Russia has started transferring North Korean long-range artillery systems to annexed Crimea, the German broadcaster ZDF reported Friday, in a potential indication that Pyongyang’s involvement in the war on Ukraine could soon be expanded. 

According to ZDF, a video that appeared online on March 26 showed North Korean Koksan self-propelled guns being

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The group of Russian negotiators who met with American officials in Saudi Arabia in February clashed over who would have a seat at the negotiating table, the independent news outlet Agentstvo reported, citing an anonymous source familiar with the matter.

The dispute involved the official Russian delegation — which included Foreign Minister Sergei L

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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that President Donald Trump does not wish to be drawn into the trap of endless settlements with Russia over ending the war in Ukraine, including that it would soon end up being clear whether Moscow is major about peace.Rubio spoke in Brussels after meeting with NATO allies, a number of whom have actually revealed
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Russia on Friday expelled three Moldovan diplomats in a tit-for-tat move after Chisinau tossed out Russian embassy authorities accused of helping a pro-Moscow lawmaker leave the country.Earlier this week, Moldovan authorities purchased the expulsion of three Russian diplomats after they accused the Russian embassy of helping legislator Alexandr
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Russian diamond producer Alrosaannounced Friday that it finished the two-year cutting process of the country’s largest-ever diamond — a 100-carat vivid yellow stone named New Sun.

New Sun was cut from a billion-year-old 200-carat rough diamond, which was unearthed from an ancient riverbed at the Ebelyakh mine in the Far East republic of Sakha

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Russia’s recent oil spill off the Black Sea coast has caused an estimated 84.9 billion rubles ($1 billion) in environmental damage, the government environmental watchdog Rosprirodnadzor said Friday.

The spill occurred after two aging Russian tankers — Volgoneft 212 and Volgoneft 239 — released thousands of tons of heavy fuel oil during a storm on De

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