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Russia says it has downed drones over Moscow, adjacent region

Dec 14 (Reuters) - Russian air defences downed two hostile drones over Moscow on Thursday morning, the city's mayor Sergei Sobyanin said, with no casualties or damage reported. Separately, the…

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Moscow says EU will not succeed in curbing Russian gas imports

Any plan by the European Union to give its member states the power to halt gas imports from Russia will not succeed and will not damage the Russian economy, foreign…

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Key challenges facing Putin if he gets a new six-year term

By Mark Trevelyan Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he will seek another six years in the Kremlin by standing in an election in March where his victory is widely…

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Navalny’s team says he has vanished in Russia’s prison system

Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has been removed from the penal colony where he had been imprisoned since the middle of last year and his current whereabouts are unknown, his…

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‘Putin is vulnerable’: Navalny camp to tap voter concerns on war and economy

Opposition sees 100-day campaign as window of opportunity Volunteers to hit voters with cold-calls and online posts Navalny camp says Putin will win but he is vulnerable By Mark Trevelyan…

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Russians banned from travel to hand over passports within five days -decree

Dec 11 (Reuters) - Russians who have been banned from travelling abroad will have to hand over their passports to authorities within five days after being notified, according to a…

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When is 2024 Russian election?

Russia will hold a presidential election on March 17, 2024 at which President Vladimir Putin is going to run for another term that could keep him in power until at…

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Russia’s Putin says he will run for president again in 2024

MOSCOW, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he would run for president again in the 2024 presidential election, a move expected to keep him in…

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Putin’s spy chief tells U.S: Ukraine will become your Vietnam

MOSCOW, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin's foreign intelligence chief told the United States on Thursday that Western support for Ukraine would turn the conflict into a "second…

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UPDATED: Russia to hold presidential election on March 17, 2024

MOSCOW, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Russia's upper house of parliament voted on Thursday to set the date for Russia's presidential election for March 17, 2024. The decision was passed unanimously…

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UPDATED: Putin talks oil, Gaza and Ukraine on Middle East trip, to meet Saudi’s MbS

Putin to meet MbS Putin meets Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Putin starts rare trip to Middle East Oil, OPEC+, Gaza, Ukraine on the agenda Putin to meet Iranian…

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Kremlin says OPEC+ output cuts will kick in later, confirms Putin to visit Gulf

Oil output cuts agreed by the OPEC+ group will take time to kick in, the Kremlin said on Tuesday, as it confirmed that President Vladimir Putin would visit the United…

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Deputy Russian army corps commander is killed in Ukraine

Major General Vladimir Zavadsky, deputy commander of Russia's 14th Army Corps, has been killed in Ukraine, a top regional official said on Monday. The governor of Russia's Voronezh region, Alexander…

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Temperatures in Siberia dip to minus 50 Celsius as record snow blankets Moscow

MOSCOW, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Temperatures in parts of Siberia plummeted to minus 50 degrees Celsius (minus 58 degrees Fahrenheit) while blizzards blanketed Moscow in record snowfall and disrupted flights…

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Russia increases maximum military strength by 170,000 soldiers

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to increase the maximum number of servicemen in the Russian armed forces by 170,000 people, the Kremlin and the Defence Ministry said…

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Russia assumes Western sanctions will last for many years – Kremlin

MOSCOW, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Russia is working on the assumption that sanctions against it by the United States and its allies will last for many years, but that U.S. influence on…

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Russia says dual Russian-Italian national arrested for train bombing on behalf of Ukraine

MOSCOW, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Russian investigators said on Friday a dual Russian-Italian national had been detained for planting bombs on railway tracks as part of a sabotage campaign orchestrated…

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UPDATED: Top Russian court bans LGBT movement as “extremist”

Russia's Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that LGBT activists should be designated as extremists, in a move that representatives of gay and transgender people fear will lead to arrests and…

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Russia accuses Bulgaria of malice and stupidity over diplomatic overflight ban

MOSCOW, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Russia accused Bulgaria of malice and stupidity on Thursday for refusing to allow Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's plane to fly through its airspace. The plane…

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Putin won’t make peace in Ukraine before 2024 US election

BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON(Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will not make peace in Ukraine before he knows the results of the November 2024 U.S. election, a senior U.S. State Department official sai,…

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Kremlin, on reported Polish plan to send troops to Finnish border, says it will stoke tensions

MOSCOW, Nov 29 (Reuters) - The Kremlin, commenting on media reports that Poland plans to send troops to Finland's border with Russia, said on Wednesday that such a move could…

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UPDATED: OSCE meeting causes rift over whether to share stage with Russia’s Lavrov

By Andrew Gray, Francois Murphy and Ingrid Melander BRUSSELS/VIENNA, Nov 29 (Reuters) - The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's annual foreign ministers' meeting on Thursday has split member…

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UPDATED: Draft bill seeks ‘loyalty agreement’ from foreigners entering Russia

By Guy Faulconbridge and Lidia Kelly MOSCOW, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Russia's interior ministry has prepared draft legislation that would force foreigners to sign a "loyalty agreement" forbidding them from…

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Russia’s Lavrov says some in West requested meetings at OSCE council

By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that he would take part in an OSCE meeting in North Macedonia if Bulgaria…

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Moldova angers Russia with decision to join EU sanctions

Russia views Moldova's decision to join EU sanctions against it as a hostile step aimed at destroying ties with Moscow and will retaliate, the Russian foreign ministry said. The Russian…

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UPDATED: Flights delayed at Moscow’s main airports due to the drone attack

MOSCOW, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Russia thwarted a major Ukrainian drone attack involving at least 24 unmanned aerial vehicles on five regions including Moscow, the Russian defence ministry said on Sunday. The…

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Kremlin says NATO’s desire for a ‘military Schengen’ zone in Europe ratchets up tensions

MOSCOW, Nov 24 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Friday that NATO's desire to have a military analogue of the Schengen Zone in Europe to allow the alliance's armed forces…

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Putin says we must think how to stop ‘the tragedy’ of war in Ukraine

By Guy Faulconbridge and Vladimir Soldatkin Putin: colleagues raised "Russian aggression" Putin: we should think of how to end the tragedy Putin: Russia didn't decline peace talks with Ukraine Putin…

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Russia hits port infrastructure in Odesa – governor

Russian forces hit port infrastructure in Ukraine's southern city of Odesa on Tuesday evening, the regional governor said. Russia, which invaded Ukraine in February 2022, stepped up its attacks on…

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Russia says co-existence not possible with Ukraine’s current ‘regime’

Russia cannot co-exist with the current "regime" in Kyiv but Moscow can resist the might of NATO for as long as it needs to fully demilitarise Ukraine, a senior Russian…

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In wartime Russia, soaring prices bite as election looms

SREDNEURALSK, Russia, (Reuters) - For Darya Stepanova, a mother of two who lives in a small town on the eastern side of the Ural mountains, soaring prices for everything from…

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Russia says first free grain shipments to Africa are on their way

MOSCOW, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Russia's agriculture minister said on Friday that Moscow had begun free shipments of grain totalling up to 200,000 tonnes to six African countries, as promised…

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Kremlin dismisses claims that Russia is stoking nuclear rhetoric

MOSCOW, Nov 17 (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Friday said claims that Russia was ready to unleash nuclear war were "unacceptable madness" and part of what it cast as a…

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Russia loads missile with nuclear-capable glide vehicle into launch silo

MOSCOW, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Russia's rocket forces loaded an intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with the nuclear-capable "Avangard" hypersonic glide vehicle into a launch silo in southern Russia, according to…

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Blast kills 3 Russian officers in occupied town -Ukrainian intelligence

Ukraine's intelligence directorate said on Sunday that an explosion in the Russian-occupied town of Melitopol killed at least three Russian servicemen in an attack it described as an "act of…

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Russia to limit only VPN services which pose a ‘threat’ to security – RIA

MOSCOW, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Russia plans to block certain Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) and protocols which are deemed by a commission of experts to pose a threat, state news…

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Russia’s depleted workforce threatening economic growth, says central bank

This content was produced in Russia where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine By Elena Fabrichnaya and Alexander Marrow MOSCOW, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Russia's depleted…

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Chechen leader Kadyrov says ex-Wagner fighters are training with his forces

A large group of Russia's former Wagner mercenaries has started training with special forces from the southern Russian region of Chechnya, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said. Wagner played a prominent…

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UPDATED: Kremlin says West is aggressive but we stick to our nuclear doctrine

MOSCOW, Nov 8 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Wednesday that the West had demonstrated its aggression towards Russia but said that when it came to nuclear weapons, Moscow had…

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NATO allies condemn Russia’s withdrawal from CFE treaty, will suspend its operation

BRUSSELS, (Reuters) - NATO allies condemned a decision by Russia to withdraw from the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, a key post-Cold War agreement, and said they would…

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Russia says destroys 17 Ukraine-launched drones over Black Sea, Crimea

Russia's air defence systems destroyed and intercepted a total of 17 Ukraine-launched drones early on Tuesday over the Black Sea and the Crimean Peninsula territory, the Russian defence ministry said. Nine…

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Sources say Russia’s Putin to stay in power past 2024

MOSCOW, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin has decided to run in the March presidential election, a move that will keep him in power until least 2030, as the Kremlin…

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Putin ally warns ‘enemy’ Poland: you risk losing your statehood

A top ally of President Vladimir Putin warned Poland on Thursday that the NATO member state was now considered a "dangerous enemy" by Russia and could end up losing its…

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Kremlin says it expects more sanctions, but they will hurt the West too

The Kremlin said on Thursday that it expected the West to impose ever tougher sanctions on it over the war in Ukraine, but that there was a growing sense that…

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Russia arrests suspected accomplice in hit on Ukrainian ex-lawmaker Tsaryov – news agencies

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained a suspected accomplice in the attempted killing of former Ukrainian lawmaker and pro-Russian politician and businessman Oleg Tsaryov, the Russian state news agency…

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Kremlin, asked about Putin’s ambitions, says presidential election campaign not yet underway

The Kremlin, asked about President Vladimir Putin's political ambitions, said on Tuesday that the campaign for next year's presidential election in Russia had not yet begun and that there could be a…

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UPDATED: Russia accuses Ukraine after mob storms Dagestan airport ‘to catch’ Jews

By Andrew Osborn and Filipp Lebedev Oct 30 (Reuters) - Moscow on Monday accused Ukraine of staging a "provocation" after hundreds of rioters in Russia's predominantly Muslim Dagestan region stormed…

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Russia’s Medvedev: Energy cooperation with EU is pointless

Russia's former President, Dmitry Medevedev, was quoted as saying on Sunday that cooperation with Europe in energy matters was frozen or pointless as European countries had fallen on hard times…

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Putin urges measures to stem illegal flow of weapons into Russia

President Vladimir Putin called for measures to curb the illegal circulation of weapons and ammunition in Russia, including from Ukraine. "We need to think about how weapons and ammunition enter…

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Moscow will confiscate EU assets if Brussels ‘steals’ frozen Russian funds – Putin ally

MOSCOW, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Russia will confiscate assets belonging to European Union states it deems unfriendly if the bloc "steals" frozen Russian funds in a drive to fund Ukraine,…

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White House: Russia is executing soldiers who refuse to follow orders

By Steve Holland and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - The United States has information that the Russian military is executing soldiers who do not follow orders related to the war…

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Photo Story: Snowfall in Moscow

A woman walks on a snow covered street after a snowfall in Moscow, Russia, 27 October 2023. Temperatures in the Moscow region dropped to minus two degrees Celsius. Via EPA-EFE/MAXIM…

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Hamas delegation visits Moscow, discusses release of hostages

MOSCOW, (Reuters) - A delegation from Hamas visited Moscow on Thursday for talks on the release of foreign hostages including Russian citizens that the militant group is currently holding in…

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Russia says it will build close ties with North Korea ‘in all areas’

MOSCOW, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Russia said on Thursday that it planned to build close ties with North Korea in all areas, a day after South Korea, Japan and the…

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Russia says it rehearsed delivering a massive retaliatory nuclear strike

By Andrew Osborn Russia has successfully tested its ability to deliver a massive retaliatory nuclear strike by land, sea and air, a Kremlin statement said on Wednesday, a display of…

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Russian parliament completes passage of law shifting stance on nuclear test ban treaty

By Filipp Lebedev and Mark Trevelyan Oct 25 (Reuters) - Russia's parliament completed the passage of a law on Wednesday that withdraws Moscow's ratification of the global treaty banning nuclear…

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Russia, Iran strengthen ties in ‘trusting’ atmosphere -Russian foreign ministry

Russia and Iran are firming up bilateral relations in a 'trusting' atmosphere, Russia's foreign ministry said early on Tuesday after its chief, Sergei Lavrov, was received by Iranian President Ebrahim…

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