The personal messaging app Telegram has for the very first time overtaken WhatsApp in traffic volume in Russia, the Vedomosti organization daily reported Monday, with specialists predicting the Russian-founded messenger will also go beyond the user count of its Meta-owned competitor this year.Telegram accounted for 60-80% of overall traffic exchanged in Russia by
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Russian WWII Museum Puts Ukrainian ‘Trophies& on DisplayRussian WWII Museum Puts Ukrainian ‘Trophies& on DisplayRussian WWII Museum Puts Ukrainian ‘Trophies& on Display
Russian WWII Museum Puts Ukrainian ‘Trophies& on Display

Soviet-era Ukrainian tanks captured during Russia's invasion of its western neighbor have appeared at a World War II museum outside St. Petersburg ahead of the exhibit’s expected opening, according to photos and reports published over the weekend.

Russian-speaking social media users criticized as inappropriate the placement of armored vehicles

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Russia's GRU military intelligence agency is presumed of directing partners of a St. Petersburg-based white supremacist militant group to carry out a recent letter bomb project in Spain, The New York Times reported Sunday, citing unnamed U.S. officials.Six letter bombs were sent out to high-profile government, military and diplomatic targets in
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Russian Emigres Rally Worldwide in Support of Jailed Navalny

Thousands of Russian emigres in more than 60 cities, from Seoul and London to Yerevan, Vilnius and Belgrade, took part in solidarity rallies Saturday in support of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and other Russian political prisoners. 

Attendees at protests attended by The Moscow Times chanted “No to war” and “Freedom to political prisoners,” a

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Moscow's forces are pressing towards 2 towns in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region, where fighting magnified this week after a number of months of a stagnant front, Russian state media reported Sunday. Russian-installed official in the region Vladimir Rogov stated offensive actions were focused around two towns: Orikhiv, around 50 kilometers (30
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The Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday that it held a training exercise on repelling air attacks in the Moscow region.

"In the Moscow region, a training session was held with the personnel of the anti-aircraft missile brigade of the Western Military District on repelling air attacks on important military industrial and administrative

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