Talks between U.S. and Russian officials in Saudi Arabia earlier this week failed to make significant progress in Ukraine peace negotiations, which may drag into next year, Russian negotiator Grigory Karasin said Friday.

Monday’s 12-hour discussions in Riyadh “haven’t led to any radical breakthrough yet, but the opportunities are there,” Karasin tol

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Russian President Vladimir Putin that cooperation between their 2 nations is essential for fixing local conflicts, his office stated Friday. Cooperation between Turkey and Russia is of key significance in fixing local issues, Erdogan stated after conversations that covered the Ukraine war and the
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LONDON — Alla Gutnikova’s story reflects Russia’s descent into repression in recent years.

As a university student, she became politically active at rallies in support of political prisoners in the summer of 2019. 

Amid nationwide protests over Alexei Navalny’s arrest in 2021, Gutnikova and three fellow editors at the independent student magazine DOX

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Russia's Defense Ministry on Friday accused Ukraine of firing rockets and more than a dozen drones at its energy infrastructure, violating a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement between the two warring sides.

"Over the past 24 hours, the Kyiv regime continued its attacks on Russian energy infrastructure using various types of drones and HIMARS

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U.S. immigration authorities detained and revoked the visa of a Russian scientist who opposes the war in Ukraine and had been conducting genetic research at Harvard Medical School, her friends and colleagues said this week.

Ksenia Petrova was stopped at Boston Logan International Airport on Feb. 16 after returning from a personal trip in France.

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Major South Korean companies are taking steps to resume business in Russia as Ukraine ceasefire negotiations raise the possibility of sanctions relief, The Korea Times reported Friday, citing anonymous industry officials.

LG Electronics recently restarted operations at its plant near Moscow, which had been suspended since August 2022. The company,

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