Russia’s Roscosmos space agency successfully launched a cargo spacecraft toward the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday, carrying New Year’s gifts alongside essential supplies.

A Soyuz-2 rocket carrying the Progress MS-29 cargo ship lifted off from Kazakhstan’s Baikonur Cosmodrome at 3:22 p.m. Moscow time, according to Roscosmos. The u

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Russia's lower-house State Duma on Thursday approved a three-year budget plan that designates a record 13.5 trillion rubles ($133.63 billion) to national defense in 2025, representing nearly 40% of the government's total spending.The defense allocation represents a traditionally high 6.31% of Russia's projected GDP for next year. It does not consist of c
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Russia’s military has confirmed that Ukraine fired British-supplied Storm Shadow missiles into Russian territory for the first time on Wednesday.

“Air defenses shot down two U.K.-made Storm Shadow cruise missiles,” the Defense Ministry said in its daily briefing early Thursday, without specifying the location of the strikes.

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Russian airlines have grounded 34 of their 66 Airbus A320neo family aircraft due to unresolved engine issues exacerbated by Western sanctions, the Kommersant business newspaper reported Thursday, citing anonymous sources familiar with the matter.

The grounded jets are equipped with engines made by Pratt - Whitney, a subsidiary of RTX

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Elvira Nabiullina, the head of Russia's Central Bank, has long been the epitome of the technocratic facade of Vladimir Putin's guideline. In her post given that 2013, she has been credited with making sure financial stability and as being the chief designer of Moscow's action to Western sanctions. However as Russia's war economy faces the challenge of runaway
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Washington's choice to supply Ukraine with anti-personnel landmines-- marking a substantial policy reversal-- comes from shifts in Russian battlefield strategies prioritizing infantry over mechanized units, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday. They don't lead with their mechanized forces any longer, Austin said throughout a see to Laos. T
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