Enraged residents in Russia’s Chelyabinsk region clashed with riot police Thursday night after the stabbing death of a local woman, which both authorities and residents blamed on members of the Roma community.

Local media identified the victim as Yelena Sarafanova, a mother of two and taxi driver in the town of Korkino. Her body was discovered on

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday his relationship with the United States after the presidential elections would depend on what attitude Washington adopts, as he welcomed comments by Donald Trump on his desire to end the Ukraine conflict as "sincere."

But the Kremlin leader struck a hardline tone, warning the West it was an "illusion"

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Serbia’s Deputy Prime Minister said Thursday that his government does not endorse Russian emigres living in the country who stage protests against the Kremlin.

Tens of thousands of Russians fled to Serbia after President Vladimir Putin ordered the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and then a partial mobilization of troops later that year. An

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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday urged a "just peace" in Ukraine, delivering his remarks in front of Russian President Vladimir Putin as he called for an end to more than two years of war.

Guterres was in Russia for the first time since April 2022 and was due to hold talks on Ukraine with President Vladimir Putin later

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Russian law enforcement authorities have arrested one current and one former deputy energy minister on suspicion of fraud, the Kommersant business dailyreported Thursday, citing anonymous sources.

Federal Security Service (FSB) agentsreportedly first arrested Anatoly Yanovsky, who oversaw policy on Russia’s coal industry as deputy energy minister b

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The Russia-hosted BRICS summit came to a close on Thursday in Kazan, the capital of Russia’s republic of Tatarstan. 

The largest international event held in Russia since it invaded Ukraine more than two years ago, the summit was seen as a tool for the Kremlin to shake off its pariah status and strengthen its influence in the Global South. 

The

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