A Russian court sentenced 13 young men to up to 23 years in prison each on Wednesday for acts of railway sabotage in Moscow and Siberia aimed at thwarting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The court’s press service said the men were part of an “organized criminal group” that aimed to “influence the Russian authorities to cease its special military opera

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At least three infant kangaroos have gone missing from two Russian zoos within a week, sparking suspicion that the animals might have been taken in a coordinated campaign, according to media reports.Police in the Yaroslavl area, northeast of Moscow, released a criminal examination after a kangaroo born in the winter season disappeared from its enclosure

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Moscow advised Israel to immediately pull its soldiers out of southern Lebanon on Tuesday after the Israeli military started what it stated were ground raids versus Hezbollah militants in the area.Israel revealed the incursion after a week of extreme air strikes on Lebanon that left hundreds dead and stimulated worldwide condemnation. In a significant

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Russia's Defense Ministry plans to employ around 20,000 people presently held in pre-trial detention to fight in Ukraine, the investigative news outlet IStories reported Tuesday, mentioning anonymous military and legal sources.According to a military authorities who spoke to IStories, efforts are currently underway to determine who amongst the thousands of

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Russia's state financial guard dog Rosfinmonitoring included Armen Aramyan, editor and co-founder of the independent youth Magazine DOXA, to the nation's list of terrorists and extremists, the outlet reported Tuesday.Last week, a Moscow court bought Aramyan's arrest in absentia on charges of justifying terrorism and spreading out fakes about the mi

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Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) on Tuesday announced the arrests of nearly 40 individuals, including teenagers, accused of supporting "Ukrainian terrorist" groups.

"Thirty-nine radicals aged 14 to 35, supporters of Ukrainian terrorist organizations banned in Russia, were detained," the FSB said in a statement.

The law enforcement body

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