The Kremlin denied Monday that President Vladimir Putin met Telegram founder Pavel Durov in Azerbaijan before the tech entrepreneur's arrest in France over the weekend.Durov was apprehended at Paris-Le Bourget Airport quickly after showing up from Baku on Saturday night for supposed offenses connected to his popular Telegram messaging app, French
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SUMY REGION, Ukraine-- In a 20-square-meter room in an undisclosed jail in northeastern Ukraine, eight young Russian conscripts sit on their beds, gazing at their feet.Just weeks back, they had been serving their necessary year of military service in Russia's Kursk region, which borders Ukraine. When Kyiv released its cross-border incursion on
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The armed forces of Russia and Mongolia ended up the main phase of joint workouts near the Asian country's borders with Russia and China, Moscow stated Monday.Russia's Defense Ministry said the drills-- dubbed Selenga-2024-- started last week Monday at a military base near the town of Choibalsan, around 560 kilometers (347.9 miles) east of the cap
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Russian rocket and drone strikes targeted energy centers throughout Ukraine, consisting of the capital Kyiv, eliminating at least 3 civilians, Ukrainian authorities said Monday.Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal stated 15 of Ukraine's 24 regions came under attack from drones, cruise rockets and Kinzhal hypersonic missiles. To stop the barbaric shelling of U
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A French citizen accused of gathering information about the Russian military and violating the country's laws on "foreign agents" will go on trial next week, Moscow's court system said Monday.

Laurent Vinatier, who worked for a Swiss conflict mediation NGO before he was arrested in Moscow in June, faces up to five years in prison if convicted of

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An overnight Ukrainian drone attack in southern Russia’s Saratov region damaged several high-rise apartment buildings and injured multiple people, local authorities said early Monday.

“Air defense systems shot down drones early this morning,” Saratov region Governor Roman Busargin wrote on Telegram. “Debris fell on residential buildings in both Sara

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