The Russian economy contracted by 2.1% last year, the government's data firm Rosstat stated Monday, absorbing Western sanctions over Moscow's military intervention in Ukraine much better than expected.The information was released on the eve of a keenly awaited speech to parliament by President Vladimir Putin, days before the first anniversary of the
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The Wagner group's internal security department is marred by bad discipline and insubordination that has caused frequent leaks revealing the group's supposed crimes, according to an investigation published by Dossier Center on Monday.The non-profit organization, which was established by exiled Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky and is aimed at
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The legislature in the Siberian region of Novosibirsk has voted to end the practice of holding direct mayoral elections in the regional capital as well as in the adjacent scientific research center of Koltsovo, Interfax reported on Monday. 

The bill to stop one of the last major cities in Russia from having a directly elected head was adopted after

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Monday accused tiny Moldova of anti-Russian hysteria after its prime minister required the demilitarization of the Moscow-backed separatist area of Transnistria. Tensions have actually run high in between pro-EU Moldova, wedged in between Ukraine and Romania, and Russia throughout Moscow's offensive versus Kyiv. Moldova is slipping into
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Imprisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny published a 15-point strategy detailing his view of Russia's future in the postwar era on Monday, anticipating Russia's military defeat and describing his plans to change Russia into a parliamentary republic.Entitled 15 theses of a Russian person who desires the best for their country, Navalny's Twitter thread
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Russia Uses Putin&s Air Fleet to Return Soldiers Killed in Ukraine
Russia Uses Putin&s Air Fleet to Return Soldiers Killed in Ukraine

Russia’s presidential air fleet is quietly repatriating the bodies of soldiers killed in Ukraine and sending them to local morgues in small numbers to prevent public backlash, The Moscow Times’ Russian service reported Monday, citing flight tracking data, morgue workers and the soldiers’ relatives.

Rossiya Airlines, a subsidiary of the state-owned

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