Russian air defense systems on Thursday shot down a Ukrainian drone flying over the republic of Tatarstan, more than 1,000 kilometers northeast of the country’s border with Ukraine.

Russia’s Defense Ministrysaid its anti-aircraft systems destroyed the drone at around 2:00 p.m. Moscow time, shortly after airports in the capital Kazan and the city of

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A minimum of 8 people were eliminated and another was injured in a hostel fire in the Moscow area town of Istra, emergency officialssaid Friday.The fire broke out at 4:00 a.m. local time and was snuffed out around 5 hours later on, the Emergency Situations Ministry's local branchsaid, according to the news agency Moskva. A video shared by
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A woman was killed in a Ukrainian drone strike on southwestern Russia’s Belgorod region, local authoritiessaid Thursday.

Photos shared by Belgorod region Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov showed the second floor of a house that partially collapsed as a result of the attack.

“Unfortunately, there was a victim — the body of a woman was found under the rub

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Upgraded with Peskov's remarks, Investigative Committee statement.Russia has actually apprehended a basic on corruption accusations, state media reported Thursday, making him the 4th senior-ranking military officer to face fraud-related criminal charges over the previous month in an obvious broader crackdown in the Defense Ministry.A military court put
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Norway on Thursdayannounced that it would limit entry to Russian tourists, shutting their last direct access to Europe's border-free Schengen area. Russian residents whose purpose is tourist and other non-essential travel will be declined upon entry across the external border, the Norwegian federal government stated in a statement, adding that the new res
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A popular Bashkir activist whose jail time previously this year sparked mass protests was designated a political prisoner by the Russian rights group Memorial on Wednesday.Fayil Alsynov was sentenced to 4 years in a penal nest in January on charges of prompting interethnic hatred. Many observers think he was targeted for web cam
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