Russian authorities detained a gay Chechen refugee upon his arrival in Moscow, activists said early Thursday, raising worries that he might be locked up and tortured by security officers in his home region.Idris Arsamikov, 28, is believed to have actually been required to the conservative, majority-Muslim area hours after landing at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport to a
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Russian tech giant Yandex announced on Wednesday that its incomes climbed 46% last year following a business restructuring in the middle of extraordinary Western sanctions over Moscow's offensive in Ukraine.Often called Russia's Google , Yandex is the country's leading internet business and most popular online search engine. The company likewise offers taxi and food
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Ainur Akhmetov awoke in the early hours of Feb. 6 in his apartment in the Turkish city of Mersin after feeling an abrupt shock. Everything around me was shaking, the doors of the closet we have near the bed were violently sliding back and forth. I had never experienced an earthquake before, stated Akhmetov, a digital specialist who settled in the coa
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Switzerland's government announced Wednesday that confiscating private Russian assets in the country to help rebuild Ukraine would be contrary to Swiss law.

Traditionally neutral Switzerland decided four days after Russiainvaded a year ago to align itself with European Union sanctions against Moscow, since when it has frozen billions in Russian

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Russia is planning to introduce visa-free travel for people of approximately 11 states along with ease entry requirements for citizens of some 6 others, including India and Indonesia, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced on Wednesday. Lavrov likewise revealed Russia would be restarting its e-visa program, which was presented in 2020 but then practically
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Viagra’s brand owner has suspended deliveries of the erectile dysfunction pill to Russia, the country’s Industry and Trade Ministrysaid Wednesday.

The U.S. pharmaceutical corporation Viatris had notified Russia of the suspension as far back as early 2022 following Moscow’s initial invasion of Ukraine, the ministry told Interfax.

Russia’s Industry a

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