Lithuania said Monday that it will spend 1.1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) over the next decade to fortify its border with Russia and Belarus, with the bulk of the funding earmarked for anti-tank mines.

Lithuania, which shares borders with Russia’s Kaliningrad region and northwestern Belarus, has raised concerns, along with fellow Baltic states L

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Mobile internet services in Moscow faced major disruptions on Monday as authorities warned residents of possible outages throughout the week due to heightened security ahead of Victory Day celebrations.

Russia’s emergency alert system sent outmessages warning of mobile internet restrictions from May 5 to May 9 “to ensure security in connection with

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Three traffic police officers and two gunmen were killed in a shootout in the North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, authorities and media reported Monday.

Eyewitness videos shared on social media showed officers firing their weapons in the capital city of Makhachkala as bystanders looked on.

Dagestan regional head Sergei Melikov said the shootout

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Russian-installed authorities in the Crimean port city of Sevastopol canceled this year’s Victory Day military parade, citing safety concerns, marking the third consecutive year the city has scrapped the annual celebration.

“There won’t be a Victory Day parade this year, as has been agreed with the Defense Ministry,” Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razv

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At least three civilians were killed in two separate Ukrainian attacks in the southwestern Kursk region, regional officials said Monday.

Two women working for an agricultural firm were killed when a drone struck a van carrying five workers near the village of Shchegolek, Acting Kursk region Governor Alexander Khinshtein said. Three others were

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Russian film critic Yekaterina Barabash said Monday that she fled to France with help from the media guard dog Reporters Without Borders (RSF), which smuggled her out of the country. It was very hard, Ekaterina Barabash, a 64-year-old Ukrainian-born reporter, told a press conference at RSF's Paris headquarters. She faces up to 10 years in priso
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