A Russian military court on Wednesday sentenced 12 members of Ukraine’s Azov Battalion to prison terms ranging from 13 to 23 years on terrorism charges in the largest and highest-profile trial of Ukrainian prisoners of war since the full-scale invasion.

All of the defendants were taken as prisoners of war, arrested during filtration procedures or

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Russia's Defense Ministry on Wednesday implicated Ukraine of breaching a 30-day time out on attacks versus energy facilities, which Moscow claims has been in impact for more than a week.The allegations follow earlier reports that Ukraine and Russia agreed in concept to stop strikes on energy targets after U.S.-mediated talks. On Tuesday night,
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Moscow and Washington are presently going over the possibility of restarting gas shipments to Europe through the Nord Stream pipeline, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told Russia's state-run Channel One on Wednesday. Now, of course, there are disagreements. Is it only in the interests of Russia and the United States to restore regular
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A military correspondent for Russia's state-run Channel One was killed by a mine explosion near the Ukrainian border, the broadcaster said Wednesday.

The incident occurred on the Russian side of the border in the Belgorod region, according to Channel One.

"Channel One war correspondent Anna Prokofieva died while performing her professional duty,"

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Russia’s second-largest oil producer, Lukoil, reported a 26.5% drop in net profit for 2024, citing asset impairment losses and increased deferred taxes.

Lukoil posted a net profit of 848.5 billion rubles ($10.1 billion) last year, down from 1.1 trillion rubles ($13.7 billion) in 2023. Revenue, however, rose nearly 9% to 8.6 trillion rubles ($102.1

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Russia said Tuesday that a U.S.-brokered agreement to halt military activity in the Black Sea would only take effect after a number of sanctions were lifted, including those targeting the country’s state-owned agricultural bank.

The White House said earlier that Russia and Ukraine had both agreed to “eliminate the use of force” in the Black Sea, fol

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