A growing number of Russian nationals have sought refuge in Mexico in recent years, fleeing either the ongoing war in Ukraine or persecution due to their sexual orientation.

Mexican authorities say there has been a sharp rise in irregular migration from Russia, with reports highlighting a 64% year-on-year increase in Russian migrants in 2024.

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The downing of an Azerbaijan Airlines airplane shows that flying over Russia poses a "high risk" to civilian aircraft as the war in Ukraine continues, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency said Friday.

The EASA said in a safety bulletin that the ongoing conflict "poses the risk of civil aircraft being unintentionally targeted in the airspace of

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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday that a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin was being arranged, just days before he is set to take office.

"He wants to meet, and we're setting it up," Trump said during a gathering with Republican governors at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida. "President Putin wants to meet, he's

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Finland's government said Thursday it plans to keep its border with Russia closed and extend a controversial law allowing border guards to turn away asylum seekers under certain circumstances.

The one-year "Act on Temporary Measures to Combat Instrumentalized Migration" entered into force on July 22, 2024, after a surge in asylum seekers arriving

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Europe imported record quantities of Russian liquefied gas (LNG) in 2024, The Guardian reported Thursday, mentioning data from energy analysts.Despite greatly decreasing its imports of piped Russian gas-- a crucial source of profits for Russia's war chest-- following the Kremlin's full-scale intrusion of Ukraine, Europe has increasingly purchased LNG from R
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Russian state media and pro-Kremlin news outlets saw their website audience numbers drop by as much as 30% in 2024, the independent news outlet Mozhem Obyasnitreported Thursday, citing rankings by media research organizations.

According to the Russian web analytics service LiveInternet, the tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda’s website experienced the b

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