A former Ukrainian lawmaker and aide to ex-President Viktor Yanukovych was shot dead near Madrid on Wednesday, a Spanish police source told AFP.

Police responded to a shooting in the affluent town of Pozuelo de Alarcón, where “several people” shot the man in the back and head as he was “about to get into a vehicle,” the source said, confirming the v

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Russian state-controlled oil giant Rosneft has acquired Tomtor, the country’s largest deposit of rare earth metals, Reuters reported Wednesday.

Rosneft acquired 100% of the Tomtor project’s operator Vostok Engineering on Monday, documents from an official state registry of companies show.

Located in Russia’s mineral-rich republic of Sakha, Tomtor is

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3 of Moscow's 4 airports temporarily suspended flights Wednesday as Ukrainian drones targeted the Russian capital, authorities said.Domodedovo and Zhukovsky airports halted both inbound and outbound flights, while Sheremetyevo suspended arrivals however permitted some departures on a case-by-case basis, according to Artyom Korenyako, a
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Russian law enforcement authorities arrested two of 10 former prison inmates who deserted from a military training ground in the southern Rostov region, the local media reported, citing anonymous military investigation sources.

Four of the deserters were initially caught soon after they fled on May 9, the day Russia held celebrations marking the

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Poland's military stepped in after a ship from the Russian shadow fleet was seen performing suspicious maneuvers near a power cable television linking Poland with Sweden, the Polish Prime Minister said on Wednesday.NATO has stepped up security in the Baltic following a string of occurrences in which power cable televisions, telecom links and gas pipelines have been
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Russian expatriates employed by Russian companies saw their average wages rise 14% over the past year, the Kommersant business newspaper reported Wednesday, citing a survey of freelance workers.

The highest demand for remote workers was in Russia’s IT, advertising, edtech and other creative sectors, while manufacturing, healthcare, transport and c

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