Swedish prosecutors on Monday ruled out sabotage in the case of a damaged undersea cable and said they were releasing a Bulgarian ship seized in connection with the incident, determining the damage was accidental.

Sweden detained the Malta-flagged Vezhen after discovering damage to a fiber-optic cable between Sweden and Latvia on Jan. 26.

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Moscow is thinking about Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates as prospective places for future talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump, Reuters reported Monday, pointing out anonymous sources familiar with the matter.Both leaders have recently revealed determination to satisfy to talk about ending Russia's war on Ukraine,
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Russian courts received a record 20,040 petitions to declare individuals missing or dead last year, the independent news website Mediazona reported Monday, citing court documents.

The figure is more than double the approximate 8,600 court filings in 2023, which Mediazona said was in line with annual numbers before the full-scale invasion of Ukraine

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The United Nations on Monday warned that Russian troops have been increasingly killing captured Ukrainian soldiers over recent months, echoing growing allegations from officials in Kyiv.

The UN monitoring mission in Ukraine said that, since the end of August, it had "recorded 79 such executions in 24 separate incidents" committed by Russian

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Russian actor Yura Borisov’s nomination for an Oscar has been met with a muted and confused reaction in his home country as it has challenged the Kremlin’s long-standing narrative that the West is determined to “cancel” Russian culture.

Borisov is up for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Sean Baker’s “Anora” at the Academy Awards on March 2, mak

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Military recruitment in Moscow has dropped fivefold since its peak in mid-2024, forcing Russian authorities to rely increasingly on foreign mercenaries, criminals and debtors to bolster troop numbers, the independent news outlet Vyorstka has reported.

Despite hiked financial incentives which initially drove a boost in enlistment, Moscow residents

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