The Wagner mercenary outfit’s short-lived mutiny against Russia’s military leadership has cast a shadow of uncertainty over the future of the private military group’s far-flung presence abroad, where it worked to covertly advance the Kremlin’s geopolitical interests. 

While the Kremlin swiftly moved to dissolve Wagner’s structures in Russia and U

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Local deputies in the Russian city of Volgogradvoted Wednesday to momentarily rename their city to Stalingrad for an overall of 10 days out of the year.Volgograd had carried the name Stalingrad in honor of Soviet totalitarian Josef Stalin starting in 1925. The website of the Battle of Stalingrad, where the Soviet army beat back Nazi soldiers on Feb. 2,
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Kyiv on Wednesday stated Russia had actually destroyed 60,000 lots of grain implied for export in overnight strikes around the port of Odesa.Russia has actually fired missiles at Ukraine's southern Odesa area for two nights in a row, hitting ports on the Black Sea after backing out of a grain deal that enabled the safe passage of freight ships. Ukraine's Agriculture
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The United States may quickly enforce secondary sanctions on Kyrgyzstan for assisting Russia obtain delicate technologies for its war effort in Ukraine, The Washington Post reported Wednesday, pointing out 2 anonymous U.S. authorities knowledgeable about the matter.The small Central Asian republic saw a striking growth of import-export business benefiting fro
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President Vladimir Putin will not participate in a BRICS countries summit in South Africa in August, the nation's presidential workplace stated Wednesday, ending months of speculation over whether the Russian leader would visit while under a worldwide arrest warrant. By mutual agreement, President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation will not participate in
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Russia's military courts have convicted a minimum of 100 deserters every week up until now in 2023, the independent news outlet Mediazonareported Wednesday.The soldiers are prosecuted under Russia'ssweeping brand-new laws that tighten up penalties for wartime acts devoted during mobilization, which is lawfully still in force despite the Kremlin's claims of its c
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