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Over two years into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the share of Russians who favor peace talks to end the war has reached an all-time high of 58%.

This is one of the key findings from the latest survey by the Levada Center, Russia’s last major independent pollster, conducted at the end of June.

Levada Director Denis Volkov attributes this and other

Details: Category: Russia; Published: 10 July 2024

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Nearly 600,000 people in southern Russia have been left without electricity amid an abnormal heat wave that led to a spike in energy consumption, the Energy Ministry said Tuesday.

The power cuts have affected the Rostov region (324,000 people affected), the Krasnodar region and the republic of Adygea (181,000), and the Astrakhan region (94,300).

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A Moscow court has arrested exiled opposition figure Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of late Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, in absentia on charges of “participating in an extremist organization.”

Navalnaya announced that she would continue Navalny’s work shortly after his death in an Arctic prison in February.

Russian authorities designated Navalny’s a

Details: Category: Russia; Published: 10 July 2024

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Bulgaria's state-owned gas supplier Bulgargaz stated Tuesday it was taking Gazprom to court and looking for countless euros in damages over the Russian business's cut of products after its intrusion of Ukraine.Bulgaria, which was practically totally dependent on Russia for its gas, and Poland were the first EU nations that saw their products halted after

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Imprisoned opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza's attorneys are still being rejected access to the political leader almost a week after he was transferred to a jail hospital, his better half Evgenia stated Tuesday.Kara-Murza, 42, was transferred to a prison health center in the Siberian city of Omsk on July 4. He has struggled with a nerve condition given that falling seriously ill

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday that waging war instead of engaging in dialogue is “not the solution” more than two years into Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

“I know that war cannot solve problems, solutions and peace talks can't succeed among bombs, guns and bullets. And we need to find a way to