A Moscow court sentenced leading Russian hypersonic flight researcher Alexander Shiplyuk to 15 years in a maximum-security prison on charges of treason, the independent news website Mediazona reported Tuesday.Shiplyuk, 57, headed Siberia's Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics and was one of three institute members apprehended in between 2022
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The pressure of Western sanctions saw Russia scramble to maintain its market power as a key energy exporter, as well as preserve the supply of technologies necessary for its military and civilian sectors. 

Domestically, this has meant Russia's increasing state control over the economy, coupled with a tolerance of "grey" schemes to evade sanctions an

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President Vladimir Putin invited his Mongolian equivalent to participate in the next BRICS top in Russia next month, the Kremlin stated Tuesday. I 'd like to conclude my opening remarks by welcoming you to Russia, to Kazan, where we will host the BRICS top this year, Putin told Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh throughout his see to Mongolia's ca
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Two U.S. researchers claim to have identified a new potential deployment site of Russia's nuclear-armed cruise missile Burevestnik, Reuters reported Monday.

Decker Eveleth, an analyst with the CNA research and analysis organization, and Jeffery Lewis of the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey said they identified a

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Ukrainian drone strikes targeted three towns in Russia's Belgorod area, seriously harming a church and striking public and industrial structures, regional authorities stated early Tuesday. An FPV drone struck St. Nicholas Church in the village of Gruzskoye in the Borisov district, Belgorod region Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov composed on Telegram.Gladkov
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Russian President Vladimir Putin’s arrival in Mongolia marks his first trip to an International Criminal Court (ICC) member state since the body issued a warrant for his arrest over the illegal deportations of Ukrainian children to Russia in March 2023. 

While bolstering Putin’s defiance of the West, the visit carries wider implications for i

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