Ukraine stated it had survived a months-long winter assault of Russian strikes on water and energy infrastructure, as it marked the first day of spring Wednesday.But Kyiv was under extreme pressure in eastern Ukraine, while Moscow said it had downed a huge barrage of Ukrainian drones gone for the Crimean peninsula, annexed by the Kremlin

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Russia's Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case versus Pussy Riot founding member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova for presumably insulting spiritual sensibilities, human rights attorney Pavel Chikov stated on his Telegram channel on Wednesday.The committee opened the case due to various of Tolokonnikova's posts on social networks, Chikov stated, a

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New legislation preventing the general public from accessing entries to Russia’s real estate register came into force on Wednesday, independent Russian-language news website Meduza reported.

The move, which restricts information on the register to “competent state agencies” is expected to act as a massive hindrance to Russian investigative jou

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Russian authorities have actually detained a single father and sent his child to an orphanage after she drew an anti-war picture at school, the independent rights guard dog OVD-Info reported Wednesday.Alexei Moskalev, 53, and his child Masha Moskaleva, 12, concerned the attention of regional law enforcement in the town of Yefremov in the Tula area, south

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Russian President Vladimir Putin officially opened the Moscow city's Big Circle Line on Wednesday, though he surprisingly elected to do so via video link instead of participating in the ceremony in person.Calling the brand-new line a much-needed task for the city, Putin praised Muscovites and citizens of the Moscow area, on the opening of the

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Sean Penn and Aaron Kaufmann’s long-awaited documentary about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, which recently premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, is proof that even with the best luck and access imaginable, an extraordinary journalistic opportunity can easily be missed. 

Double Oscar-winning actor-turned-activist Penn and his crew were in

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