Russia's releasing of the Oreshnik speculative ballistic rocket on Ukraine was a propaganda operation developed by the Kremlin, the military, and intelligence firms to reignite fear in Kyiv and Western capitals that had actually grown accustomed to Moscow's nuclear saber-rattling. President Vladimir Putin said the military fired the Oreshnik on the

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The United States has charged a Russian woman who engaged with anti-war opposition activists over false statements about her ties with Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), a U.S.-based non-profit of pro-democracy Russianssaid Monday.

New York resident Nomma Zarubina last month was accused of concealing her 2020 recruitment by an FSB agent under

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Danish maker Carlsberg revealed Tuesday an agreement to sell its shares in its Russian unit, a day after President Vladimir Putin signed a decree ending state control of the business.Carlsberg, like numerous other Western companies, had revealed in March 2022 that it would leave Russia, where it employed 8,400 individuals, following Moscow's invasion of

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Georgia's prime minister on Tuesday threatened to penalize his political opponents, accusing them of lagging violence at mass protests, as Tbilisi's leading court declined an essential suit to annul the result of a contested October vote.Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze-- who irritated protesters last week by revealing his federal government would shelve EU a

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The foreign ministers of Russia, Iran, Turkey and Qatar couldmeet next week to deal with the recent escalation in Syria, where an Islamist-led rebel alliance seized area from the control of President Bashar al-Assad's government in a lightning offensive.The four-way talks might take place in Doha on Dec. 7-8, according to Russia's state-run T

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Russian President Vladimir Putin will likely reject U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s Ukraine peace deal unless it includes concessions to Moscow, Western-sanctioned Russian tycoon and Kremlin confidant Konstantin Malofeyevsaid in two separate interviews with the Financial Times and Bloomberg.

There’s a “50-50” chance of an eventual agreement with

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