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Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich will stand trial on espionage charges in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg on June 26, the court overseeing the process said on Monday, adding that the proceedings will take place behind closed doors.

Gershkovich was arrested in March 2023 while on a reporting trip in Yekaterinburg and has been held in

Details: Category: Russia; Published: 17 June 2024

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Dozens of countries meeting for a landmark international summit on peace in Ukraine agreed Sunday that Kyiv should enter dialogue with Moscow on ending the war, while strongly supporting Ukraine's independence and territorial integrity.

More than two years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion, leaders and top officials from more than 90

Details: Category: Russia; Published: 17 June 2024

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A Russian journalist was killed in a drone attack in eastern Ukraine, his employer announced Sunday, coming just days after a cameraman from the pro-government NTV channel was killed near the front line.

"Our correspondent Nikita Tsitsagi was killed during an attack by Ukrainian army drones," NEWS.ru said in a statement on Telegram.

The outlet said

Details: Category: Russia; Published: 17 June 2024

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Islamic State inmates have taken two prison officers hostage at a jail in the southern Russian city of Rostov, the prison services announced Sunday.

"The inmates took two prison officers hostage" in Detention Center Number One of the Rostov region, prison authorities said in a statement.

"Negotiations on the release of the hostages are underway," it

Details: Category: Russia; Published: 16 June 2024

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Updated with captive release.Russian authorities on Sunday stated they brought a speedy end to a siege at a detention center in the southern Rostov area, eliminating Islamic State hostage-takers and releasing two jail guard captives.The prison service had actually stated earlier that two guards had actually been hijacked by an undefined number of Islamic State

Details: Category: Russia; Published: 17 June 2024

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday he would provide Moscow a proposition for ending the war once it had been agreed by the worldwide community.He made the dedication in Switzerland throughout an address to an inaugural top on peace in his country, gone to by more than 90 countries, however not Russia.Zelensky informed the online forum he hoped