Relations between President Vladimir Putin and Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov have soured in recent months after the Kremlin learnt more about supposed secret conferences between Kadyrov and authorities in the Middle East, the investigative outlet IStories reported Thursday, pointing out former and present Russian security agents.According to the report, Kadyrov
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Six Russian nationals were killed Thursday when a tourist submarine sank off the coast of Hurghada, a resort city on Egypt’s Red Sea, according to Egyptian state media and Russia’s embassy in Cairo.

Akhbar Al-Youm reported that all 45 passengers aboard the Sindbad submarine were Russian citizens. Initially, four deaths were confirmed, with ongoing

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A Moscow court on Thursday placed sanctioned billionaire Vadim Moshkovich in pre-trial detention for up to two months on fraud charges.

Moshkovich, founder of Russia’s largest agricultural conglomerate, Rusagro, was arrested on Wednesday. The company confirmed police searches at its offices but declined to comment on Moshkovich’s arrest.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday selected new acting guvs for the Sverdlovsk and Orenburg regions ahead of gubernatorial elections later this year.Orenburg's outbound guv, Denis Pasler, replaced Yury Kuivashev as guv in Sverdlovsk, according to a Kremlin decree. Throughout a telecasted conference, Putin told Pasler that he
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On Feb. 24, 2022, a message scrawled on a flip chart in the dining room of Moscow’s prestigious Higher School of Economics (HSE) read: “No war. No sacrifice is justifiable. Peace for our brothers.”

Three years later, that same dining room would be outfitted with war-themed decorations to mark Defender of the Fatherland Day, a widely observed

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The head of Moldova's semi-autonomous area of Gagauzia has gotten in touch with Russian President Vladimir Putin to press Moldovan authorities to launch her from cops custody after she was detained previously this week.Moldovan cops detained Gagauz leader Evghenia Gutul at Chisinau International Airport late Tuesday, positioning her in custody for 72
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