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Russian President Vladimir Putin has awarded top Chechen politician Adam Delimkhanov the country’s highest honorary title in recognition of his role in the invasion of Ukraine.

Delimkhanov was made Tuesday a Hero of the Russian Federation for his “courage and heroism”.

Delimkhanov led Chechen units fighting in the besieged Ukrainian city of

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A gunman has opened fire inside a kindergarten in Russia’s Ulyanovsk region, killing at least two children and one adult before turning the gun on himself.

Regional governor Alexey Russkhikh confirmed the four deaths at the Ryabinka kindergarten near the town of Veshkaima.

Russian rights ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova identified the shooter as local

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Russian authorities declared Pussy Riot member Maria Alekhina a fugitive on Tuesday, after she refused to appear at a Moscow court hearing.

Alekhina was sentenced in absentia to 21 days in jail after officials claimed the artist had violated a court-mandated curfew.

Alekhina’s name appeared on the Russian Interior Ministry’s database of wanted fig

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More than 300 Russian officers have been killed in Ukraine, according to publicly available dataanalyzed by independent news website Mediazona.

The outlet said it had scoured hundreds of official statements, news reports and social media posts on Russian troop deaths since the invasion of Ukraine began on February 24.

They found details on 1,744

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When Russian reporter Lilia Yapparova began reporting from the Ukrainian side of Russia’s war on its post-Soviet neighbor, she expected to be met with hostility. Instead, people showed her kindness.

“I was honestly surprised by the fact people would spend so much time and effort to help me,” said Yapparova, who works for independent media outlet Me

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Russian exports of key commodities collapsed in March as economic sanctions tied to Moscow's war in Ukraine began to take hold.

Month-to-month fertilizer shipments saw the biggest decline with a drop of 35 percent, according to data from the Association of Russian Seaports. Fertilizer exports fell to 1.1 million tons in March, compared with 1.7