Russia fired ballistic missiles and attack drones at the Ukrainian capital overnight, city officials said Friday morning, killing at least four people after President Vladimir Putin vowed to retaliate for Ukraine's stunning drone attacks on Russian airbases last week.

Besides Kyiv, the barrage also targeted regions in the western part of the

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President Vladimir Putin's alleged extramarital daughter has quietly assumed a function in the French art world, dealing with galleries that show anti-war artists, including some from Ukraine, exiled artist Nastya Rodionova reported Thursday.Yelizaveta Krivonogikh's existence in Paris was initially reported by the Ukrainian media outlet TSN. The outlet
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President Vladimir Putin on Thursday expressedsupport for a proposal to create a national center that would promote Russian as a second language around the world.

“I think creating a special center will benefit the promotion of the Russian language,” Putin said at a council meeting on state language policy implementation.

He ordered the Kremlin and

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Authorities in Russia's republic of Bashkortostan and the neighboring Chelyabinsk region robbed homes and apprehended activists who oppose a government-backed plan to develop copper mining deposits near their neighborhoods, regional media reported Thursday. Earlier this year, a subsidiary of mining giant Russian Copper Company (RCC) verified plans for
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A U.S.-sanctioned Russian telecom equipment developer installed 4G mobile network systems in Afghanistan last year to provide mobile services for up to 10 million people, the Vedomosti business newspaperreported Thursday.

The work highlights Moscow’s deepening ties with the Taliban since the Islamist group returned to power in 2021 following the w

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A tech entrepreneur whose widely filmed broad-daylight kidnapping from a central Moscow railway station has stirred controversy will face criminal charges alongside his kidnappers, Russian investigatorsannounced Thursday.

Chechen authorities said Areg Shchepikhin, 39, was “not abducted, but detained by law enforcement officers” in front of wit

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