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Russian forces are believed to have paused their grueling offensive in eastern Ukraine to rest soldiers and re-position for their next assaults while simultaneously stepping up rocket attacks on Ukrainian cities, military analysts told The Moscow Times.

In the latest strike on a Ukrainian city, at least 23 civilians, including three children, were

Details: Category: Russia; Published: 16 July 2022

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A court in Far East Russia has acquitted feminist and LGBT activist Yulia Tsvetkova of “pornography” charges for what supporters call body-positive images posted on social media, her mother said Friday.

Tsvetkova, 29, spent several months under house arrest after authorities in the remote city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur launched a criminal case into the

Details: Category: Russia; Published: 15 July 2022

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U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner's Russian team praised her contribution to the country's sport on Thursday as they shared testimony during her high-profile trial.

Griner, a two-time Olympic basketball gold medalist and WNBA champion who had played in Russia, was detained in February, just days before Moscow launched its offensive in Ukraine.

The

Details: Category: Russia; Published: 15 July 2022

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Natalia Tikhonova was at an anti-war rally in Moscow’s Zaryadye Park, a few hundred meters from the Kremlin, when police detained her.

“Where are you taking me?” the 30-year-old mother with a young son asked as she was put inside a police van.

“To improve the gene pool of the nation,” a police officer replied. Tikhonova told The Moscow Times tha

Details: Category: Russia; Published: 15 July 2022

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Russia’s development of 5G cellular network coverage is on hold due to the exit of major global telecom providers and constraints posed by government regulations, the Business St. Petersburg news outlet reported Wednesday, citing industry experts.

Russia’s digital developments ministry earlier this month said it aims to facilitate the 5G network’s

Details: Category: Russia; Published: 15 July 2022

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Germany will halt imports of Russian coal from next month and Russian oil by the end of the year, a top economic aide to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced amid pressure on European countries to end their dependence on Russian energy following its invasion of Ukraine.

“We will be off Russian coal in a few weeks,” the state-run TASS news agency