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Euroclear rejects Moscow ruling seeking massive damages, keeps Russian assets frozen

The assets of Russia’s central bank frozen at the Belgian depositary Euroclear under international sanctions remain blocked, ...
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‘Game over’ graffiti appears outside Russian residential building struck by drone. Two days later, it was painted over.

Municipal workers in Yekaterinburg have painted over a “Game over” graffiti mural near a residential building recently struck by a Ukrainian drone. The image — depicting a girl in VR goggles holding a ...
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Prosecutors find no evidence that political prisoner Azat Miftakhov was tortured in prison, but the medical examination wasn’t conducted until two weeks after he repo…

Prosecutors in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District found no violations of political prisoner Azat Miftakhov’s rights, ...
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Former Russian lawmaker Magomed Gadzhiyev is sentenced in absentia to life in prison for murder and corporate raiding

Dagestan’s Supreme Court has sentenced former State Duma deputy Magomed Gadzhiyev in absentia to life in a maximum-security prison for organizing a double murder and extortion, the press service ...
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Ukraine hit Moscow with its biggest drone attack since the start of the war. Russian national TV networks all but ignored it.

Russia’s national television networks almost entirely ignored the largest Ukrainian drone attack on the Moscow area since the ...
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War and sanctions have cut Russia’s nonstop flight network to about 30 countries this summer — fewer than during the Iron Curtain era

Russians will have nonstop service to 31–32 countries this summer — 25% fewer than airlines offered in their winter schedules ...
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Kremlin spokesman complains of ‘unrelenting drone strikes by Ukraine’s forces against civilian targets,’ makes no mention of the attack on Moscow

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov urged reporters to “pay particular attention to the unrelenting strikes by Ukraine’s armed forces using drones against civilian targets and civilian infrastructure ...
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Russian soldiers who want out of the war are deserting and turning themselves in, hoping for prison time. Some are hiring lawyers to make it happen.

Many Russian soldiers unwilling to fight in Ukraine are deserting and then turning themselves in, seeking prosecution and ...
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Russian Orthodox priests hold procession to ward off Ukrainian drones, calling the attacks an ‘affliction’

Russian Orthodox Church priests held a prayer service in Perm and drove through the city with the “Permskaya” icon of the ...
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A bankrupt entrepreneur climbed onto the imperial throne at the Hermitage museum and threatened staff with a knife while demanding Putin’s attention

A 45-year-old entrepreneur from the Leningrad region climbed onto the Great Imperial Throne at the Hermitage on May 17, sat ...
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A 14-year-old girl vanished in Russia after a drone strike burned her family’s home to the ground. Her body was never found.

Ukrainian drones struck Tuapse in the early hours of April 16 — the first in a series of large-scale attacks on the Tuapse ...
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Belarus begins drills on combat use of nuclear weapons

Belarus’s Defense Ministry has announced exercises for units responsible for the combat use and logistical support of nuclear ...