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Russia holds first elections since Ukraine invasion, but opposition is mostly absent
Russians on Friday began voting in the first nationwide elections since the invasion of Ukraine in a climate of wartime censorship and repression, with the Kremlin trying to assure the public that it was business as usual.
The vote for…
Russian man jailed four months for forging document to delay repaying $1.7m loan
To buy himself more time to repay $1.71 million he had borrowed from his friend in 2015, a Singapore permanent resident from Russia forged a document to show that he had sold his condominium unit and had money to pay her.
Dmitriy Shport,…
Zelensky hails ‘good news’ as settlements recaptured from Russia
Ukraine's President Zelensky said he has "good news", claiming the recapture of several settlements from Russia.
Rumours have swirled for days about a possible breakthrough in the eastern Kharkiv region, but with no word from…
Xi and Putin to meet face-to-face next week, Russian envoy says
Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet on the sidelines of a summit in Uzbekistan next week, Russia’s envoy to Beijing Andrey Denisov told reporters on Wednesday.
The expected meeting at the Shanghai…
Russia postpones referendum in occupied Kherson region after Ukraine intensifies shelling
Russia has postponed the referendum in its occupied territory Kherson on joining Russia following increased shellings in the region by the Ukraine forces.
Earlier there were plans for a referendum in Kherson, as well as in the…
Climbers killed during a fall on Russian volcano
At least six people have died while climbing Eurasia's highest active volcano in eastern Russia's Kamchatka region, local media report.
They say rescuers are unable to reach another six climbers on the Klyuchevskaya Sopka…
Russia starts massive war games with China and other ally states
Russia has launched week-long military drills involving forces from China and other nations, an exercise that shows growing defence cooperation between Moscow and Beijing as they both face tensions with the United States.
The large-scale…
Russian oil chief Maganov dies in ‘fall from hospital window’
The chairman of Russia's Lukoil oil giant, Ravil Maganov, has died after falling from a hospital window in Moscow, reports say.
Maganov, 67, was being treated at the city's Central Clinical Hospital and died from his…
Russia shuts major gas pipeline to Europe
Russia has completely halted gas supplies to Europe via a major pipeline, saying repairs are needed.
The Russian state-owned energy giant, Gazprom, said the restrictions on the Nord Stream 1 pipeline would last for the next…
Mikhail Gorbachev: Last Soviet leader dies aged 91
Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader who brought the Cold War to a peaceful end, has died aged 91.
Gorbachev, who took power in 1985, opened up the Soviet Union to the world and introduced a set of reforms at home.…