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Ilya Yashin, a Moscow opposition deputy and ally of late politician Alexei Navalny, was one of 16 prisoners freed by Russia in a historic exchange with the West on Aug. 1. He had been serving an 8.5-year sentence for denouncing the invasion of Ukraine.

On Nov. 17, Yashin, Yulia Navalnaya and Vladimir Kara-Murza will

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Russian President Vladimir Putin will for a second year in a row combine his annual press conference and televised call-in show next month, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskovsaid Wednesday.

“The unified format, which will combine the annual press conference with elements of a direct line, will take place in the second half of December,” Peskov told rep

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A St. Petersburg-based technology company has filed a trademark application in Russia for a new vodka brand named Trumpovka in honor of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.

The application submitted by RAU IT to Rospatent includes a distinctive label featuring Trump’s silhouette holding an accordion.

RAU IT provides digital solutions and software

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Niger's government wants Russian firms to invest in uranium and other natural resource production, its mining minister said on Wednesday, amid worsening relations with its former colonial ruler France.

French nuclear group Orano suspended uranium production in Niger last month. The move came after the country's military junta, which seized power in

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A Russian soldier was killed early Wednesday when his car exploded in Sevastopol, a major port city in annexed Crimea, in what officials say was likely caused by an improvised explosive device.

Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev said emergency services received a call about a vehicle exploding and then catching fire just before 10:00 a.m.

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Belarusian political prisoner Maria Kalesnikava has appeared in a photo with her father, in her first appearance since she disappeared from contact 21 months ago.

Kalesnikava, who led huge 2020 protests against President Alexander Lukashenko, was imprisoned after she famously ripped up her passport as the Belarusian KGB tried to forcibly deport her.

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