South Korea summoned Russia's ambassador to Seoul on Friday to protest a defense agreement signed by President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's Kim Jong Un during a visit to Pyongyang earlier this week.

Seoul "strongly urged Russia to immediately stop military cooperation with North Korea and comply with [UN] Security Council resolutions," the

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Updated with Ukrainian army statement.

Russia's Defense Ministery said Friday that its air defense forces downed 114 drones launched overnight by Ukraine, with at least one person killed in the mass wave of attacks.

"Russian anti-aerial defense systems intercepted and destroyed 70 drones over Crimea and the Black Sea, 43 drones over the Krasnodar

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President Joe Biden's administration on Thursday prohibited Russia-based cybersecurity firm Kaspersky from offering its popular anti-virus products in the United States over nationwide security concerns, the U.S. Commerce Department said. Kaspersky will normally no longer be able to, among other activities, offer its software application within the United States or
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Jail conditions for Russian opposition political leader Ilya Yashin-- serving 8.5 years for knocking Moscow's Ukraine offensive-- have actually considerably aggravated after he was moved to a punitive cell, his lawyer informed AFP Thursday.Fears for imprisoned Kremlin critics have risen since opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in his Arctic prison in February.Yashin
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The United States expressed deep unease over Putin's threat to send weapons to Pyongyang, warning such action could destabilize the Korean peninsula.

"It is incredibly concerning," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters.

"It would destabilize the Korean peninsula, potentially, depending on the type of weapons, and might violate UN

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As President Vladimir Putin paid a state check out to China in May, his Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said that Moscow and Beijing were soon planning to sign an agreement on the construction of the Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline. We plan additionally to finish the review and sign a contract for the building and construction of a gas pipeline with a capability
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