Boris Kagarlitsky, a Russian sociologist and Marxist theorist who has actually honestly opposed Moscow's intrusion of Ukraine, has actually been detained on charges of validating terrorism online, his lawyersaid Wednesday.The Federal Security Service (FSB) moved Kagarlitsky to the city of Syktyvkar in northwestern Russia's republic of Komi, where the case a

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Russian soldiers might now have the ability to avoid criminal prosecution if they serve on the frontline in Ukraine, the Kommersant service daily reported Wednesday, mentioning a recent ruling by Russia's Supreme Court. The brand-new legal precedent was set in a deadly car mishap case where Corporal Vladislav Ustinov was handed a two-year prison sentence in

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A previous U.S. Marine who spent more than 2 years in a Russian prison was injured combating in Ukraine, the State Department said Tuesday.Trevor Reed, who was launched by Moscow in an April 2022 prisoner swap, has been sent to Germany for the treatment of unspecified injuries sustained while defending Ukraine, stated Vedant Patel, a State

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Russia is doubling down in its efforts to block Ukrainian grain exports and make the most of damage to Kyiv's revenues one week after it took out of a landmark grain offer securing Ukrainian grain exports. In addition to its organized attacks on 3 Ukrainian ports on the Black Sea near Odesa in current days, Moscow for the very first time targeted Ukrainian

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Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Wednesday hailed his nation's partnership with North Korea throughout a conference with his equivalent Kang Sun Nam in Pyongyang. For Russia, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is a crucial partner, with which we share a common border and an abundant history of cooperation, Shoigu stated according to a

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The Kremlin will be looking for to clinch new economic agreements and collaborations across the African continent as it hosts delegations from dozens of African states this week-- however may come away with less than it hopes for.The 2nd Russia-Africa Summit, due to begin in St. Petersburg on Thursday, comes as Moscow increasingly turns to African

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