19

Feb

Russia has yet to establish official cause of Navalny death

MOSCOW, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Russian investigators have not yet established the cause of Alexei Navalny's death and it is unclear how long it will take for official conclusions to…

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18

Feb

Alexei Navalny had a vision of a democratic Russia. That terrified Vladimir Putin to the core

Alexei Navalny was a giant figure in Russian politics. No other individual rivalled the threat he posed to the Putin regime. His death in an Arctic labour camp is a…

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18

Feb

Navalny’s death leaves despair and apathy in Moscow

By Guy Faulconbridge The hundreds of flowers and candles laid in Moscow on Friday to honour the memory of Alexei Navalny, Russia's most prominent opposition leader, were taken away overnight…

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18

Feb

More than 400 detained in Russia at events in memory of Navalny, rights group says

ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - More than 400 people have been detained at events across 32 Russian cities since the death of Alexei Navalny, President Vladimir Putin's most formidable opponent,…

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16

Feb

UPDATED: Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has died

MOSCOW, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died on Friday after collapsing and losing consciousness at the penal colony north of the Arctic Circle where he was…

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16

Feb

Putin urges Russians to have more kids, says ethnic survival at stake

Russian families must produce at least two children for the sake of the nation's ethnic survival, and three or more if it is to develop and thrive, President Vladimir Putin…

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16

Feb

Kremlin dismisses US warning about Russian nuclear capability in space

US warned allies about Russian space, nuclear capabilities New capabilities relate to space-based weapon - source White House: new capability is designed to use against satellites Moscow says US is…

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15

Feb

US warned allies about Russian space, nuclear capabilities that could pose an international threat

By Patricia Zengerle, Steve Holland and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - The United States has told Congress and allies in Europe about new intelligence related to Russian nuclear capabilities that…

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15

Feb

Putin says he prefers ‘more predictable’ Biden over Trump

By Mark Trevelyan Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview broadcast on Wednesday that he preferred Joe Biden to Donald Trump but was willing to work with any U.S.…

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14

Feb

Russia’s parliament to vote on suspending Moscow’s participation in OSCE Parliamentary Assembly

Russia's parliament will vote on Feb. 21 on suspending the country's participation in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation (OSCE), Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said on…

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14

Feb

Russia’s airstrikes kill three, injure 13 in east Ukraine, Ukrainian officials say

Russia launched several missile attacks on the town of Selydove in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region overnight, killing three people, injuring a dozen and damaging a hospital and several apartments, Ukrainian…

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14

Feb

Kremlin dismisses Europe’s warnings about ‘Russian propaganda’

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Tuesday dismissed European warnings about "Russian propaganda", saying that anything which countered the mainstream narrative was now labelled as propaganda by the West. Peskov was…

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13

Feb

Russia warns the West: we will be very tough if you ‘steal’ our assets

Russia warned the West on Tuesday that Moscow would be very tough if the United States and European Union seized hundreds of billions of dollars worth of Russian assets. After…

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13

Feb

Russia’s war economy faces tough times ahead, says IMF’s Georgieva

Russia's war economy is in for tough times due to the outflow of people and shortages of technology, the International Monetary Fund's managing director Kristalina Georgieva said on Monday, even…

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12

Feb

Russia slaps sanctions on British officials, historians and academics

MOSCOW, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Russia on Monday imposed sanctions on 18 British citizens including a number of top academics and Russia experts for what Moscow said was an attempt…

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10

Feb

What did Putin say on war and peace, WW3 and AI?

By Guy Faulconbridge Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke in an interview published on Friday about war and peace in Ukraine, the risks of advances in genetics and artificial intelligence and…

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09

Feb

Putin, in rare US interview, says Russia has no interest in wider war

Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview that aired on Thursday that Russia will fight for its interests "to the end" but has no interest in expanding its war…

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09

Feb

Moscow calls Ukraine’s new Russian-born army chief a traitor, says he won’t win

Senior Russian security official Dmitry Medvedev on Friday said Ukraine's new Russian-born army chief was a traitor, while the Kremlin said the appointment would not alter the outcome of what…

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08

Feb

Putin’s anti-war challenger faces likely exclusion from election

MOSCOW, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Russian anti-war presidential candidate Boris Nadezhdin said on Monday that a working group of Russia's Central Election Commission had found 15% of the supporters' signatures…

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06

Feb

Kremlin warns West against using frozen Russian assets as collateral for Ukraine

This content was produced in Russia, where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine. MOSCOW, Feb 5 (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Monday warned the West that…

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04

Feb

Russian secret electronic weapon playing havoc with airliners’ GPS

A highly secret Russian electronic warfare system is interfering with the GPS guidance of airliners and ships on Nato’s eastern flank. A surge in disruption had been detected in an…

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04

Feb

UPDATED: Russian cosmonaut sets record for most time in space – more than 878 days

By Guy Faulconbridge and Lidia Kelly MOSCOW, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko on Sunday set a world record for total time spent in space, surpassing his compatriot…

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02

Feb

Election staff find flaws in paperwork of Putin’s anti-war challenger

Supporter lists include dead people, official says Decision due next week on whether Nadezhdin can run Candidate blames Putin for "fatal mistake" in Ukraine MOSCOW, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Irregularities…

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02

Feb

Russia has no plans to deploy nuclear arms beyond Belarus

U.S. likely to deploy nuclear weapons in England - researchers Russia says UK deployment will not deter Russia Russia says discussing Ukraine as part of BRICS MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia…

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01

Feb

Russia says it has evidence U.S. Patriot missiles downed transport plane

MOSCOW, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Russian investigators said on Thursday they had evidence showing that Ukraine's military shot down a Russian Il-76 military transport plane last week with U.S.-made Patriot…

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01

Feb

Russia’s Putin to visit NATO member Turkey on Feb 12

By Tuvan Gumrukcu Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Turkey on Feb. 12 to meet counterpart Tayyip Erdogan, a Turkish official told Reuters , in what will be the Russian…

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31

Jan

Russian anti-war candidate Nadezhdin says he has enough signatures to run for president

MOSCOW, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Russian anti-war candidate Boris Nadezhdin said on Wednesday he had submitted 105,000 signatures in his support to the Central Election Commission (CEC) to underpin his…

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29

Jan

Russia’s Putin registered as presidential candidate – Ifax

MOSCOW, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has been registered as a candidate for the March 15-17 presidential election, the Interfax news agency cited the Central Election Commission…

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29

Jan

Russia warship conducts anti-submarine drill in South China Sea

Jan 29 (Reuters) - Russia's Pacific Fleet frigate Marshal Shaposhnikov has conducted an anti-submarine exercise in the South China Sea, Russian news agency reported on Monday, citing the fleet's press…

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27

Jan

Russia’s Putin says Ukraine shot down plane, deliberately or in error

MOSCOW, (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said that a Russian military plane that crashed near the border with Ukraine was shot down by Ukrainian air defences, whether on purpose…

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26

Jan

Kremlin denies report that Putin reaching out to US, might drop key demands on Ukraine

MOSCOW, Jan 26 (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Friday denied a Bloomberg report that President Vladimir Putin was "putting out feelers" to the United States for possible talks on ending…

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25

Jan

Russian woman jailed for 27 years for handing bomb to war blogger

ST PETERSBURG, Russia, Jan 25 (Reuters) - A young Russian woman was jailed for 27 years on Thursday for delivering a bomb that exploded in the hands of a pro-war…

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24

Jan

Anti-war candidate tries to harness protest vote against Putin

Boris Nadezhdin, a 60-year-old former opposition lawmaker, is running a long-shot campaign to challenge Vladimir Putin for the Russian presidency and says his call to end Russia's war in Ukraine…

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24

Jan

Russian missile strikes on Ukrainian cities kill 18, Zelenskiy says

 Russian missiles hit Ukraine's two largest cities, killing 18 people, injuring more than 130 and damaging homes and infrastructure, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said as Moscow's war approaches its third year. The eastern city of Kharkiv suffered three…

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22

Jan

Russian parliament examines plan to seize dissidents’ assets

Jan 22 (Reuters) - Russia's parliament began considering a draft bill on Monday which would give the state the power to seize the property of people convicted for defamation of…

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21

Jan

NATO’s Steadfast Defender exercises mark return to Cold War schemes, Russia says

Jan 21 (Reuters) - The scale of NATO's Steadfast Defender 2024 exercises mark an "irrevocable return" of the alliance to Cold War schemes, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko told…

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19

Jan

Russian parliament to ask French counterpart if it knew of ‘French mercenaries’ in Ukraine

MOSCOW, Jan 19 (Reuters) - The lower house of the Russian parliament, the State Duma, plans to formally ask France's National Assembly if it is aware that French mercenaries have…

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17

Jan

Russia is developing ties with N. Korea in all areas, including ‘sensitive’ ones – Kremlin

MOSCOW, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Russia is developing its relations with North Korea in all areas, including "sensitive" ones, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday. North Korea's foreign minister…

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14

Jan

Smersh: why Putin has reinstated Stalin’s notorious and much-feared anti-spy unit

A man under arrest by Russian internal security forces was seen confessing to a “crime”, in a video posted on January 2. He had been apprehended after allegedly posting a…

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12

Jan

Russia’s Medvedev warns of nuclear response if Ukraine hits missile launch sites

MOSCOW, (Reuters) - A senior ally of President Vladimir Putin warned that any Ukrainian attacks on missile launch sites inside Russia with arms supplied by the United States and its…

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12

Jan

Russia’s Putin says he will visit disputed Kuril islands

MOSCOW, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that he will definitely one day visit the Southern Kuril Islands which are at the centre of a dispute…

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07

Jan

On Orthodox Christmas Putin vows to back soldiers who ‘defend’ Russia

President Vladimir Putin vowed on the eve of Orthodox Christmas to back soldiers who "with arms in hands" defend Russia's interests, ordering his government greater support of those who fight…

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05

Jan

Putin offers citizenship to foreigners who fight for Russia

President Vladimir Putin issued a decree on Thursday allowing foreign nationals who fight for Russia in Ukraine to obtain Russian citizenship for themselves and their families.The order said people who…

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04

Jan

Russian hackers were inside Ukraine telecoms giant for months – cyber spy chief

Illia Vitiuk is cyber chief in Ukraine's SBU spy agency Kyivstar hack destroyed telecoms giant's "core", he says Russian military spy unit Sandworm seen behind hack SBU caught Sandworm in…

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04

Jan

Russia accidentally bombs own village, vows to rebuild homes

A Russian regional governor said he had ordered the rebuilding of nine houses in a village that was accidentally bombed by one of Russia's own warplanes. The incident took place…

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30

Dec

Russia’s air assault on Ukraine draws criticism at UN Security Council meeting

By Simon Lewis Russia drew sharp criticism at the UN Security Council on Friday for launching massive missile and drone attacks against Ukraine, after Kyiv and its supporters called for…

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29

Dec

Kremlin says it has list of Western assets to be seized if Russian assets are confiscated

G7 to discuss theory on seizing Russian assets Kremlin: any such move would be theft Kremlin: such a move would undermine reserve currencies Kremlin says: we have a list of…

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26

Dec

Russian forces gain control of Maryinka in east Ukraine, defence minister says

Russian forces have gained full control of Maryinka, a town in eastern Ukraine, Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin, one of Russia's most significant gains since the…

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26

Dec

Russia’s Navalny tracked down to ‘Polar Wolf’ prison in the Arctic

Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has been tracked down to a penal colony north of the Arctic Circle, his spokeswoman said on Monday, after supporters lost touch with him…

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24

Dec

Russia short of around 4.8 million workers in 2023, crunch to persist – Izvestia

MOSCOW, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Russia was short of around 4.8 million workers in 2023 and the problem will remain acute in 2024, the Izvestia newspaper reported on Sunday, citing…

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22

Dec

Russia dismisses Wall Street Journal’s ‘pulp fiction’ after Prigozhin death report

MOSCOW, Dec 22 (Reuters) - The Kremlin accused the Wall Street Journal of publishing "pulp fiction" on Friday after it reported that the death of mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin in…

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22

Dec

UPDATED: Russia threatens to sever ties if U.S. confiscates its assets

Russia may cut diplomatic ties with the United States if Washington confiscates Russian assets frozen over the Ukrainian war, the Interfax news agency quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as…

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20

Dec

UPDATED: Kremlin says there is no basis for peace negotiations with Ukraine

MOSCOW, Dec 20 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Wednesday that there is no current basis for peace talks between Russia and Ukraine and that Kyiv's proposed peace plan was…

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16

Dec

Russia to test launch seven intercontinental ballistic missiles in 2024

MOSCOW, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Russia plans to test launch seven intercontinental ballistic missiles in 2024, Sergei Karakayev, the commander of Russia's Strategic Missile Forces has said, the Interfax news…

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16

Dec

Putin to run for president as an independent candidate – RIA cites senior politicians

MOSCOW, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin will run for president again as an independent candidate with a wide support base but not on a party ticket, the state-backed RIA…

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14

Dec

Putin press conference: Ukraine, the West and the Russian economy

Here are some highlights from Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual press conference and phone-in held in Moscow on Thursday: ON THE CONFLICT IN UKRAINE "There will be peace when we…

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14

Dec

Putin tells Russians the war in Ukraine will go on unless Kyiv does a deal

By Guy Faulconbridge and Vladimir Soldatkin MOSCOW, Dec 14 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday Russia would press on with its war in Ukraine unless Kyiv did a…

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