Russian army veteran and ex-FSB officer Igor Girkin has been detained, his wife and the RBC business daily’s sources said Friday. 

Girkin, who helped Moscow annex Crimea in 2014 and then organized pro-Russian militias in eastern Ukraine, was detained by law enforcement officers around 11:30 a.m. Moscow time, his wife Miroslava Reginskaya said on

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Ukraine's counteroffensive to recapture occupied territories is stopping working even with Western military assistance, President Vladimir Putinsaid Friday. Today it's clear that the Kyiv routine's Western curators are disappointed with the outcomes of the so-called counteroffensive, Putin stated at a conference of Russia's Security Council. There are no outcomes, a
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Russia’s Central Bank hiked interest rates on Friday for the first time in 16 months, as Moscow’s spending on its invasion of Ukraine, shortages across the labor market and a sharp fall in the value of the ruble trigger fresh concerns over inflation.

The regulator raised its key rate from 7.5% to 8.5% — ahead of analysts’ expectations for a more mod

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Russia will keep its minimum conscription age at 18 in spite of a pledge to raise the limitation as part of the military's plans to increase troop numbers, a senior lawmakersaid Friday.A bill backed by President Vladimir Putin originallyenvisioned an increase in age limitations for required military service from the present range of men aged 18-27 to 21-30. A
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Russian schoolchildren will learn the basics of battle drone flying as part of military training classes beginning this fall, a senior lawmaker stated Friday.Basic basic training, which was abolished after the Soviet collapse, will enter into the curriculum for Russian high schoolers in grades 10 and 11 as part of curriculum changes following
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Russian oil exports to China reached an all-time record last month as Moscow’s “pivot to Asia” continues to gather steam amid its isolation from the West, the business daily Vedomostireported Friday, citing Chinese customs data.

Russia exported 10.5 million tons of crude oil to China in June, breaking the previous record of 9.71 million tonsset in

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