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Russian lawmaker says Biden is risking WW3 with missile decision

Russian lawmaker Maria Butina said on Monday that the administration of President Joe Biden was risking World War Three if it had allowed Ukraine to use U.S.-made weapons to strike…

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China car sales in Russia reach record levels

Chinese car sales in Russia have reached new highs, with the country becoming the top export market for Chinese automakers after Western brands withdrew due to sanctions. This surge in…

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Medvedev Warns Europe on Escalating Ukraine Conflict

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev accused European leaders on Tuesday of seeking to dangerously escalate the Ukraine conflict following the re-election of former U.S. President Donald Trump. Medvedev, a senior…

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Russian frigate with hypersonic missiles conducts drills in English Channel, enters Atlantic

A Russian Navy frigate equipped with new generation hypersonic cruise missiles has conducted drills in the English Channel and is carrying out tasks in the Atlantic Ocean, Russian news agencies…

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Putin praises Trump, says Russia is ready for dialogue

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Donald Trump on winning the U.S. election, praised him for showing courage when a gunman tried to assassinate him, and said Moscow was ready for…

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Kremlin says ‘let’s see’ if declared Trump victory will help end Ukraine war

The Kremlin reacted cautiously on Wednesday after Donald Trump declared victory in the U.S. presidential election, saying the U.S. was still a hostile state and that time would tell if…

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Russia launches Department of European Problems to deal with EU

Russia has a new governmental department to deal with the EU and NATO: The Department of European Problems. The unit already existed within Russia’s foreign ministry, but was previously known…

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North Korea will back Russia until victory in Ukraine, foreign minister says

North Korea will back Russia until it achieves victory in the Ukraine war, Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui said on Friday at talks in Moscow with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei…

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Russia asks at UN: If West aids Ukraine, why can’t North Korea help us?

Russia's envoy to the United Nations questioned why its allies like North Korea could not help Moscow in its war against Ukraine given Western countries claim the right to help…

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Russia fires missiles to simulate ‘massive’ response to a nuclear attack

Russia test-fired missiles over distances of thousands of miles on Tuesday to simulate a "massive" nuclear response to an enemy first strike. "Given the growing geopolitical tensions and the emergence…

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NATO chief says he can confirm North Korean troops are in Russia’s Kursk

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte confirmed on Monday that North Korean troops have been sent to Russia and that North Korean military units have been deployed to the Kursk region.…

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Putin does not deny reports about North Korea troops

President Vladimir Putin did not deny U.S. claims that North Korea had sent troops to Russia but said on Thursday it is up to Moscow how to run its mutual…

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Xi tells Putin the world is in chaos but friendship with Russia will endure

Chinese President Xi Jinping told Russia's Vladimir Putin that the international situation was gripped by chaos but that Beijing's strategic partnership with Moscow was a force for stability amid the…

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Russia warns Israel to not even consider attacking Iranian nuclear facilities

Russia is warning Israel to not even consider striking Iranian nuclear facilities, state news agency TASS quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying on Thursday. After Iran's missile attack…

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Russia says Zelenskiy ‘victory plan’ is pushing NATO towards direct conflict with Moscow

Russia denounced a "victory plan" presented by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, saying he was trying to push NATO into a direct conflict with Moscow. In his speech, Zelenskiy called on…

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Russia says more than 30,000 evacuated from areas bordering Ukraine

Some 30,415 people including nearly 8,000 children have been evacuated from areas bordering Ukraine due to shelling and attacks, Russia's human rights commissioner said in remarks published on Monday. Tatyana…

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Russian, Chinese ships conduct joint drills in Pacific, Russia’s agencies report

Russian and Chinese navy warships have practiced anti-submarine missions in the northwestern Pacific Ocean as part of a joint patrol in the Asia-Pacific region, Russian news agencies reported on Tuesday.…

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Freed Russian arms dealer Bout back in weapons business

Viktor Bout, the Russian arms dealer who was jailed in the United States and then swapped two years ago for the U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner, is back in international…

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Hacker attack disrupts Russian state media on Putin’s birthday

Russian state media company VGTRK, which owns and operates the country's main national TV stations, was targeted in a massive cyberattack on Monday that a Ukrainian government source said Kyiv's…

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‘God save the Tsar!’: Putin receives first wishes for 72nd birthday

"God save the Tsar!" was one of the first public birthday wishes for President Vladimir Putin who turns 72 on Monday and who has been Russia's paramount leader for nearly…

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Russia says confrontation with West is unparalleled in history

The current confrontation between Russia and the West over Ukraine is unparalleled in history and a mistake could lead to catastrophe, a senior Russian diplomat said when asked about comparisons…

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Putin orders conscription of 133,000 servicemen in Russia’s autumn draft

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the conscription of 133,000 new servicemen in Russia's autumn draft that starts Oct. 1 and goes until the end of the year, according to a…

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Understanding Russia’s Nuclear Arsenal: Key Facts and Figures

President Vladimir Putin has warned the West that Russia could use nuclear weapons if it was struck with conventional missiles, and that Moscow would consider any assault on it supported…

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Putin issues nuclear warning to the West

President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Wednesday that Russia could use nuclear weapons if it was struck with conventional missiles, and that Moscow would consider any assault on it…

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Russian parliament backs ban on adoptions from countries that allow gender changes

Russia's parliament Wednesday voted to back a bill banning the adoption of Russian children in countries that allow gender reassignment, the latest in a series of ultra-conservative social measures. Moscow…

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Kremlin says Zelenskiy is making “fatal mistake” by trying to force it to make peace

Russia said on Wednesday that a plan by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to force it to make peace was a "fatal mistake" that would have consequences for Kyiv. Zelenskiy told…

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Russia’s war dead tops 70,000

More than 70,000 Russian soldiers have been killed in Ukraine since the beginning of the full-scale invasion in 2022, according to data analyzed by BBC Russian and the independent outlet…

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Western approval for Ukraine’s long-range weapons risks nuclear war

A close ally of President Vladimir Putin warned Western governments that a nuclear war would ensue if they gave the green light for Ukraine to use long-range Western weapons to…

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Russian nuclear test chief says Moscow is ready to resume testing ‘at any moment’

The head of Russia's nuclear testing site said his secretive facility was ready to resume nuclear tests "at any moment" if Moscow gave the order, in rare comments likely to…

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Putin orders Russian army to become 1.5 million-strong

President Vladimir Putin ordered the regular size of the Russian army to be increased by 180,000 troops to 1.5 million active servicemen in a move that would make it the…

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Russia expels six British diplomats and claims they were spying

Russia's FSB security service has said this morning it had revoked the accreditation of six British diplomats in Moscow, claiming their activity indicated they were involved in spying and sabotage…

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Putin says West will be fighting directly with Russia if it lets Kyiv use long-range missiles

President Vladimir Putin said that the West would be directly fighting with Russia if it allowed Ukraine to strike Russian territory with Western-made long-range missiles, a move he said would…

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Russian strategic bomber planes overfly Barents and Norwegian seas

Russian Tu-160 strategic bomber planes flew over the Barents and Norwegian seas as part of a major naval exercise, the state-run RIA news agency quoted the defence ministry as saying…

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Ukraine’s drones target Moscow, more than 30 airline flights suspended

Russian officials said on Tuesday they shot down at least 15 drones around Moscow overnight in a wave of attacks that set residential buildings on fire, killed a woman and…

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Russia takes Ukrainian town in advance on Pokrovsk

Russia said its forces had taken full control of a town in eastern Ukraine as Moscow's forces advance on the strategically important city of Pokrovsk and seek to pierce the…

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Lavrov warns US not to mock Russia’s ‘red lines’

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, responding to a question about the potential delivery of long-range U.S. missiles to Ukraine, warned the United States on Wednesday not to joke about Russia's…

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Kremlin says West’s agenda spurs changes to Russia’s nuclear doctrine

Washington's escalation of the war in Ukraine and the actions of the "collective West" have made it necessary for Russia to revise its nuclear doctrine, Russian agencies cited Kremlin spokesman…

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Putin says Russia advancing fast in eastern Ukraine

Russian forces are advancing faster in eastern Ukraine than they have done for a long time, taking several square kilometres per day, President Vladimir Putin said as Moscow's forces tried…

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Russia faces ‘difficult fight’ to retake Ukraine-held area, says top US spy

Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to launch a counteroffensive to reclaim territory in the Kursk region that Ukrainian troops have captured, but Russian forces will likely face "a difficult…

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Russia faces ‘difficult fight’ to retake Ukraine-held area, says top US spy

Russian President Vladimir Putin will mount a counteroffensive to try to retake territory in the Kursk region captured by Ukrainian troops, but Russian forces will encounter "a difficult fight," Deputy…

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Russia warns the United States of the risks of World War Three

Russia said the West was playing with fire by considering allowing Ukraine to strike deep into Russia with Western missiles and cautioned the United States that World War Three would…

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UPDATED: Ukraine’s top commander says Kursk advance continues, but Pokrovsk front difficult

Ukraine's top commander said on Tuesday that Kyiv's forces were still advancing in Russia's Kursk region, but warned that Moscow was building up its forces on the eastern Pokrovsk front,…

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Russia’s Wagner says it is not fighting in Ukraine

Russia's Wagner mercenary group said that it only operated in Africa and in Russian ally Belarus, and its soldiers were no longer fighting in the Ukraine war. Ukraine on Sunday…

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Russian ambassador to U.S. says Putin has plan of action for Kursk incursion

Russian President Vladimir Putin has formulated a response to the ongoing Ukrainian incursion in the Kursk region and those responsible for attacking Russia will be punished, Russian ambassador to the…

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Putin ally Chemezov says West risks global war over Ukraine

Sergei Chemezov, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, says the United States and its Western allies risk triggering a global war if Washington continues to "provoke" the conflict…

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Ukraine launches ‘one of largest ever’ drone attacks on Moscow

Ukraine launched one of the largest ever drone attacks on Moscow on Wednesday, the city's mayor said, with Russian air defence units destroying at least 10 drones flying towards the…

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Putin inspects troops readying to fight Ukraine in surprise trip to Chechnya

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov inspected Chechen troops and volunteers readying to fight Ukraine, the Kremlin said, in what was Putin's first trip in 13 years…

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Over 122,000 Russians flee border areas amid Kursk invasion

Over 122,000 Russians have fled the border regions amid Ukraine’s Kursk invasion, according to Russian media. Residents have left their homes in huge numbers following Kyiv’s surprise counter-punch, TASS said,…

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Russia says Kursk attack means no peace talks with Ukraine for now

Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said on Monday that Moscow was not ready to hold peace talks with Ukraine for now given Kyiv's attack on Russia's Kursk region, but that…

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Russia denies report about indirect talks with Ukraine

Russia denied a report that Ukraine's attack on the Kursk region had derailed indirect talks with Kyiv on halting strikes on energy and power targets, saying there had been no…

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Ship-to-ship loadings of Russian diesel pick up in northern Aegean

Traders are moving Russian diesel cargoes to a new ship-to-ship (STS) loadings site in the northern Aegean Sea, as Western sanctions hit vessels carrying fuel loaded in Russian ports, LSEG…

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Ukraine keeps pounding Kursk in incursion Biden calls ‘real dilemma’ for Putin

Ukraine kept pounding the Russian border region of Kursk with missiles and drones on Wednesday, as Kyiv said it had made further territorial gains in an incursion that U.S. President…

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Russia strikes back at Ukrainian forces in Kursk region

Russian forces on Tuesday struck back at Ukrainian troops with missiles, drones and airstrikes in actions that one senior commander said had halted Ukraine's advance after the biggest attack on…

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Billions in dollar and euro notes reach Russia despite sanctions

Approximately $2.3 billion in U.S. dollar and euro banknotes have been shipped to Russia since the United States and the EU imposed a ban on exporting their currencies to the…

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UPDATED: Ukraine says it hit Russian military airfield in Lipetsk region

The Ukrainian military said on Friday it had hit a Russian military airfield in the Lipetsk region of western Russia overnight, damaging stockpiles of guided bombs and causing a series…

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Thousands of YouTube outages reported in Russia

Russian internet monitoring services reported thousands of glitches in the availability of video hosting site YouTube on Thursday, amid escalating criticism of the platform by the Russian authorities. Russian internet…

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Russia suspected Ukrainian attack on Navy Day parade, state TV says

Russia had suspicions that Ukraine planned to attack Russia during the Navy Day parade which was attended by President Vladimir Putin last month and Moscow contacted Washington about its concerns,…

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