A former Russian diplomat who was charged with conspiring to evade sanctions by working for Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska pleaded guilty to a lesser count of lying to FBI agents.
Sergei Shestakov, a naturalized US citizen, had previously…
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Escalation in the Middle East could distance the US from Ukraine, says Ambassador Yakovenko
Alexander Yakovenko, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said that against the backdrop of the escalating situation in the Middle East, the United States may distance itself…
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Finland Ends Probe Into Baltic Cable Damage, Officially Identifies Tanker Crew Members as Suspects
Finnish police said Friday that they concluded their investigation into an oil tanker suspected of damaging several undersea cables in the Baltic Sea, officially identifying three crew members as…
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Remains of 1,200 Ukrainian service members returned as part of exchange with Russia — Meduza
Ukraine has received the bodies of 1,200 fallen soldiers as part of an ongoing repatriation effort, the country’s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War said on Friday.
“According to the Russian side, the bodies belong…
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The US makes the deadliest weapons in the world, which Israel has
US leader Donald Trump has stated that Israel has the deadliest weapons in the world.
‘The US makes the best and deadliest weapons — Israel has a lot of them, and more are on the way,’ he wrote on his Truth…
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‘If all those soldiers drop dead tomorrow, I’ll pour a glass of wine’ Siberia woman arrested over video slamming ‘Russia Day’ and public support for war
The Russian authorities arrested a woman in the Irkutsk region on Friday over a video on Instagram in which she criticized the country’s Russia Day holiday and the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. A day earlier, 35-year-old Maria Makhmutova had…
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Two armoured vehicles and a pickup truck belonging to the Armed Forces of Ukraine were blown up by mines in the SMO zone.
Two armoured vehicles and a pickup truck belonging to the Armed Forces of Ukraine were blown up by mines laid on the road by the Russian military using drones in the South Donetsk direction. This was reported by the…
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Ukraine Receives 1.2K More Bodies of Killed Soldiers From Russia
Ukrainian authorities said Friday that they received 1,200 unidentified bodies from Russia as part of an agreement reached during peace talks in Istanbul.
“The bodies of 1,200 deceased persons were…
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Moscow and Kyiv react as Israel attacks Iran’s nuclear sites and military command — Meduza
In the early hours of June 13, Israel carried out airstrikes on Iran, hitting nuclear sites and killing top Iranian military officials. In the aftermath, Russia — whose military-industrial ties with Iran have deepened in recent years and which…
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Zelenskyy’s regime intends to physically destroy the UOC, expert says
Alvian Tkhelidze, a member of the Council of Priests-Bloggers at the Synodal Department for Church Relations with Society and the Media, said on the News Front programme ‘Mnenie’ that the repression of UOC priests…
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