EU member states on Thursday validated a fresh bundle of sanctions versus Russia targeting its profitable liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector for the very first time, authorities said.The brand-new measures -- which must be officially adopted on Monday-- are targeted at more choking off Russian President Vladimir Putin's war maker. This compelling

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Russia's biggest loan provider Sberbank will begin providing services to corporate customers in eastern Ukraine's partly occupied Luhansk and Donetsk areas later this month, a leading supervisor at the bank told state media on Thursday. Starting June 25, we will start servicing legal entities in occupied Ukraine, Sberank's Deputy Chairman of the Executive Bo

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A double U.S.-Russian resident accused of donating around $50 to a Ukrainian charity went on trial for treason in the Ural city of Yekaterinburg on Thursday.Ksenia Karelina, a 32-year-old ballerina living and operating in Los Angeles, was apprehended by police in Yekaterinburg in late January while on a journey to visit her family in Russia.Prosecutors

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An overnight Ukrainian drone attack in southern Russia’s Krasnodar region has killed a woman, local authorities said early Thursday, as other drone strikes across the country set several oil depots ablaze.

Russia’s Defense Ministrysaid its air defense systems destroyed six drones in the republic of Adygea, three each in the Bryansk and Krasnodar

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A Russian rocket and drone barrage damaged a Ukrainian power plant and other energy centers overnight, officials said on Thursday, the latest in a series of strikes that have actually pushed the nation's grid to the brink.The targeted aerial barrages over current months have crippled Ukraine's electricity generation capability and required authorities to

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Updated with cooperation contract signing.Russia and Vietnam pledged Thursday to reinforce shared ties as President Vladimir Putin made a state visit focused on strengthening his alliances to counter Moscow's growing isolation over the war in Ukraine.Putin traveled to Vietnam, a close ally of Russia because the Cold War, from a summit with North

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