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‘I was running out of money’: After quitting wartime Russia, some return

Russia’s war saw many flee due to fears of persecution or being drafted, but find some life abroad too challenging.

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French researcher admits military secrets charges, claims Russia

Laurent Vinatier is the latest Western citizen arrested by Moscow amid accusations of ‘hostage diplomacy’.

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After deadly attack, Russia’s Central Asian workers report rising racism

Migrants say they are being collectively punished as Tajik nationals are suspected of last month’s concert hall attack.

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Russia mourns Moscow concert hall attack victims as death toll rises to 137

Search operation is still ongoing, governor of Moscow region says, amid fears the death toll of 137 may further rise.

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‘Heinous, cowardly’: World reacts to attack on Moscow concert hall

Putin declares national day of mourning on Sunday after at least 133 people killed in assault claimed by ISIL affiliate.

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Bean counters: how Russia’s wealthy profited from exit of western brands

Buyers of Starbucks operations say they paid £4.7m for assets, despite 2021 revenues ten times that figure

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Russia warns of harsh response as Vladimir Putin labels Moscow drone strike a terrorist act by Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin says the biggest-ever drone strike on Moscow targeted civilians, accusing Ukraine of an attack that would warrant a "severe" response.

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Factbox-Moscow drone attacks: what do we know so far?

Ukraine launched a major drone attack on Moscow on Tuesday though all of them were destroyed by air defence systems, Russia's defence ministry said.

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Drone attacks hit Moscow, sparking fury at the Kremlin

Two are injured in a rare attack on Moscow as more heavy Russian raids target Kyiv, killing at least one person.

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Fencing-Italy limits Russian participation at world championships

Italy plans to impose restrictions on athletes from Russia and Belarus who will be allowed to compete at the fencing world championships in Milan in July, the head of its National Olympic Committee (CONI) said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Putin gave Orthodox Church famed icon because of its importance to believers: Kremlin

Russian President Vladimir Putin has decided to hand over the historic 15th-century Trinity icon from a museum to the Russian Orthodox Church because of its importance to believers, the Kremlin's spokesman said on Tuesday.The Church, whose conservatism Putin has espoused as part of his vision for Russia's national identity, is…

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Russia scraps popular WW2 processions this year because of security threat - lawmaker

Security concerns have prompted Russian authorities this year to cancel traditional nationwide Victory Day processions where people carry portraits of relatives who fought against Nazi Germany in World War Two, a lawmaker said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Russian children's commissioner rejects ICC war crime allegations as false

Russia's commissioner for children's rights on Tuesday dismissed International Criminal Court (ICC) allegations that she was responsible for unlawfully deporting children from Ukraine as false.

Reuters

Moscow is betting big on its Arctic shipping route as the costs of invading Ukraine continue to mount

For the past decade, Vladimir Putin has been quietly pursuing his goal of transforming Russia's frozen northern coast into a global shipping hub to rival the Suez canal. It's a bet that appears to be paying off at a key moment.

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Turkey introduces regulations for earthquake rebuild -Official Gazette

Turkey has imposed regulations for earthquake rebuilding work in its region hit by this month's devastating tremors, according to a presidential decree published in the country's Official Gazette on Friday.

Reuters

Fresh earthquake hits Turkey-Syria border two weeks after disaster

Another earthquake struck the border region of Turkey and Syria on Monday, just two weeks after the area was devastated by a larger quake that killed more than 47,000 people and damaged or destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes.

Reuters

Russian defence chief keeps job despite Ukraine routs thanks to Putin

His army has made three humiliating retreats in Ukraine in the past year and nearly 200,000 of his men have been killed or wounded according to U.S. officials, but Russia's defence minister is still in a job thanks to President Vladimir Putin.

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Turkey and Syria face long road to recovery after earthquakes

After February 6 quakes, efforts are now concentrated on demolishing damaged buildings and clearing rubble and debris.

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Defying odds: A story of survival under Turkey's earthquake rubble

Huseyin Berber's voice was hoarse from calling for help from under the rubble of his home but he was finally freed more than a week after Turkey's massive earthquake, defying the odds for survival and one of several remarkable stories to emerge.

Reuters

Musicians fleeing Russia find a new audience in Georgia

Until September, Aleksei Antropov was playing double bass for the Russian Philharmonic orchestra in Moscow.

Reuters

Russia warms to U.S. prisoner swap for weapons trader Bout

Russia said on Friday it hoped to clinch a prisoner swap with the United States to return convicted Russian weapons trafficker Viktor Bout, known as the "Merchant of Death", in an exchange that would likely include U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner.

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Russian envoy to U.S. says he visited convicted arms dealer Bout in prison

Russia's ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said early on Thursday he had visited Viktor Bout, the Russian arms dealer jailed in the United States and linked to a possible swap for two U.S. citizens imprisoned by Moscow.

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‘Died for Russia’: Daughter of Putin ally hailed as ‘martyr’

Ultranationalist philosopher Alexander Dugin calls for victory in Ukraine after his daughter was killed in car bombing.

Reuters

Daughter of Russian nationalist hailed as martyr

Russian politicians bade farewell at a service on Tuesday to Darya Dugina, the daughter of one of Russia's most prominent nationalist ideologues, hailing her as a martyr whose death must inspire Russian forces fighting in Ukraine.

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Pro-Putin duo opens Stars Coffee as Russian successor to Starbucks

A restaurateur and rapper duo unveiled Stars Coffee on Thursday, reopening the chain of coffee shops in Russia formerly owned by Starbucks Corp, the latest major company rebranding after a months-long Western corporate exodus from the country.

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