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The head of the Russian military’s theme park and a senior defense ministry official were arrested for allegedly embezzling public funds, law enforcement authoritiessaid Monday, the latest detentions in a growing military purge that began earlier this year.

Investigators said Patriot Park director Vyacheslav Akhmedov and Major General Vladimir

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Russia's national Security Council secretary on Monday arrived for a visit to Tehran, news agencies reported, amid fears of a wider war in the region following last week's killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran.

Sergei Shoigu, Russia's ex-Defense Minister, was set to meet senior military and security officials as well as new President

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Russian concert pianist and anti-war activist Pavel Kushnir died in police custody after going on hunger strike, his mother confirmed Monday.

Friends and activistssaid last week that Kushnir died at age 39 in a pre-trial detention center in the Jewish autonomous district, a remote region of Russia’s Far East.

Federal Security Service (FSB) agents arr

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Police in St. Petersburg have begun pressing administrative charges against drivers whose vehicles are excessively loud.

Local law enforcement officials said Monday that they will give motorists 10 days to “return the technical condition of their vehicle to factory settings,” otherwise the vehicle’s registration will be canceled and the owner may ri

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German style house Hugo Boss has actually closed a deal to sell its Russian division to the seller Stockmann, coming more than 2 years after it suspended operations in the country over the major intrusion of Ukraine.In April, Hugo Boss agreed to sell its Russian service to its wholesale partner, Stockmann-- which was sold by its Finnish owners

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Authorities in Siberia's republic of Tyvadeclared a regional state of emergency on Sunday due to ongoing wildfires in the area. As an outcome of prolonged hot and dry weather, the scenario has weakened in the districts of Piykhemsky, Chedi-Kholsky and Tandinsky, Regional guv Vladislav Khovalyg said, adding that he had requested assistance fro