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Putin attends launch of Moscow Metro’s new line as one station displays ‘special military operation’ imagery

Moscow’s new Bulvar Generala Karbysheva metro station features panels mentioning the “special military operation.” ...
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U.S. pushes to revive Ukraine–Russia talks after Witkoff and Kushner meet Zelensky in Kyiv

Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine’s leadership held three rounds of talks in Kyiv with an official U.S. delegation led by Donald Trump’s special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared K ...
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Zelensky says Ukraine won’t launch airstrikes against Russia during Witkoff and Kushner’s Moscow visit, and wants the same from Russia during their planned trip t…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky promised in his evening video address that Kyiv would ensure “normal functioning ...
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‘I know him very well’: Trump says Putin is not going to attack NATO territory

U.S. President Donald Trump said at a White House briefing that Russian President Vladimir Putin does not intend to attack ...
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Ukrainian military reportedly ordered to hold fire from September 5 to 8 as Witkoff and Kushner visit Moscow

Units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been ordered to hold fire along the front from midnight on September 5 until 11:59 p ...
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More than 100 flights delayed or canceled at Sochi airport after drone attack, plane refueling restricted

Sochi’s airport operated under restrictions for more than 11 hours after an overnight Ukrainian drone attack, with some ...
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Israel’s Shin Bet has held Russian-Israeli historian Artem Kirpichenok for more than a month without disclosing why. His family says the case may involve espionage.

Historian and writer Artem Kirpichenok flew to Tel Aviv on August 2 to attend an international conference, his support ...
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Ukrainian drones hit residential buildings in Russia’s Moscow region and attack Sochi’s sea port

Ukrainian drones attacked Russia’s Moscow region, hitting residential buildings in the towns of Kubinka and Pavlovsky Posad, ...
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Former Russian Communications Minister Nikolai Nikiforov named suspect in pyramid scheme. He was charged in absentia — he now lives in the UAE.

The Russian Interior Ministry’s Investigative Department has charged Nikolai Nikiforov, Russia’s former minister ...
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Putin announced battlefield encirclements that the evidence doesn’t show, but Russia’s real offensive is accelerating elsewhere

At a late-night press conference in Bishkek on September 1, Vladimir Putin said what he believed was happening on the ...
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Russia’s proposed telecom licensing reform would leave 27 regions without local internet providers

A Digital Development Ministry initiative to tighten requirements for telecom operators would leave 27 regions without local ...
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Putin dismisses talk of another mobilization as ‘nonsense.’ But Russia has spent four years closing the loopholes that helped people avoid the last one.

Russian authorities continue to insist there are no plans for a new, large-scale wave of mobilization this fall. On September 1, Vladimir Putin called the rumors “complete nonsense.” There is also no ...