Authorities in Berlin have actually declined to extend the home authorizations of 3 existing and one former staff member of Russian state media outlets, the state-run RIA Novosti news agency reported Thursday, mentioning an unnamed German official.Two of the reporters work for Russia's state broadcaster Channel One, which accused Germany of closing down its B

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Russian strikes on Ukraine's energy facilities have actually left numerous thousands without electrical power, local officials stated Thursday, as Kyiv cautioned of a huge assault on the nation's power grid. As of now, 523,000 customers in the Lviv area are without electrical energy, Maksym Kozytsky, the regional guv, revealed on social media.The

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Russia on Wednesday put a former Moscow councilor, who became one of the first critics of the Kremlin's war in Ukraine to be jailed, back on trial for criticizing the military offensive while in prison.

Alexei Gorinov was the first known Russian to be jailed under new censorship laws in 2022 that accompanied Moscow's invasion.

More than two years

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Russia's Central Banksaid Wednesday it will suspend buying foreign currency on the domestic market for the rest of 2024 as the ruble continued moving to its most affordable levels given that Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. The choice to halt foreign currency purchases from Thursday up until Dec. 31 seeks to minimize volatility in the financial markets, the Rus

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With the Russian army in ever greater need of manpower — and with President Vladimir Putin wary of fueling discontent with another wave of forced mobilization — the government has increased payments to men willing to take part in the invasion of Ukraine. 

By all financial standards, these volunteers now make up a rising “middle class” seeking to use

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Today's fatal DHL freight aircraft crash in Lithuania aligns with a pattern of events across Europe previously this year that were credited to Russia, Germany's highest-ranking military officer stated Wednesday.Chief of Defense Carsten Breuer suggested that Russia might have been exploring vulnerabilities when the airplane crashed near Vilnius air

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