A national parks employee in Ukraine’s southern Odesa region discovered oil washed up on the coastline, saying that it was likely linked to last month’s oil spill in the Black Sea.

Ivan Rusev, the employee who reported the find, said Friday that he spotted the oil near the Danube Biosphere Reserve and Tuzly Lagoons National Park. The area is

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Russia and Ukraine said Friday that they exchanged the remains of 806 fallen soldiers, marking one of the largest repatriation operations in recent months.

Moscow received the bodies of 49 soldiers, Russian lawmaker Shamsail Saraliyev told the RBC news website. Meanwhile, Kyiv’s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War confirm

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Chinese IT companies are rapidly expanding their footprint in Russia, profiting from new opportunities produced by the ongoing war in Ukraine and severe Western sanctions that have banned tech exports to Russia, the Kommersant organization daily reported Thursday.With their main concentrate on software application development and cryptocurrency mining-- the latter p
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Russian media leakages of radio communications from Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 were not sourced from its flight recorder, a senior Kazakh authorities said Friday, coming a week before authorities are expected to release initial crash investigation results.The Azerbaijani traveler jet crashed in western Kazakhstan on Dec. 25, eliminating 38 of the
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Protests erupted across Transnistria on Friday, with residents of the Moscow-backed separatist region demanding Moldovan authorities provide gas supplies amid an ongoing energy crisis.

Russia’s Gazprom halted gas supplies to Transnistria on Jan. 1, citing a $709-million debt dispute with Moldova. The Kremlin blamed Moldova and Ukraine for the di

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reboot nuclear disarmament talks with U.S. President Donald Trump's administration as quickly as possible, after stress over the war in Ukraine hindered negotiations.Russia withdrew from the New START treaty the last staying arms control contract with the U.S. in 2023 amidst a sharp deterioration in bilateral relations.Both countries have indicated they will stick to the treaty's warhead limits until 2026, however they have yet to settle on a replacement, and discussions have actually been stalled for months. We are interested in starting this settlement procedure as soon as possible, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov stated. The ball is in the Americans'court, who have stopped all substantive contacts. President Vladimir Putin has actually intensified his nuclear rhetoric because launching the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, including signing a decree last year that lowered the threshold for utilizing nuclear weapons.New START, which was checked in 2010, restricted the U.S. and Russia to a maximum of 1,550 released nuclear warheads each.The collapse of the treaty follows the 2019 dissolution of the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.That landmark agreement, signed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, limited both countries use of medium-range rockets, both conventional and nuclear.A Message from The Moscow Times: Dear readers, We are dealing with extraordinary obstacles. Russia's Prosecutor General's Office has designated The Moscow Times as an unfavorable company, criminalizing our work and putting our staff at threat of prosecution. This follows our earlier unjustified labeling as a foreign agent. These actions are direct attempts to silence independent journalism in Russia. The authorities declare our work rejects the choices of the Russian management. We see things differently: we aim to offer precise, objective reporting on Russia.We, the reporters of The Moscow Times, decline to be silenced. To continue our work, we require your help.Your assistance, no matter how little, makes a world of difference. If you can, please support us monthly beginning with simply$2. It's quick to set up, and every contribution makes a considerable impact.By supporting The Moscow Times, you're protecting open, independent journalism in the face of repression. Thank you for standing with us.Continue Not ready to support today? Remind me later.Remind me next monthThank you! Your suggestion is set.We will send you one pointer e-mail a month from now. For details on the personal data we gather and how it is used, please see our Privacy Policy.
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