Russian authorities on Friday designated the Norwegian online news publication The Barents Observer as an “undesirable” organization, a day after Europe’s top human rights court ruled against its ban inside Russia.

The Prosecutor General’s Office accused the Arctic-focused outlet of publishing “anti-Russian” content written by exiled Russian citize

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Ukraine said Thursday it was prepared to work with Moscow in opening a humanitarian passage for Russian civilians stranded in border areas caught by its army.More than 1,500 civilians are estimated to be still residing in areas of Russia's southwestern Kursk region that Ukraine's army took in a shock cross-border offending launched in August.Anger
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Syria's new government is open to allowing Russia to keep its strategic military bases in the nation after the ouster of Kremlin ally Bashar al-Assad, Defense Minister Murhaf Abu Qasra told The Washington Post on Thursday.Russia's longtime ally Assad was toppled in a shock rebel offensive in December, bringing the future of Moscow's Tartus
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Russian President Vladimir Putin could meet with former U.S. President Donald Trump at some point in February or March, a senior Russian legislator said Thursday.Leonid Slutsky, chairman of the State Duma's International Affairs Committee, informed reporters that preparations for the top were at an sophisticated phase. Whether it's February or March, let's no
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Russia on Thursday welcomed the new U.S. administration's choice to shutter USAID as an independent agency, calling the humanitarian body a maker for interfering in global affairs.U.S. President Donald Trump's close consultant Elon Musk announced Monday that the huge humanitarian agency would be closing down as part of his radical drive to
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Switzerland is returning CHF$ 14 million ($15.46 million) in frozen possessions to 3 sanctioned Russian nationals implicated in a corruption case uncovered by the late tax consultant Sergei Magnitsky, Hermitage Capital Management has said.A Jan. 21 Swiss Supreme Court ruling withdrew Hermitage Capital's private claimant status in a cash laundering
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