A Russian official wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) over allegations of illegally transferring Ukrainian children to Russia said Thursday she had met with a Vatican envoy.

Cardinal Matteo Zuppi began his visit to Russia earlier this week, the first such trip since President Vladimir Putin ordered troops into Ukraine last February.

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Russian Wagner mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin's giant farm and media outfit are looking for fresh ownership after his aborted rebellion and exile in Belarus, independent media reported Thursday.After years of denials, Prigozhin verified in February 2023 the extensively held belief that he lagged Russia's network of troll farms referred to as the I
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Russian railway depots are obstructed with empty shipping containers from China amidst a deepening trade imbalance in between the two countries, the independent service news outlet VPost reported Wednesday.Managers at Russian shipping companies told journalists that the container build-up had reached nearly critical levels in the Moscow region and acr
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Colombia's President Gustavo Petro said Wednesday that his country would send a note of diplomatic protest to Russia after three Colombians were injured in a missile strike that killed 12 in Ukraine.

Petro said on Twitter that "Russia has attacked three defenseless Colombian civilians. In so doing, it violated the protocols of war."

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Poland will strengthen its eastern border with surrounding Belarus as Wagner Group mercenaries relocate to the Moscow-allied nation following their failed mutiny against Russia's military management, Polish authorities said Wednesday. Poland's Deputy Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski said Wagner's expected move to Belarus was a brand-new and much more di
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Updated to consist of extra reports.Russian General Sergei Surovikin has actually been apprehended, The Moscow Times' Russian service reported Wednesday, pointing out two sources close to the Defense Ministry who spoke on the condition of anonymity.The Defense Ministry has yet to comment on the alleged arrest of Surovikin, who has actually not been seen in public because
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