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Russia has arrested a journalist from the Russian edition of Forbes magazine for social media reposts over accusations of Russian atrocities in the Ukrainian town of Bucha, his lawyer and Forbes said on Friday.

Rights groups say hundreds of Russians have been arrested, fined and jailed for criticizing Russia's offensive on Ukraine under tough

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Russia is resuming the first of several local airports that were closed when the country invaded Ukraine more than 2 years earlier, state civil air travel company Rosaviatsia revealed Friday.All flights to and from 11 airports in southern and main parts of the nation have been grounded over safety concerns since President Vladimir Putin

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Almost 4 decades ago today, the Soviet Union saw the worst nuclear disaster in history when the fourth reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine exploded.In the present-day Russian capital, another prospective radioactive hazard lies inactive below Muscovites' feet.In Moscow's northwestern Shchukino district, city authorities

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A teenager from the Siberian city of Chita has been sentenced to 3.5 years in jail for anti-war graffiti and social networks posts, a Russian court stated Thursday.Russian media stated this was the very first time a minor was locked up for their anti-war views.Tenth-grader Lyubov Lizunova, 17, was detained alongside Alexander Snezhkov, 19, and Vladislav

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Russia is seeking to ban the vaguely defined “anti-Russian separatist movement” as an “extremist” organization, the Justice Ministry said Friday.

According to the ministry, the so-called movement’s goal is to “destroy the multinational unity and territorial integrity of Russia.”

The ministry’s request is set to be heard by Russia’s Supreme Court on J

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Russian soldiers returning from Ukraine have killed 107 people since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of its neighbor over two years ago, the independent investigative news outlet Vyorstka reported Thursday, citing media reports and court filings.

Vyorstka said it tallied up the violent crime convictions of 91 ex-convicts pardoned after