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An ammunition dump caught fire in a Russian region bordering Ukraine and two other nearby regions reported explosions early Wednesday, local authorities have said.

“According to preliminary information, an ammunition dump is on fire near the village of Staraya Nelidovka,” Belgorod region Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on social media.

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Details: Category: Russia; Published: 28 April 2022

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Russian President Vladimir Putin told the visiting UN chief Tuesday that he still had hope for negotiations to end the conflict in Ukraine.

"Despite the fact that the military operation is ongoing, we still hope that we will be able to reach agreements on the diplomatic track," Putin told UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who was visiting

Details: Category: Russia; Published: 28 April 2022

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Igor Volobuev, vice president of state-owned Gazprombank, said he has fled Russia to fight alongside Ukrainian forces, becoming at least the fourth top executive or official known have made an abrupt exit from the country.

Volobuev told The Insider independent news website and Ukraine’s liga.net business news site that he left Russia on March 2 and

Details: Category: Russia; Published: 28 April 2022

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Fears rose Tuesday that Moscow could order a military push through south-west Ukraine following Russian airstrikes on infrastructure near the Black Sea coast and a series of blasts in the Moscow-backed separatist region of Transnistria on Ukraine's western border.

The military developments followed hints from a Russian general about an attempt to

Details: Category: Russia; Published: 27 April 2022

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Russia's gas giant Gazprom has told Poland and highly dependent Bulgaria that it will halt its shipments of Russian gas to the two countries from Wednesday.

"Bulgargaz received a notification today, April 26, that natural gas supplies from Gazprom Export will be suspended starting April 27," Bulgaria's economy ministry said late Tuesday in a

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Trash collection in parts of the Russian city of Novosibirsk has collapsed as truck drivers continue with a strike over low pay and 20-hour work days.

The walkout began last week when drivers for local waste logistics company Eco-Trans-N discovered their fleet of 86 trucks had been confiscated over unpaid debts, according to local media reports.