President Vladimir Putin is planning to visit China in October, the Kremlin said Tuesday, as Russia intends to shore up ties with among its closest allies. It is understood that we have actually gotten an invite and that we intend to go to China when the Belt and Road Forum is kept in October, Yuri Ushakov, an aide to the president on international
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Russia said Tuesday that its forces had progressed by up to two kilometers (1.2 miles) along a section of the front in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region. 

"The total advance of our units amounted to up two kilometers in depth along up to four kilometers of the front" in the direction of Lyman, the Defense Ministry said in a statement.

The army also

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Russian President Vladimir Putin was paralyzed and unable to act decisively throughout the very first hours of the mutiny introduced by Wagner mercenary group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin last month, The Washington Post reported Tuesday, mentioning Ukrainian and European security officials.Putin did not issue orders for most of the day of Prigozhin's June 24
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Russian authorities on Tuesday designated the exiled independent news channel Dozdh as an “undesirable” organization.

The designation bans Dozhd’s work in Russia, puts staff members at risk of jail time and criminalizes engagement with the broadcaster, including sharing its content online.

Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office said in a statement tha

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MOSCOW — With its blue-and-yellow branding and stuffed sharks adorning the entrance, it’s easy to recognize what this small store in a shopping mall located in southwest Moscow is aiming for.

Гуд Лакк (“Good Luck” in Cyrillic letters), which opened earlier this month, is in many ways a carbon copy of IKEA, the Swedish furniture giant which pulled ou

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Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny stated Tuesday that pro-war nationalist Igor Girkin, who was detained last week on extremism charges, must be recognized as a political prisoner.Girkin, a Russian army veteran and ex-FSB officer also referred to as Igor Strelkov, was apprehended last Friday on charges of public incitement of extremist activity. The mov
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