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Ukraine said Friday that, for the first time since Russia's invasion, it had downed a Russian long-range bomber used to fire cruise missiles at cities across the war-battered nation. For the first time, anti-aircraft rocket systems of the air force in cooperation with the defense intelligence of Ukraine damaged a Tu-22M3 long-range strategic

Details: Category: Russia; Published: 21 April 2024

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What is driving the record-bad flooding that has devastated parts of Russia and Kazakhstan and forced tens of thousands of people to escape the fast-rising water?

AFP looks at the worst flooding in decades to hit this region:

Spring and snow

Spring floods in Russia and northern Kazakhstan "are to be expected and are a regular occurrence," said Maria

Details: Category: Russia; Published: 19 April 2024

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A male suspected of aiding a plot by Russian intelligence services to assassinate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has actually been detained in Poland, Polish and Ukrainian district attorneys said Thursday.The Polish nationwide, called just as Pawel K., is suspected of supplying information to Russian military intelligence and assisting the Russian special

Details: Category: Russia; Published: 19 April 2024

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Glaciers on Russia's Far East Kamchatka Peninsula have shrunk by over a third since the mid-20th century, the state-run TASS news agencyreported,citing Russian scientists’ measurements.

Known as the "land of fire and ice" because of its active volcanoes and expansive glaciers, Kamchatka is now threatened by climate change, with glacier melt

Details: Category: Russia; Published: 19 April 2024

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A memorial to Russian sailors eliminated throughout the war in Ukraine appears to show that 19 sailors were eliminated in the sinking of the Moskva battleship, according to photos shared by pro-war bloggers and evaluated by independent media.Russia's Defense Ministry has verified one death and 27 missing out on sailors in the April 13, 2022, sinking of the Moskva g

Details: Category: Russia; Published: 19 April 2024

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The Kremlin on Thursday knocked the seizure in France of a rental property supposedly owned by Russian business person Artur Ocheretny, the new partner of President Vladimir Putin's ex-wife. The residential or commercial property, in the southwestern coastal town of Anglet, was seized in December 2023 as part of an investigation into money laundering, prosecutors said Wednesday. Any