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Russia's State Duma moves to ban anti-child propaganda, citing national security concerns and traditional values.

President Vladimir Putin faces just three rivals in Russia's March 15-17 presidential election after anti-war candidates were barred from running. But Leonid Slutsky, Nikolai Kharitonov and Vladislav Davankov do not pose much of a challenge for the Russian leader, who is all but guaranteed to secure another six-year term.

Vladimir Putin is widely expected to run again after constitutional reforms he orchestrated in 2020 to help extend term.

Visitors would be required to respect Russian values and laws that ensure the country’s national interest.

Russian lawmakers passed a toughened version of a bill on Friday that outlaws gender-affirming procedures, annuls marriages in which one person has “changed gender” and bars transgender people from becoming foster or adoptive parents

Ukrainian officials say Russia has launched a drone attack on the capital Kyiv

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a bill into law on Saturday to rename the "Day of the End of World War II" on Sept. 3 to the "Day of Victory over Militaristic Japan and the end of World War II."

Amnesty to be legally offered to criminals and crime suspects who agree to serve in Russia’s war in Ukraine.

The lower house of Russia's parliament has voted unanimously to formally pull out of a Cold War-era security deal more than eight years after Moscow halted its participation