A non-profit organization providing mental health and legal support services to LGBTQ+ people in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg announced Monday that it would shut down after coming under “anti-queer pressure.”

The organization, called Lupta, was created in April 2023 as a support center for people facing discrimination over their sexual

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Authorities in Moscow claimed Monday that the narrow margin in Moldova’s constitutional referendum on EU membership “raises questions,” while also rejecting Moldovan President Maia Sandu’s accusations of Russian interference in Sunday’s presidential election.

After nearly 99% of the votes were counted in a referendum that asked Moldovans whether to

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Alexei Navalny's widow said she prepares to run for president of Russia after Vladimir Putin leaves workplace and complimentary and fair elections in the country ended up being possible. My goal is to produce change in the nation. If I return to Russia, I will run for president, Yulia Navalnya informed the BBC in an interview aired simply days before the release of her h

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South Korea summoned the Russian ambassador in Seoul on Monday in demonstration over claims that Pyongyang sent thousands of soldiers to combat in Moscow's war against Ukraine, the South Korean Foreign Ministry said, calling for the instant withdrawal of the troop deployments.Around 1,500 North Korean special forces soldiers have been stationed in

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A group of Russian warships arrived in Myanmar to join maritime exercises with the military junta's navy, state media in the Southeast Asia country reported Monday.

The Global New Light of Myanmar said four corvettes and a logistics vessel from Russia's Pacific Fleet arrived at Thilawa port in Yangon on Sunday “to join the second Myanmar-Russia j

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Ukraine said on Sunday it had targeted an important Russian dynamites factory, located about 750 kilometers (470 miles) from the border, in an overnight drone attack.Kyiv has actually consistently launched drone attacks deep into Russian territory, seeking to strike energy and military websites that it says are essential to supplying Moscow's invading army.A source in the

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