Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, now deputy chair of Russia's Security Council and a singing critic of Western nations, has reportedly purchased a 3.5-million-pound ($4.4 million) high-end private yacht made in the United Kingdom.The vessel, called Hurry Up, was produced by Plymouth-based Princess Yachts in 2024 and imported into Russia

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Angola has actually announced that Russian shares in two of its major diamond mines have been offered to an Omani-backed fund as an outcome of worldwide sanctions, a government official said.Russia's diamond giant Alrosa was previously a joint owner of Angola's Catcoa mine, the fourth-largest in the world, and Luele mine, in partnership with the southern

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President Vladimir Putinsigned a law Friday that created the legal structure to tax cryptocurrency mining and deals, as Russia seeks to control its cryptocurrency industry.The new law recognizes digital currency as home in amendments to Russia's Tax Code.While excusing cryptocurrency mining and sales from the value-added tax (VAT),

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Russia stated Friday it hoped its ally Syria will rapidly restore order in Aleppo, where jihadists released a major offensive versus government soldiers that has actually stimulated some of the most dangerous battling the country has actually seen in years.The Kremlin said Moscow sees the attack as an infringement on the sovereignty of Syria. We are for the government of

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Kyiv on Friday said Russian authorities returned over 500 bodies of Ukrainian soldiers killed in fight, with a lot of having actually passed away in the eastern Donetsk region.Russia and Ukraine have actually been exchanging bodies and detainees of war considering that the very first months of the dispute-- with casualties estimated to be high on both sides. As a result of repatriation

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The Ukrainian militarysaid Friday it struck an oil depot, which sparked a major fire in southern Russia's Rostov region. On the night of Nov. 29, the Atlas oil depot in southern Russia's Rostov area was struck, the basic personnel of the Ukrainian armed forceswrote on Telegram. A fire broke out on the area of the center, with at least two s

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