Russian forces pressed further toward encircling the Ukrainian stronghold of Vuhledar in recent days, sparking worries that a key defensive outpost for Kyiv could soon fall into Russian hands.

On Wednesday, British intelligence reported that Russian troops had closed in on Vuhledar from three directions, threatening to cut off the last remaining

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The co-chair of an independent Russian election monitoring watchdog, Grigory Melkonyants, went on trial Friday accused of cooperation with an "undesirable" organization.

The trial of the co-leader of Golos, one of Russia's most prominent rights movements, comes as Moscow has intensified its crackdown on critical voices since launching its offensive

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An explosion tore through a service station in Russia's Caucasus republic of Dagestan on Friday, killing at least nine people and injuring 10 others, the emergency situations ministry said.

Two children were among the dead, the ministry added on social media network Telegram.

A previous ministry statement put the toll at five dead and three injured

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The Russian judge who convicted Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich said the trial was short because the court did not examine any "material evidence" and the verdict did not take long because he could "type quickly."

"The case itself was small. I don't remember how many folders there were, three or five," Judge Andrei Mineyev was quoted

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Gazprom, once Russia’s most profitable company, has dropped out of Forbes Russia's 2024 top 100 list, the business magazine wrote Friday.

“Last year’s leader Gazprom fell off the list with a record loss of 583 billion rubles [$6.3 billion] in 2023,” Forbes Russia wrote. However, it noted that the record loss was “more on paper,” as Gazprom’s cash fl

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Finland will put an essential NATO base less than 200 kilometers (125 miles) from its eastern border with Russia, a relocation that Helsinki states will send a message to Moscow, the Finnish Defense Ministry said Friday.Finland, which shares a 1,340-kilometer (830-mile) border with Russia, ended up being a NATO member last year, dropping decades of military
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