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The 78-year-old career diplomat has emerged as one of the Kremlin’s key intermediaries with the Trump administration in negotiations to end the war in Ukraine.
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Another 17 people were injured amid the strikes, while reports suggested that drones targeted a synthetic rubber plant in the southern city.
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The death toll from the overnight attack on Belgorod rose to four after an injured man died in hospital, authorities said on Sunday evening.
Overnight Ukrainian drone attacks killed three people in southwestern Russia’s Belgorod region and damaged an industrial site in the Perm region of the Ural Mountains, officials said Sunday.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said that its drones had struck a cargo vessel bound for the Black Sea port of Chornomorsk during an overnight attack.
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Later on Sunday, southwestern Russia's Lipetsk region Governor Igor Artamonov said a Ukrainian missile strike on an industrial zone in the city of Yelets killed a security guard and injured a paramedic.
Artamonov said the security guard worked at one of the industrial facilities located on the site.
Overnight Ukrainian drone attacks killed three people in southwestern Russia’s Belgorod region and damaged an industrial site in the Perm region of the Ural Mountains, officials said Sunday.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said that its drones had struck a cargo vessel bound for the Black Sea port of Chornomorsk during an overnight attack.
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Moscow will host the 2030 World Weightlifting Championships, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) announced on Sunday.
No world championships in an Olympic sport, summer or winter, have been held in Russia since the start of the war in Ukraine.
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“It's not enough to talk only to Kyiv; we need to talk to the whole of Europe, which fully supports Kyiv,” Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov said an interview with state television on Sunday.
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Overnight Ukrainian drone attacks killed three people in southwestern Russia’s Belgorod region and damaged an industrial site in the Perm region of the Ural Mountains, officials said Sunday.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said that its drones had struck a cargo vessel bound for the Black Sea port of Chornomorsk during an overnight attack.
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The decision leaves the future of Russia’s alternative to Eurovision uncertain a year after Moscow revived the Soviet-era competition.
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Sofya Rozenfeld dedicated her life to following Arctic birds across the tundra and advocating for the species she studied.
When she faced criminal charges for donations to Alexei Navalny’s foundation, she struggled to imagine leaving that work behind. themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/2…
Ukraine said on Saturday that the Starlink satellite system and its military version Starshield were now fully functional after over a week of restrictions.
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Three tankers carrying Russian diesel are on their way to North America, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said.
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Moscow's largest airport, Sheremetyevo, resumed operations on Friday after it was forced to briefly suspend its work and ask passengers to move to safe locations due to a Ukrainian drone threat.
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Opinion: Russians should be concerned about the power the Central Bank's new digital ruble would give the state over their finances, warns @EconWithNick.
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The move comes after Putin signed an executive order on Sept. 28 placing Metro Russia under “temporary management” of the state.
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The pause in fighting will allow for the delivery of humanitarian aid and facilitate civilian evacuations from the town, the White House said.
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The cargo ship Khoryv, flying the Comoros flag, was "struck by a drone and sank near Romanian territorial waters," President Nicușor Dan said.
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The FSB directive mirrors that of the U.S. National Security Agency, as well as authorities from the EU and China, after PHP programmers released a fix to the critical vulnerability on Wednesday.
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Russian human rights commissioner Yana Lantratova said that Ukrainian and Russian civilians from 12 families were also reunited on Friday.
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The reported target of the attack was the Azot chemical plant in Berezniki, which produces components used in explosives.
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Policymakers have been weighing inflation risks against the need to lower currently high borrowing costs for businesses and consumers.
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