Some 32,000 former prisoners recruited by the Wagner mercenary group have returned to Russia after fighting in Ukraine, the private military company’s founder Yevgeny Prigozhin said Sunday.

“As of June 18, 2023, 32,000 persons previously convicted and who took part in the special military operation among the ranks of the Wagner PMC went home at the

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The United Nations accused Russia on Sunday of continuing to block humanitarian aid deliveries to Moscow-controlled locations in eastern Ukraine that have been impacted by the recent Kakhovka dam rupture.The breach of the dam on June 6 flooded big swathes of the Kherson region under Russian and Ukrainian control, forcing thousands to run away and

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This year's St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), called the Russian Davos, culminated Friday in a plenary session with President Vladimir Putin and Algerian counterpart Abdelmadjid Tebboune.Moderating the conversation was Dmitri Simes, a conservative U.S. political researcher and historian of Soviet origin, in another reflection of

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South Africa's president, in Russia as part of a delegation promoting peace in between Kyiv and Moscow, told his Russian equivalent Vladimir Putin on Saturday that the battling needed to stop.His delegation advanced a set of concepts that the Kremlin considered very tough to execute, a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ruled

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday, Father's Day, thanked all strong and brave soldiers combating Russia's invasion, and hoped all fathers would eventually return from the front. Thank you to every Ukrainian daddy, to every Ukrainian family for our strong and brave soldiers who protected Ukraine's independence, and fight for the life

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South Africa's president arrived in Saint Petersburg, Russia on Saturday ahead of talks headed by an African delegation promoting negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow even as doubts grow they will bear fruit. The African leaders are attempting to make the continent's problems heard after it has actually been buffeted by economic headwinds caused by the

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Syria releases forces after dozens eliminated in Bedouin-Druze clashes