Russian cryptocurrency kingpin Alexander Vinnik has arrived in Russia after being released by the United States as part of an exchange deal that saw Moscow free U.S. teacher Marc Fogel, officials said.

Vinnik arrived in Russia overnight, according to video images released by state news agencies.

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Donald Trump unveiled an extraordinary vision of a shake-up to the world order Thursday, eyeing a three-way summit with the Russian and Chinese leaders just a day after saying he had agreed with Vladimir Putin to start Ukraine peace talks.

With Kyiv and European capitals still stunned by Trump's surprise call with Putin, the US president also said

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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday he expected to reach a deal for Ukraine's mineral wealth that will in part compensate the United States for money that went to weapons to defend against Russia.

Speaking a day after President Donald Trump spoke by telephone to Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and the U.S. administration said

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The Kremlin said Thursday that Kyiv will be associated with peace talks to end the three-year dispute one method or another, a day after U.S. President Trump held different calls with the leaders of Russia and Ukraine.Moscow likewise stated there was no arrangement on the timing or location for a face-to-face meeting between Trump and President Vladimir Putin,
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BRUSSELS — British Defense Secretary John Healey on Thursday warned Russia against interpreting the United States' willingness to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine as a sign of victory.

“I would tell them [Russia]: you are in a position of weakness, not strength,” he said in response to a question from The Moscow Times on the sidelines of the N

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Russia’s top search engine Yandex displayed more than 1 billion military recruitment ads in 2024, the investigative news outlet Vyorstka reported Thursday.

The record 1.1 billion display ads for Russian army contracts far exceeded the 208.4 million seen in 2023, the outlet said, citing Yandex’s latest social ads transparency report.

Yandex serves

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