When a Russian lawmaker said late recently that the country would start throttling YouTube filling speeds on desktop web browsers by up to 70%, it appeared to verify numerous Russians' worries that the nation would gradually cut off access to the video platform.Over the past decade, YouTube has become a crucial platform for dissenting perspectives as the
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A Russian military court on Tuesday sentenced a man to 14 years in prison on treason charges for allegedly planning an attack after joining a banned pro-Ukrainian militia unit.

Artem Sanzharaev was accused of being a member of the Freedom of Russia Legion, a pro-Ukrainian unit made up of Russian citizens that has claimed responsibility for armed

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Russia's Navy started prepared drills involving all but one of its fleets and a frustrating majority of its warships, the defense ministry stated Tuesday. Units and formations of the Russian Navy have begun arranged exercises in the functional zones of the Northern, Pacific and Baltic Fleets, as well as in the location of duty of the C
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The whereabouts of four Russian political prisoners are unknown after their apparent transfer to new prison facilities in recent days, lawyers and relatives said on Monday.

Prison authorities in Russia often subject high-profile inmates to secret and lengthy transfers across the country. Shortly before his death at an Arctic penal colony in

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Germany said on Monday it was not deterred by Russian President Vladimir Putin's threats to relaunch production of intermediate-range nuclear weapons if the United States confirms its intention to deploy missiles to Europe.

"We will not be intimidated by such statements," foreign ministry spokesman Sebastian Fischer told a government press

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Olympic organizers on Monday confirmed that they canceled the accreditation of some reporters after Russia's state-run TASS news agency said several of its journalists could no longer cover the Paris Games.

TASS reported on Sunday that the removal of its journalists' accreditation, essential for covering sporting events, was "completely unexpected"

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