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Russia's Central Election Commission (CEC) revealed Wednesday that it will establish unique polling locations for next week's presidential race along the country's borders with Poland, Belarus and the three Baltic states.The CEC stated Russian residents who for numerous reasons live in the five neighboring countries would have the ability to vote at specially org

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Figure skater Kamila Valieva has been eliminated from the Russian nationwide group, the head of Russia's Figure Skating Federation informed state media on Thursday. Valieva is presently not part of the nationwide team. Everything was carried out in accordance with legal files, Alexander Kogan, who heads the figure skating body, was quoted as stating by the TASS n

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Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said Thursday it killed Islamic State militants who were planning a "terrorist attack" on a Moscow synagogue, state news agencies reported.

The FSB said the Islamic State cell, based in central Russia's Kaluga region, had been planning to kill Jewish worshippers at a synagogue in the Russian capital.

"During

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In Russia&s Western Caucasus, a New Luxury Ski Resort Threatens UNESCO World Heritage Site

Rising high above Russia’s Black Sea coast, the Western Caucasus mountain range is home to a pristine alpine ecosystem that earned it UNESCO World Heritage Site status.

“The Western Caucasus has a remarkable diversity of geology, ecosystems and species,” UNESCO said when inscribing the site in 1999. “Along with the Virgin Komi World Heritage site, i

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A Finnish court on Thursday gave a businessman a nine-month suspended jail sentence for violating EU sanctions against Russia, the first case of its kind in the Nordic country, the newspaper Helsingin Sanomat reported.

Gabriel Temin, CEO of the Finland-based logistics and warehouse companies Luminor Oy and Siberica Oy, was arrested in September on

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Moscow summoned the U.S. Ambassador to Russia on Thursday and threatened to expel American diplomats in demonstration versus what it stated was American disturbance in the country's domestic affairs.Russia's Foreign Ministry stated Washington was moneying anti-Russian non-profit groups and spreading disinformation about the March 15-17 governmental