Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said Moscow is "carefully" examining proposals made by some African leaders to end the conflict in Ukraine.

"We respect your initiatives and we are examining them carefully," Putin said on the second day of a Russia-Africa summit in St. Petersburg.

"Previous mediation initiatives were monopolized by

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An independent group of soldiers' family members lobbying the Kremlin for the return of activated soldiers from Ukraine has actually revealed that it will close after being slapped with a foreign agent label just months previously. We can not show this preconception, Olga Tsukanova, who heads the Council of Wives and Mothers, stated Friday in a video address posted o
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Japan on Friday revealed an expanded list of sanctions against Russia that includes an export ban on hybrid and electrical vehicles.Tokyo has currently frozen the properties of Russian individuals and groups and banned the export of products to Russia's military-related companies, along with the export of construction and engineering services.On Friday,
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Russia's Defense Ministry said Friday it had thwarted a Ukrainian drone attack in the Moscow area over night. The unmanned automobile was ruined by air defense, the ministry said on the Telegram messaging app, adding that there were no casualties or damage.Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin had actually earlier launched a statement about the attack but did
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The number of Russian visitors to Thailand has increased by more than 1,000% this year, as other popular locations in Europe and somewhere else have become challenging to go into for Russian nationals following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, Bloomberg reported late Thursday.Between January and June, the Thai Tourism and Sports Ministry tape-recorded 791,574
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The Russian federal government might be moving closer toward disallowing abortion, experts and activists have informed The Moscow Times, as its wartime stifling of freedoms spreads to sexual and reproductive health rights. While Russia has traditionally had a liberal abortion policy-- with the exception of the Stalin-era ban-- the conservative turn among the cou
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