Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said Friday that its agents thwarted a planned terrorist attack on a Moscow police station, killing two alleged Islamic State members during the operation.

The FSB identified the two individuals as citizens of Central Asian countries and members of ISIS-K, a regional affiliate of the Islamic State primarily

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Pro-Kremlin Telegram channels on Friday circulated a New Year's video depicting Russian air defense systems shooting down Santa Claus' reindeer sleigh.The video, first shared by the Pul N3 Telegram channel, begins with Santa flying over central Moscow to the tune of We Wish You a Merry Christmas. Hi, Russians! Here are your presents, states Santa
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Azerbaijan Airlines suspended flights between Baku and several Russian cities, local media reported Friday, two days after one of its planes crashed in western Kazakhstan while en route to the North Caucasus republic of Chechnya.

The airline announced that flights to Sochi, Mineralnye Vody, Volgograd, Ufa and Samara will be halted starting Saturday

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Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) declared Friday that a Russian-born American who was imprisoned earlier this week for spying had been dealing with the Pentagon to establish a system for genetically screening the Russian population.Gene Spector was sentenced to 15 years in jail on Tuesday, though the nature of the 2023 espionage charges against
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The Kremlin said Friday that it would not comment on the deadly crash of an Azerbaijani passenger plane until an investigation into its causes was completed.

Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8432 crashed near the city of Aktau in western Kazakhstan early Wednesday after veering off from a scheduled flight path to Grozny in Russia's republic of Chechnya.

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South Korean authorities said Friday that Ukrainian forces recorded a North Korean soldier sent out to eliminate along with Russian troops, though the soldier later died in captivity.Around 12,000 North Korean troops have actually been deployed to help Russia in its war versus Ukraine, according to U.S. and South Korean officials. Most of them have actually been involved in
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