Moscow said Wednesday that a Russian citizen jailed in the United States would be released as part of a prisoner exchange that saw the return this week of an American teacher detained in Russia.

“As we previously reported, there has recently been intensified work through the relevant agencies, with contacts taking place,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Pe

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Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry evacuated 139 anglers from an ice sheet that broke off from Sakhalin Island in the western Pacific on Wednesday.The ice sheet separated after a 33-foot (10-meter) crack formed in between the town of Malki and the mouth of the Dolinka River.Eyewitnesses stated the crack appeared unexpectedly, reaching 10 meters
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Russian legislator and war hawk Andrei Gurulev was reassigned from the lower-house State Duma's Defense Committee to the Committee on Regional Policy and Local Self-Government. The reassignment follows reports that the Gurulev, a retired military officer, defied the Kremlin's demands to temper his regular state television appearances, which have actually raised hi
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Moscow on Tuesday released an American detainee after the first-known visit by a member of President Donald Trump's administration to Russia, in a deal the White House called a positive indication for ending the Ukraine war.The White House said Trump protected the release of Marc Fogel, an American imprisoned considering that 2021 on drug charges, as part of an exchange,
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A Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv killed at least one person on Wednesday, the city's mayor said, after authorities issued an air raid alert.

"As of now, one person was killed," Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko wrote on Telegram, adding that at least three others had been wounded.

Two people were hospitalized and one was treated for

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Ukraine will use to swap territory with Russia in any prospective peace settlements, President Volodymyr Zelensky stated in an interview released Tuesday, including that Europe alone would not be able to shoulder Kyiv's war effort.Zelensky will meet U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Friday at the Munich Security Conference, the Ukrainian leader's
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