A minimum of 81 Russian billionaires have business links to Russia's military or to annexed Ukrainian territories amid the war in Ukraine, the independent investigative outlet Proekt reported Monday.Most of these individuals have remained silent on the war, with some apparently slamming it in private conversations. Regardless of their links to Russia's war

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President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a law that considerably raises fines for stopping working to appear at a military enlistment workplace after getting a draft notice.The fines will increase from the present variety of 500-3,000 rubles ($5-32) to 10,000-30,000 ($109-327) when the law enters into force on Oct. 1. Fines were also raised for a number of

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A missile strike on a residential building in Ukraine killed six and wounded dozens on Monday, as Russia said it stepped up strikes against Ukrainian military facilities in response to attacks on its territory, including Moscow.

Two missiles landed close to the centre of the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih just after 9:00 a.m. (06:00 GMT),

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Russia imported more than $502 million worth of foreign-made microchips in the very first 6 months of 2023 regardless of U.S. and EU sanctions, the independent news website Vyorstkareported Monday, citing classified customizeds data.Since releasing its major intrusion of Ukraine, Russia has actually been slapped with Western export restrictions on advanced

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At least four homeowners of the Russian-occupied Donetsk area in eastern Ukraine were killed in Ukrainian shelling on Monday, Kremlin-backed authorities said.Three individuals were killed in the city of Donetsk and one in Horlivka to the north, according to the region's information center on Ukrainian attacks.Ten others were hurt in attacks that

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Russia has gotten more than 700,000 Ukrainian children after releasing its major intrusion of Ukraine last year, Russia's presidential commissioner for children's rights said in a reportpublished Sunday. Since February 2022, the Russian Federation has received about 4.8 million locals of Ukraine and the Donbas republics [of Donetsk and L

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