A group of Russian lawmakers have drafted a bill that would ban parents from giving their newborn children “unusual” names, state media reported Monday, citing one of the proposed legislation’s authors.

“We need to protect children from becoming dumplings, stools and nightstands,” said Tatiana Butskaya, a member of the ruling United Russia party and

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North Korea has supplied Russia with 200 long-range artillery systems as part of ongoing arms transfers, South Korea’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday in an updated report to lawmakers.

The ministry’s assessment follows a November report by South Korea’s national security adviser, who estimated that Pyongyang had delivered 160 long-range artillery uni

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Russia's Prosecutor General's Office requested the extradition of former Russian state tv anchor Farida Kurbangaleeva from the Czech Republic, the reporter composed on social networks late Monday.Kurbangaleeva, a former speaker of the Vesti news program on the state-run channel Rossiya 1, left the network in 2014 after Russia's annexation of
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A Ukrainian drone attack sparked a fire at an industrial site in southern Russia’s Saratov region, regional officials said Tuesday as authorities in Kyiv and Russian media claimed the attacks targeted an oil refinery.

Saratov region Governor Roman Busargin initially wrote on Telegram that there was “damage” at an unidentified facility. Three hours l

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U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that he wants to secure half a trillion dollars in rare earth metals from Ukraine, which he suggested "may be Russian someday," as part of negotiations over continued U.S. support for Kyiv in its defense against invading Russian forces.

"I want to have our money secured because we're spending hundreds of

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The co-founders of Russia's biggest online retailer Wildberries, Tatiana Kim and Vladislav Bakalchuk, formally ended their 22-year marital relationship on Monday as their split deepened an ongoing business dispute.Kim first revealed plans to divorce Bakalchuk last summertime after he looked for help from Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov in battling what he explained
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