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New York prosecutors charge suspected Russian intelligence agents who allegedly plotted to kill a ‘Russian dissident’ they believed was in Washington

U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said New York prosecutors had charged several Russian nationals who worked for Russian ...
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Russia’s Leningrad region will limit fuel purchases to 30 liters (almost 8 gallons) per fill-up. About one in five independent and small gas stations have stopped operating.

The Leningrad region will introduce a uniform fuel-purchase limit of “30 liters per fill-up” in the coming days, the regional ...
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Russia’s Irkutsk region is culling livestock over what officials call lumpy skin disease, but local farmers suspect foot-and-mouth disease

The BBC Russian Service has published a report on the mass culling of livestock in Russia’s Irkutsk region, where authorities ...
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Putin lost at some overseas polling stations in 2024. Here’s how Russians abroad can vote in this weekend’s State Duma elections.

Russia will hold elections for the ninth State Duma from September 18 to 20, 2026. The campaign’s biggest development has ...
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Former race car driver Nikita Mazepin may become the owner of the Russian game developer behind ‘World of Tanks’ and ‘World of Ships’

Nikita Mazepin, a former race car driver and the son of Uralchem principal shareholder Dmitry Mazepin, could become the owner ...
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Washington Capitals captain Alexander Ovechkin appears in a campaign video for Russia’s ruling political party alongside Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov

Washington Capitals star Alexander Ovechkin joined a campaign video for United Russia ahead of the country’s September ...
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Train service across much of the Netherlands was disrupted after metal pipes were placed on the tracks. The rail operator suspects sabotage.

Train service has been severely disrupted across much of the Netherlands. Rail infrastructure operator ProRail suspects ...
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A youth festival in Russia reportedly gives foreign visitors unfiltered Wi-Fi — while keeping Russian participants behind state censorship

Organizers of the International Youth Festival underway at Yekaterinburg Expo have given foreign participants access ...
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Ukrainian court lets former presidential chief of staff Andriy Yermak remove his ankle monitor after a specialist warns it could ‘threaten his health’

Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court has lifted the requirement that Andriy Yermak, the former head of the Presidential ...
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NATO fighter jets shoot down drone over Lithuania for the first time

NATO fighter jets shot down a drone that entered Lithuanian airspace overnight on September 15, marking the first time ...
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NHL superstar Alexander Ovechkin appears in campaign ad for Putin’s United Russia party

Washington Capitals star Alexander Ovechkin appeared in a campaign video for United Russia ahead of elections to the State ...
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Ukraine wants homegrown missiles capable of striking deep inside Russia, including Moscow, but its existing ‘Flamingos’ show how hard mass production can be

On 1, Fire Point, Ukraine’s leading manufacturer of long-range strike weapons, said it was ready to supply the military with ...