A Russian gold mining tycoon was blocked from leaving the country over the weekend as authorities moved to nationalize his business and examine alleged corruption and financial misconduct.Konstantin Strukov, the CEO of Russia's third-largest gold producer Yuzhuralzoloto, was apparently preparing to fly from the Chelyabinsk area to Turkey on Sa
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President Vladimir Putin has dismissed Transportation Minister Roman Starovoit just over a year after appointing him, according to a decree published Monday on the Kremlin’s official website.

The decree, which took immediate effect, did not specify the reason for Starovoit’s removal.

Putin replaced him with Deputy Transportation Minister Andrei

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Russian strikes killed at least 4 individuals and injured more than 30 others throughout Ukraine overnight, regional officials said on Monday.Two people died in the Sumy region in the east and one in the Odesa area in the south, Ukraine's state emergency services said in a post on Telegram.One guy was killed in the southern Kherson region, according
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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres condemned Saturday Russia's biggest drone and missile attack yet in the three-year war in Ukraine.

“The Secretary-General strongly condemns the latest series of large-scale drone and missile attacks by the Russian Federation,” Guterres said in a statement referring to the assault Friday and also calling for a fu

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Russia said Sunday it had captured two more settlements in east Ukraine, one in the Donetsk region and one in the Kharkiv region.

Ukraine did not immediately comment on Russia's claims.

Moscow has been grinding forward on the front line for over a year, pressing its advantage against overstretched and outmanned Ukrainian troops.

On Sunday, Russia

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U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that he was "very unhappy" about his telephone call with Vladimir Putin on the war in Ukraine, saying the Russian leader just wanted to "keep killing people."

"It's a very tough situation. I told you I was very unhappy with my call with President Putin. He wants to go all the way, just keep killing people,

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