Britain on Tuesday imposed new sanctions targeting Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet,” blacklisting 20 additional vessels, as well as 10 individuals and entities linked to the country’s energy and shipping sectors.

Security analysts say the aging fleet is used by Moscow to skirt international sanctions that prohibit it from selling oil.

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Russia's Embassy in Sweden on Tuesday claimed that an unidentified drone dropped paint on the premises of its trade objective in Stockholm over night. The drone crossed the airspace over the location and dropped a bag of paint on the ground in front of the primary entryway to the Trade Representation, the embassy said in a statement.It implicated Swedish
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Washington has actually quietly dissolved a previously unreported working group developed to check out ways of pressing Russia into peace talks with Ukraine, Reuters reported Tuesday, mentioning three confidential U.S. authorities familiar with the matter.The temporary group was stated to have been formed at some point between March and April, with its objective being to
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A woman living near the border with Ukraine in southwestern Russia’s Kursk region died at the hospital a day after she was injured in a Ukrainian drone attack, regional officials said Tuesday.

Acting Kursk region Governor Alexander Khinshteinsaid late Monday that the 48-year-old was milking a cow in the village of Goncharovka when she received

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“The G7 used to be the G8,” U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters in Kananaskis, Alberta, where Canada is currently hosting a meeting of G7 leaders. 

“Barack Obama and a person named Trudeau didn’t want to have Russia in. And I would say that was a mistake because you wouldn’t have a war right now,” Trump said, seemingly unaware of the fact tha

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Russian customers are significantly substituting fundamental staples for once-affordable vegetables amidst surging food costs and diminishing home budgets.The most striking example is potatoes, a long time dietary cornerstone in Russia, whose typical retail price rose by 173% year-over-year by the end of May, the steepest yearly boost in the past 23
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