Voting in Russia’s three-day local and regional elections began on Friday, with Kremlin-backed candidates expected to dominate a political landscape all but devoid of meaningful competition.

Voters will elect governors in 21 regions, legislative assembly members in 13 regions, including two in annexed Crimea, and scores of local officials on Sept.

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Telegram founder and chief executive Pavel Durov on Thursday hit out at French authorities for arresting and charging him last month over the publication of extremist and illegal content on the popular messaging app.

In a lengthy post on Telegram, his first public remarks since his arrest, Durov said it was "surprising" that he was being held

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The United States charged five Russian military officers on Thursday for presumably performing cyberattacks on civilian facilities in Ukraine ahead of the Russian invasion.Assistant Attorney General Matthew Olsen stated the members of Russia's GRU military intelligence company indicted in Maryland waged a cyber campaign against Ukraine known as
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Serbian leader Aleksandar Vucic stated he would not be able to accept Russian President Vladimir Putin's invitation to participate in the BRICS summit in Russia next month, mediareported Thursday. We have important guests [coming] from abroad at that time, Vucic was quoted as stating by the Balkan service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.The Tatarstan
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Ukraine on Thursday canceled a train that was set to shuttle people leaving the city of Pokrovsk in eastern Donetsk amid worries of a possible Russian attack.Moscow's forces have been bearing down the key logistics hub for months and are within 10 kilometers (6 miles) of the city, where officials are advising the 27,000 individuals still there to leave. Due
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A joint Russian-Chinese coal task in Siberia is dealing with problems with funding due to Western secondary sanctions on cross-border payments to Russia, the CEO of Russian metals and renewables giant En+ said Thursday.The United States expanded its secondary sanctions against Russia in June, providing the Treasury Department the authority to
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