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Russia, the world’s largest nation, borders European and Asian countries as well as the Pacific and Arctic oceans. Its landscape ranges from tundra and forests to subtropical beaches. It’s famous for Moscow's Bolshoi and St. Petersburg's Mariins

Wagner fighters on Saturday spoke with a Russian service member near the headquarters of the Southern Military District in Rostov. STRINGER/REUTERS

Russia’s Putin Orders Military to Crush Wagner Power Grab, Calls It Treason

 08:06 24/06/2023

President intervenes after Yevgeny Prigozhin’s paramilitary group seizes city of Rostov in most serious challenge to Putin since he took power
Picture: Handout/various sources/AFP

Chaos as Russia’s Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin urges ‘armed mutiny’

 20:27 23/06/2023

Russia has been engulfed by chaos after the head of the nation’s Wagner mercenary group was accused of inciting mutiny.
Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly wants 30 Poseidon torpedoes. Picture: Mikhail Metzel/Sputnik/AFP

RUSSIA’S HORRIFYING PLAN: ‘Fatal mistake’ could threaten the world

 06:05 18/06/2023

One of these terrifying “super weapons” could wipe out millions of people in one go – and Russia is planning to stockpile 30 of them.

Darya Trepova, 26, at the Basmanny district court escorted by officers, in Moscow on Tuesday. Photograph: Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters

St Petersburg bomb suspect charged with terrorism over killing of pro-war blogger

 19:37 04/04/2023

Moscow says Darya Trepova acted for Ukraine and handed statuette to Vladlen Tatarsky that later exploded
Composite: Guardian/Design/Sputnik/AFP/GETTY IMAGES/Facebook/Telegram

'Vulkan files’ leak reveals Putin’s global and domestic cyberwarfare tactics

 15:33 30/03/2023

Documents leaked by whistleblower angry over Ukraine war

A stock image © Global Look Press

Moscow opens criminal case over Putin warrant

 09:55 20/03/2023

Russia’s investigative committee says the ICC prosecutor and judges acted “illegally”
photo credit: SPUTNIK/GAVRIIL GRIGOROV/POOL VIA REUTERS

ICC issues arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin over Russian war crimes in Ukraine

 11:31 17/03/2023

The ICC issued the warrant for Putin's arrest on suspicion of unlawful deportation of children and unlawful transfer of people from the territory of Ukraine to the Russian Federation.

Top Chinese foreign policy official Wang Yi and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (in July 2022 on Bali): Dispensing with the usual diplomatic niceties Foto: Stefani Reynolds / AP

China Reportedly Negotiating with Russia To Supply Kamikaze Drones

 06:05 27/02/2023

The U.S. and Germany have warned China not to deliver weapons to Russia. According to information obtained by DER SPIEGEL, however, Beijing and Moscow are said to be negotiating the purchase of 100 strike drones, which could be delivered as soon as April.
PAVEL ANTOV/VK / Antov had set up the Vladimir Standard company in the 2000s and became a well-regarded lawmaker in the city of Vladimir

Russian sausage tycoon Pavel Antov dies in Indian hotel fall

 10:31 27/12/2022

Russian sausage tycoon Pavel Antov has been found dead at an Indian hotel, two days after a friend died during the same trip.
Russia's strategic missile carrier Tu-160 at the Engels airfield in Saratov region. ©  Sputnik / Russia's Defense Ministry

Three killed in Ukrainian drone attack on Russian airfield – MoD

 07:33 26/12/2022

Three Russian serviceman were killed by debris from a destroyed UAV, the Defense Ministry says
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SUSPICIOUS ‘ACCIDENT’: Russian tycoon falls down stairs to his death

 08:22 19/12/2022

A 50-year-old Russian real estate magnate has died under mysterious circumstances after suffering fatal head injuries after a suspicious fall.
(photo credit: IRANIAN ARMY/WANA (WEST ASIA NEWS AGENCY)/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)

Russia says it has recovered drones used to attack its Black Sea fleet in Crimea

 21:48 30/10/2022

Russia's defense ministry said that the drones used to attack ships were found to be equipped with Canadian-made navigation.
(photo credit: State Emergency Services of Ukraine/Handout via REUTERS)

Aircraft crashes into residential building in Russian city of Yeysk - TASS

 12:46 17/10/2022

RIA news agency said the plane was a fighter jet and crashed during a training flight from a military airfield.
A view of the bridge linking Crimea to mainland Russia. ©  vk.com / myfeo_ru / via Globallookpress.com

Crimea bridge: Putin accuses Ukraine of 'terrorism'

 22:38 09/10/2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused Ukraine of attacking the bridge to Russian-annexed Crimea, saying that it was an "act of terrorism".
A helicopter drops water to extinguish fuel tanks ablaze on the Kerch bridge in the Kerch Strait, Crimea (photo credit: REUTERS)

Huge explosion rocks Russian bridge leading into Crimea, 3 dead

 07:54 08/10/2022

An adviser to Ukraine's President Zelensky, Mykhailo Podolyak, called the explosion a "beginning" - but did not directly claim Ukrainian responsibility.
(photo credit: REUTERS/SERGEI KARPUKHIN)

Russian bombers capable of carrying nukes detected near Finland

 05:42 01/10/2022

The bombers, capable of carrying cruise missiles and strategic nuclear weapons, have been active in the Ukrainian war since Moscow invaded in February.
(photo credit: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service)

In his speech, Zelensky said that Ukraine is ready for peace talks with Russia but with a different Russian president.

 12:48 30/09/2022

In his speech, Zelensky said that Ukraine is ready for peace talks with Russia but with a different Russian president.
FILE PHOTO. ©  Jens Büttner / picture alliance via Getty Images

Putin names orchestrator of Nord Stream blasts

 12:44 30/09/2022

Sanctioning Russia is no longer enough for the US, which has now switched to sabotage, the president claimed
AP / Mikhail Metzel / Kremlin pool

Putin signs treaties on accession of Donbass, Zaporozhye, and Kherson to Russia

 10:27 30/09/2022

The documents are now to be verified by the Russian Constitutional Court and ratified by parliament
FILE PHOTO ©  Alexei Nikolsky / Sputnik / Kremlin pool via AP

Putin recognizes independence of Zaporozhye and Kherson

 22:32 29/09/2022

The decrees mark another step in the former Ukrainian regions joining Russia
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