A Moscow Court on Thursday extended the pre-trial detention of previous Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov, who was arrested in late April and after that later charged with accepting a kickback of more than 1 billion rubles ($11.4 million) while he oversaw military building projects.Moscow's Basmanny Court authorized a request from detectives to hold I
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10 Ukrainian kids and their households have been returned to territory managed by Ukraine's militaries after living under Russian profession, authorities in Kyiv stated Thursday.Ukraine has actually accused Moscow of kidnaping nearly 20,000 kids from parts of the east and south of the country, while much more have actually discovered themselves living under
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Updated with second reported death.

A powerful storm rumbled through the Russian capital on Thursday afternoon, carrying heavy rains and winds that ripped hundreds of trees from the ground and killed at least two people, local authorities said.

Russia’s Emergency Services Ministry said a man was killed near Park Dubki in northern Moscow when wind

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EU member states on Thursday validated a fresh bundle of sanctions versus Russia targeting its profitable liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector for the very first time, authorities said.The brand-new measures -- which must be officially adopted on Monday-- are targeted at more choking off Russian President Vladimir Putin's war maker. This compelling
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Russian cyclist Alexander Vlasov has turned down the chance to participate in the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris due to his "very busy calendar," a top Russian sporting official said on Thursday.

Vlasov, 28, was one of 14 Russian athletes approved by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) over the weekend to compete in the games under a neutral

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Russia's biggest loan provider Sberbank will begin providing services to corporate customers in eastern Ukraine's partly occupied Luhansk and Donetsk areas later this month, a leading supervisor at the bank told state media on Thursday. Starting June 25, we will start servicing legal entities in occupied Ukraine, Sberank's Deputy Chairman of the Executive Bo
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