Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky, who is Jewish, was a "disgrace" to people of his faith.

"I have a lot of Jewish friends," Putin told an annual economic forum in St. Petersburg. "They say that Zelensky is not Jewish, that he is a disgrace to the Jewish people. 

"I'm not joking," he added. 

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Russia's largest personal lender Sberbank has actually finished its exit from the European market with the sale of its Austrian subsidiary, the bank stated in a declaration Friday.Sberbank's sale of Sber Vermögensverwaltungs AG in Abwicklung (formerly known as Sberbank Europe AG) comes over 15 months considering that Sberbank was targeted by Western sanctions in response
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Russia's flagship economic showcase, the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), took place under the shadow of the war in Ukraine and Moscow's resulting economic isolation for the second year in a row.

With Western leaders and business executives boycotting SPIEF for a second year running, this year's event mainly saw foreign

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Members of Russia's political elite have relied on alcohol as they handle the growing pressures caused by Moscow's war in Ukraine, independent media has reported, pointing out anonymous sources near to the Kremlin, parliament and regional administrations.Alcohol abuse has actually hit brand-new highs because March, when the International Criminal Court issued an
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More than 10,000 Russian servicemen have actually received cash payouts for ruining or recording Ukrainian military hardware considering that Moscow released its intrusion of Ukraine in 2015, Russia's Defense Ministry stated Friday.The bonus offer payments-- ranging from 50,000 to 300,000 rubles ($600 to $3,580) depending on the type of equipment-- are apparently tra
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President Vladimir Putin hailed Russia's ties with the United Arab Emirates on Friday as he met the leader of the oil-rich nation, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, in St. Petersburg. The Emirates are a great partner, Putin said in televised comments at the start of the meeting, which happened on the sidelines of a financial top in Russ
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