German Chancellor Olaf Scholz plans to hold his very first telephone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin in nearly two years, the German weekly Die Zeit reported Tuesday, citing anonymous government sources in Berlin.Although not yet formally requested, sources told Die Zeit that the phone call is being considered ahead of the G20 top
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Russia’s manufacturing sector contracted in September for the first time in two and a half years, following 28 consecutive months of growth since May 2022, according to a business survey published Tuesday.

S-P Global’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for Russian manufacturing fell to 49.5 in September, down from 52.1 the month before, when the

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Authorities in St. Petersburg forced the cancelation of a yearly Holocaust commemoration occasion set up for this weekend, mentioning Covid-19 limitations, the Jewish Community Center of St. Petersburgannounced on social media.This marks the first authorities restriction on the grieving ceremony in the 32 years considering that it has been held in the municipality of
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Wildberries, Russia’s largest online retailer, has successfully merged with the outdoor advertising firm Russ Group, CEO Tatyana Kim announced Tuesday, following a bitter feud with her co-founder and ex-husband.

Wildberries and Russ Group initially revealed plans to merge in June, creating a new digital trading platform called RWB. Reports at the

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A Russian strike on the center of the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson killed six people on Tuesday, the regional prosecutor's office said.

Video published by the region's governor showed debris and broken glass strewn around a market, while several bodies lay on the pavement.

"Around 9:00 am... Russian forces struck the center of Kherson,

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Three journalists working for independent Russian media outlets were arrested in Moscow late Monday outside a concert celebrating the Kremlin's claimed annexation of Ukrainian regions, the human rights watchdog OVD-Info said.

The concert marked two years since President Vladimir Putin signed decrees annexing the eastern Ukrainian regions of Donetsk

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