Russian crude oil purchases and withdraw from Russian energy markets

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Among the hundreds of YouTube videos about working in Russia, one in particular stands out. 

The professionally made clip advertises job opportunities at Ozon, Russia’ssecond-largest online marketplace, to workers from South Asian countries.

Speaking in Hindi, a supervisor at Ozon subcontractor Argument describes the hiring process for the

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U.S. and Russian officials discussed a possible Russian-Ukrainian contract on navigation security in the Black Sea during talks in Saudi Arabia previously this week, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told state media Tuesday.The White House said the talks, kept in Riyadh on Monday, were aimed at protecting a maritime truce in the Black Sea as part
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Russian tech giant VK strategies to unveil a super-app this spring in hopes of eventually integrating the functionalities of China's common WeChat, business newspaper Vedomosti reported Tuesday, pointing out sources knowledgeable about the company's plans.Dubbed Max, the beta version will supposedly include a standalone messenger, a payment system, min
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