Russia's monthly fiscal deficit reached a record 3.9 trillion rubles in December in the middle of the EU-imposed ban on seaborne crude oil exports and the increasing functional expense of Russia's intrusion of Ukraine, according to initial spending plan information evaluated by Bloomberg. Finance Minister Anton Siluanov on Tuesday also confirmed that Russia's total budget plan d

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Beijing is preparing to reorient its foreign policy away from Moscow fearing a decline in Russia's economic and political influence as a direct result of its dreadful intrusion of Ukraine and Putin's ultimate failure, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, pointing out anonymous Chinese authorities and regional specialists. Vladimir Putin and Chinese

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Lots of Russian medical professionals signed an open letter on Tuesday urging Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop abusing imprisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who was returned to solitary confinement on New Year's Eve for the 10th time given that his nine-year jail sentence began in 2015. We can not and do not have the right to look calmly at the d

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Russia Builds New Moscow Housing Complex for Foreign Diplomats, Press CorpsRussia Builds New Moscow Housing Complex for Foreign Diplomats, Press Corps
Russia Builds New Moscow Housing Complex for Foreign Diplomats, Press Corps

Moscow has constructed a housing complex for foreign diplomats and journalists, state media reported Monday, in a move reminiscent of the Soviet practice of assigning living and working quarters for expats.

The project sprang up as Russia finds itself internationally isolated and under unprecedented Western sanctions for launching a full-scale

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Russia’s Interior Ministry has opened its first investigation into a breach of the recently expanded law against so-called "LGBT propaganda," State Duma Deputy Alexander Khinshteyn announced on his Telegram channel on Tuesday.  

President Vladimir Putin signed a series of amendments to Russia’s existing anti-LGBT legislation into law in November, m

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Armenia will not host Russian-led military workouts this year, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated Tuesday, signifying growing aggravation with Moscow.Pashinyan's statement followed the leader of the ex-Soviet republic criticized Moscow and the work of Russian peacekeepers in the South Caucasus, which has actually been plagued for decades by combating

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