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November 24, 2023, 5:42 PM

Russian lawmaker disputes report saying he adopted a child taken from a Ukrainian children's home

A Russian lawmaker and staunch supporter of President Vladimir Putin has denied media allegations that he adopted a 2-year-old girl who was seized from a Ukrainian children’s home and changed her name
November 24, 2023, 5:42 PM
Russian lawmaker disputes report saying he adopted a child taken from children's home
November 24, 2023, 3:18 PM

Russian consumers feel themselves in a tight spot as high inflation persists

The shelves at Moscow supermarkets are full of fruit and vegetables, cheese and meat
November 24, 2023, 3:18 PM
November 24, 2023, 3:18 PM

Russian consumers feel themselves in a tight spot as high inflation persists

The shelves at Moscow supermarkets are full of fruit and vegetables, cheese and meat
November 24, 2023, 3:18 PM
Russian consumers feel themselves in a tight spot as high inflation persists
November 21, 2023, 8:13 AM

Pentagon chief in Kyiv amid questions over future US arms supplies

On a surprise trip to the Ukrainian capital, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin tried to rally support for Ukraine.
November 21, 2023, 8:13 AM
Pentagon chief in Kyiv amid questions over future US arms supplies
November 20, 2023, 2:06 PM

Russia puts Ukrainian winner of Eurovision Song Contest on wanted list

Russia has placed a Ukrainian singer who won the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest on its wanted list
November 20, 2023, 2:06 PM
Russia puts Ukrainian winner of Eurovision Song Contest on wanted list
November 20, 2023, 1:36 AM

Russian drones target Kyiv as UK Defense Ministry says little chance of front-line change

UK Defense Ministry says there's little chance of front-line change.
November 20, 2023, 1:36 AM
November 18, 2023, 5:49 PM

Russian doctors call for release of imprisoned artist who protested Ukraine war

She was sentenced to seven years for swapping price tags with antiwar messages.
November 18, 2023, 5:49 PM
November 17, 2023, 6:14 PM

More than 2,400 Ukrainian children taken to Belarus, a Yale study finds

More than 2,400 Ukrainian children aged 6-17 have been taken to Belarus from four regions of Ukraine that are partially occupied by Russian forces, a study by Yale University has found
November 17, 2023, 6:14 PM
More than 2,400 Ukrainian children taken to Belarus, a Yale study finds
November 17, 2023, 1:41 PM

Russian lawmakers approve a budget with a record amount devoted to defense spending

The lower house of Russia’s parliament has approved a federal budget Friday that increases spending by around 25% in 2024 and devotes a record amount to defense
November 17, 2023, 1:41 PM
Russian parliament passes record budget, boosting defense spending
November 16, 2023, 5:26 PM

Building partially collapses in southern Russia, sparking search for any trapped survivors

Russian state media says that part of a residential building has collapsed in southern Russia, killing one woman and sparking a search for any residents who might be trapped in the rubble
November 16, 2023, 5:26 PM
November 16, 2023, 4:38 PM

Russian artist who protested Ukraine war gets 7 years in prison in latest crackdown on free speech

A Russian court has convicted an artist and musician for replacing supermarket price tags with antiwar slogans and sentenced her to seven years in prison
November 16, 2023, 4:38 PM
Russia court convicts woman for replacing supermarket price tags with antiwar slogans
November 15, 2023, 1:18 AM

The European Union is struggling to produce and send the ammunition it promised to Ukraine

European Union nations have acknowledged they may fail to fulfill a promise for ammunition Ukraine needs to stave off Russia's invasion and win back occupied territory
November 15, 2023, 1:18 AM
EU struggles to produce and send the ammunition it promised to Ukraine
November 14, 2023, 8:30 PM

Russian court fines Google for failing to store personal data on its users

A Moscow court has fined Google for failing to store personal data on its Russian users
November 14, 2023, 8:30 PM
Russian court fines Google for failing to store personal data on its users
November 14, 2023, 4:15 PM

American detained in Russia plans to testify in his own defense

David Barnes has pleaded not guilty and faces a lengthy sentence if convicted.
November 14, 2023, 4:15 PM
David Barnes, American detained in Russia, plans to testify in his own defense
November 12, 2023, 5:50 PM

Russia ramps up attacks on key cities in eastern Ukraine

Ukraine says Russian forces have ramped up attacks in eastern Ukraine in an attempt to gain ground near two key frontline cities
November 12, 2023, 5:50 PM
Russia ramps up attacks on key cities in eastern Ukraine
November 12, 2023, 12:46 PM

Latvia's president says West must arm Ukraine to keep Russia from future global adventures

Latvia’s president says Russia is planning for a long war in Ukraine.
November 12, 2023, 12:46 PM
November 11, 2023, 6:29 PM

A missile strike targets Kyiv as an improvised explosive derails Russian freight cars

Ukrainian officials say Russian forces targeted Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, as part of an overnight bombardment felt across the country
November 11, 2023, 6:29 PM
November 10, 2023, 7:57 PM

A teenager taken from occupied Mariupol to Russia will return to Ukraine, officials say

The teen will reunite with a cousin on his birthday this month, offificals say.
November 10, 2023, 7:57 PM
Teenager taken from occupied Mariupol to Russia will return to Ukraine, officials say
November 10, 2023, 3:10 PM

Putin and top military leaders visit southern military headquarters to assess his war in Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited his southern military headquarters as he assesses the state of his country's forces in Ukraine as the war drags on toward winter
November 10, 2023, 3:10 PM
Putin, top military leaders visit southern headquarters to assess war in Ukraine
November 9, 2023, 2:07 PM

Putin visits Kazakhstan, part of his efforts to cement ties with ex-Soviet neighbors

Russian President Vladimir Putin is visiting Kazakhstan, part of his efforts to cement ties with the ex-Soviet neighbor and major economic partner in the midst of tensions with the West over Ukraine
November 9, 2023, 2:07 PM
November 9, 2023, 12:30 PM

US and South Korea close ranks on common global issues during Blinken visit

The United States and South Korea closed ranks behind common approaches to North Korea, Russia and China, vowing to continue to support Ukraine against Russia’s invasion and boosting humanitarian aid to Palestinian civilians in Gaza caught in Israel’s ...
November 9, 2023, 12:30 PM
Blinken arrives in Seoul for talks on North Korea and its military ties with Russia
November 8, 2023, 4:30 PM

Putin calls for closer Russia-China cooperation on military satellites and prospective weapons

Russian President Vladimir Putin has told a senior Chinese military official that Moscow and Beijing should expand their cooperation on military satellites and other prospective defense technologies
November 8, 2023, 4:30 PM
November 8, 2023, 3:51 PM

Russia seeks an 8-year prison term for an artist and musician who protested the war in Ukraine

Sasha Skochilenko was jailed after protesting the war in Ukraine.
November 8, 2023, 3:51 PM
Russia seeks an 8-year prison term for artist who protested the war in Ukraine
November 5, 2023, 12:06 PM

A Ukrainian missile strike on a shipyard in Crimea damages a Russian ship

The Russian military says a Ukrainian missile strike on a shipyard in annexed Crimea had damaged a Russian ship
November 5, 2023, 12:06 PM
November 4, 2023, 10:22 PM

Zelenskyy hosts EU official von der Leyen as Russian attacks wound at least 14 people in Ukraine

Russian attacks in Ukraine have wounded at least 14 civilians as the president of the European Union's executive returned to the Ukrainian capital to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
November 4, 2023, 10:22 PM
Zelenskyy hosts EU official von der Leyen as Russian attacks wound at least 14 people
November 4, 2023, 4:54 PM

Russia opens a vast national exposition as presidential election approaches

Russia has unveiled a sprawling exposition highlighting the nation’s accomplisments, which will run through the months leading to the presidential election in which Vladimir Putin is widely expected to seek a new term
November 4, 2023, 4:54 PM
Russia opens a vast national exposition as presidential election approaches
November 3, 2023, 2:14 PM

A Russian singer who condemned the war in Ukraine is back home. The Orthodox Church wants an apology

The Russian Orthodox Church has called for an apology from Russia's most renowned pop singer who returned home this week over her criticism of the war in Ukraine
November 3, 2023, 2:14 PM
Beloved Russian singer who criticized Ukraine war returns home
November 2, 2023, 7:10 PM

Putin signs a bill revoking Russia's ratification of a global nuclear test ban treaty

President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill revoking Russia's ratification of a global nuclear test ban
November 2, 2023, 7:10 PM
Putin signs bill revoking Russia's ratification of a global nuclear test ban treaty
November 2, 2023, 1:17 PM

Putin is expected to seek reelection in Russia, but who would run if he doesn't?

Vladimir Putin is expected to seek another term in the Kremlin when Russia holds presidential elections next March
November 2, 2023, 1:17 PM
Putin is expected to seek reelection in Russia, but who would run if he doesn't?
November 1, 2023, 8:14 AM
UN report urges Russia to investigate an attack on a Ukrainian village that killed 59
October 30, 2023, 10:14 PM

Putin claims without proof that airport riots targeting Israelis were staged from Ukraine

Reports say hundreds of people stormed into the main airport in Dagestan.
October 30, 2023, 10:14 PM
1 month ago

Antisemitic mob storms Russian airport

National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby shares his reaction after hundreds of people stormed an airport in Russia's Dagestan after a flight landed from Israel.
1 month ago
Antisemitic mob storms Russian airport
1 month ago

Crowds storm Russian airport following flight landing from Tel Aviv

An angry crowd swarmed a Russian airport in the predominately Muslim region of Dagestan after the arrival of a flight from Tel Aviv.
1 month ago
Crowds storm Russian airport following flight landing from Tel Aviv
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Russians commemorate victims of Soviet repression as a present-day crackdown on dissent intensifies

Putin's government continues its crackdown on dissent in the country.
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Russia says it shot down 36 Ukrainian drones as fighting grinds on in Ukraine’s east

Russia’s Defense Ministry says its air defense shot down 36 Ukrainian drones over the Black Sea and the Crimean peninsula overnight Saturday
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Talks on Ukraine's peace plan open in Malta with officials from 65 countries — but not Russia

More than 65 countries are in Malta for two days of peace plan talks.
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Russia accuses Ukraine of damaging a nuclear waste warehouse as the battle for Avdiivika grinds on

Russia says the facility was hit in a drone strike on the Kursk nuclear plant.
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Russian journalist who survived poisoning: ‘Journalists are not your problem’

ABC News’ Linsey Davis spoke with Russian journalist Elena Kostyuchenko about her new book “I Love Russia: Reporting From a Lost Country” and how she is feeling after facing an assassination attempt.
1 month ago
Russian journalist who survived poisoning: ‘Journalists are not your problem’
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Russian forces simulate nuclear strike as upper house rescinds ratification of test ban treaty

Russia’s military has simulated a nuclear strike in a drill overseen by President Vladimir Putin
1 month ago
Russian parliament's upper house rescinds ratification of global nuclear test ban
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Senate Republicans seek concessions on Biden's $106 billion request for aid to Israel, Ukraine

Senate Republicans are seeking concessions on President Joe Biden's $106 billion request for aid to Israel and Ukraine.
1 month ago
Senate Republicans seek concessions on Biden's $106 billion national security request
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Russia taking heavy losses as it wages new offensive in Ukraine

Russia appears to be suffering severe losses as its wages a new offensive in eastern Ukraine, focused on the city of Avdiivka.
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Russia taking heavy losses as it wages new offensive in Ukraine
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Former NSA employee admits trying to sell top secret info to Russia

Jareh Dalke pleaded to six counts of attempting to transmit national defense information to a foreign government
1 month ago
Former NSA employee admits trying to sell top secret info to Russia
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Court orders Russian-US journalist to stay in jail another 6 weeks

A Russian court has ordered a Russian-American journalist who was detained last week on charges of failing to register as a foreign agent to remain in custody until early December, her employer reported
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Court orders Russian-US journalist to stay in jail another 6 weeks
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6 killed in Russian rocket strike on mail depot as Ukraine reports record bomb attack numbers

Ukrainian officials say six people have died in a missile strike on a mail depot in the eastern city of Kharkiv
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Ukrainians prepare firewood and candles to brace for a winter of Russian strikes on the energy grid

Russian strikes on power plants in the Ukraine war impacted almost half the country’s energy capacity last winter
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Largest number of Russian single day casualties, Ukraine says

Russia is waging a major new offensive in the east as Ukraine is also on the attack.
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Largest number of Russian single day casualties, Ukraine says
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IOC hits back at Putin claim of "ethnic discrimination" against Russia's potential Olympic athletes

The International Olympic Committee has dismissed claims by Russian President Vladimir Putin of “ethnic discrimination” against athletes who are excluded from international sport
1 month ago
IOC hits back at Putin claim of 'ethnic discrimination'  against Russia's athletes
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Biden addresses the nation on international conflicts

President Joe Biden discussed both the conflict between Israel and Hamas and the war in Ukraine.
1 month ago
Biden addresses the nation on international conflicts
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US-Russian editor detained and charged as foreign agent in Russia, news outlet says

A journalist with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty has been detained in Russia and charged with failure to register as a foreign agent, the news outlet said on Wednesday.
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US-Russian editor detained and charged as foreign agent in Russia, news outlet says
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Russian foreign minister thanks North Korea for 'unwavering' support in Ukraine war

Sergey Lavrov thanked North Korea for its "unwavering and principled support."
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Russian foreign minister thanks North Korea for 'unwavering' support in Ukraine war