Russia's Defense Ministry said Thursday that its forces were on the offensive in the Kursk region, recapturing nearly one dozen towns in the embroiled border region that were seized after Ukrainian forces launched their surprise incursion last month.

"Units of the 'North' grouping of forces liberated 10 settlements within two days," the Russian

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Russian journalist Nikolai Svanidze, a veteran television and radio host, died in Moscow at age 69 on Wednesday following a prolonged illness.

Svanidze passed away at his northeast Moscow apartment in the evening, according to the tabloid Moskovsky Komsomolets tabloid, which did not cite specific sources. Baza, a Telegram news channel with ties to

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Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the BRICS summit in Russia next month, China's foreign minister announced on Thursday.

The summit of emerging economies will be held from Oct. 22 to 24 in the Tatarstan capital of Kazan, with the Kremlin hoping the meeting will provide a chance to expand its influence and forge closer economic alliances,

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Ivan from St. Petersburg enrolled in a military medical academy to fulfill his lifelong dream of becoming a doctor. 

He graduated this year, when the full-scale invasion of Ukraine had already been ongoing for two and a half years. Faced with mandatory military service but wanting no part in the war, he fled the country to avoid being sent to the

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A Russian court on Thursday put three lawyers who used to represent the late opposition activist Alexei Navalny on trial over "extremism" charges.

Navalny died in unclear circumstances at an Arctic prison colony in February, where he was serving a 19-year sentence for leading an "extremist" organization.

Since his death, authorities in Russia have

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Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR)implicated the United States of weaponizing European election observers to reject next month's elections in Georgia and spark pro-Western street presentations. The U.S. State Department means to use a brand-new tool to interfere in Georgia's parliamentary elections on Oct. 26 in order to avoid the victory o
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