Russia's Orthodox Church on Tuesday condemned a vote by Ukrainian lawmakers to ban the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which many believe to be aligned with Moscow.

"This is an unlawful act that is the grossest violation of the basic principles of freedom of conscience and human rights," Russian Orthodox Church spokesman Vladimir Legoida wrote on

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Russian law enforcement authorities detained an Israeli-Canadian racecar driver and entrepreneur wanted by the U.S. for allegedly defrauding investors of millions of dollars through an illegal online stock trading scheme, media reported Tuesday.

Joshua Cartu, 45, was detained at St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo International Airport by the Interior M

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The Moscow Times is republishing the weekly news wrap spotlighting the latest advancements in Russia's ethnic republics and Indigenous neighborhoods, which was initially released by From the Republics. Tyva - & Sakha ablazeAuthorities in the Siberian republic of Tyva on Sunday stated a region-wide state of emergency for the 2nd time this
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President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday went to the North Caucasus city of Beslan ahead of the 20th anniversary of the Beslan school siege, the deadliest fear attack in contemporary Russian history.On Sept. 1, 2004, armed militants from Chechnya took more than 1,100 individuals hostage at Beslan School No. 1 in the republic of North Ossetia, holding them
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Russia's Foreign Ministrysaid Tuesday it had actually summoned a senior U.S. Embassy official in Moscow over what it called intriguing actions of American reporters reporting from Ukrainian-held parts of the Kursk region, as well as a supposed U.S. mercenary presence on Russian territory.The ministry said it expressed strong demonstration to U.S. Embassy C
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Russian forces said Tuesday they had captured the town of New York in eastern Ukraine, as Moscow — under pressure by a Kyiv counterattack on its territory — presses on with its full-scale invasion.

The Defense Ministry said its troops had captured "one of the largest settlements of the Toretsk agglomeration and the strategically important logistics

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