French retail giant Auchan is in “the final stage of negotiations” to sell its Russian subsidiary to local buyers after more than 20 years in the country, the business publication La Lettrereported Thursday, citing unnamed sources.

Auchan reportedly narrowed its options to two potential buyers after receiving 10 “unsolicited expressions of i

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German prosecutorscharged a Russian male with the murder of 2 Ukrainian soldiers who were receiving medical treatment in southern Germany, media reported Wednesday.The 57-year-old Russian national was arrested in April after the 2 Ukrainian soldiers were discovered stabbed to death at a shopping mall in the Bavarian town of Murnau.Witnesses said
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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Thursday that his nation is ready to end up being an active member of the BRICS group of countries. We totally share the BRICS philosophy. Belarus is pertaining to you with particular ideas and projects, Lukashenko said at the bloc's annual top in the city of Kazan. We're all set to end up being an active member of
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Two women in the Ural Mountains city of Perm threw Molotov cocktails at the local office of the ruling United Russia party, igniting a blaze inside the building, Russian media reported Thursday.

Emergency services told local media that the fire engulfed some 40 square meters (430 square feet) of the office, and photos taken from inside the building

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President Vladimir Putin alerted Thursday that attempts to defeat Russia on the battleground were illusory, remarks made ahead of his first conference with UN chief Antonio Guterres in more than two years.Putin was speaking in the Tatarstan capital of Kazan on the final day of the BRICS summit, a forum Moscow hopes will help create a united front of
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Russian lawmakersvoted unanimously on Thursday to validate a tactical collaboration arrangement between Russia and North Korea that, to name a few things, offers shared help if either nation comes under attack. Russian President Vladimir Putinsigned the agreement with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a visit to the separated East
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