Russian authorities have opened a terrorism case following an arson attack that resulted in a donation center for soldiers fighting in Ukraine burning down in the town of Vyborg, near the Finnish border, local media reported Friday.

The organization Vyborgsky Rubezh said its collection point for Russian soldiers in Ukraine was destroyed in the fire

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NATO is sending two ships to monitor critical undersea infrastructure and Russia's "shadow fleet" in the Baltic Sea following recent undersea cable cuts, Finland's foreign minister said Friday.

The Estlink 2 submarine cable, which carries electricity from Finland to Estonia, was disconnected from the grid on Dec. 25, just over a month after two

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Shipping volumes along Russia’s Northern Sea Route reached a record 37.9 million tons in 2024, the state nuclear corporation Rosatom announced Thursday, though that figure still lagged far behind earlier targets.

President Vladimir Putin had previously said that shipment volumes along the route should increase to 80 million tons by 2024, and

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The Kremlin said Friday that President Vladimir Putin is open to meeting with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, following Trump's comments the day before that preparations for such talks were underway.

"The president has repeatedly stated his openness to contact with international leaders, including the U.S. president, including Donald Trump,"

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Japan on Friday announced asset freezes for dozens of individuals and entities, as well as sweeping export bans, as part of sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.

Tokyo’s asset freeze list expanded to 11 Russian executives and one North Korean, as well as 29 military-related groups, three Russian banks and one Georgian bank. They a

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At least 3 individuals were eliminated Friday morning and 6 others were injured in Ukrainian strikes on Russian-occupied locations of eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region, Moscow-backed officials said.The Russian-installed governor of Donetsk, Denis Pushilin, said Ukraine struck a square in the region's primary city of Donetsk with precision-guided long-range
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