Authorities in southern Russia’s Krasnodar region have declared a regionwide state of emergency as cleanup efforts for an oil spill along the Black Sea coast stall.

The spill occurred on Dec. 15 after two Russian-flagged oil tankers were damaged during a storm, releasing thousands of tons of heavy fuel oil — known as mazut — into the Black Sea. Eme

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A Russian court on Wednesday ruled to move popular Yakutian shaman Alexander Gabyshev from a high-security psychiatric center to a basic health center, his legal representative said. This transfer ... is an action towards liberty. The grip of psychiatric treatment has somewhat loosened up, attorney Alexei Pryanishnikov said.It remains uncertain whether Gabyshev will be
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At least four people were killed and five others were injured in a Ukrainian attack on the town of Lgov in Russia’s southwestern Kursk region, local authorities said Wednesday.

“According to preliminary reports, the barbaric shelling of peaceful Lgov by the Ukrainian Armed Forces has claimed three lives, with a fourth person succumbing to their i

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday denounced what he called an "inhumane" attack from Russia, which launched dozens of missiles and drones on Ukraine's energy grid, killing one person and causing widespread blackouts.

The country woke up early Christmas Day to air raid sirens, shortly followed by air force reports that Russia had

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A military court of appeals reduced the prison sentences for theater director Yevgenia Berkovich and playwright Svetlana Petriychuk on charges of “justifying terrorism,” the independent news outlet Mediazona reported Wednesday.

Berkovich and Petriychuck were sentenced to six years in prison each in July over the content of their award-winning play,

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A lady was killed in a fire after a drone crashed into a mall in Russia's republic of North Ossetia early Wednesday, local authorities said.The blaze at the four-story Alania Mall in the local capital of Vladikavkaz was sparked by falling debris from a drone struck by air defense systems, Russia's Defense Ministry said.Another drone was
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