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Russian Senator Gifts Aircraft Rocket to City District

“May you develop as swiftly as this rocket. May you always hit your targets like this rocket,” Senator Sergei Muratov told a local community gathering...

Ex-State TV Reporter Zhanna Agalakova: 'We All Bear Some Degree of Responsibility'

Zhanna Agalakova made international headlines by resigning from her position in protest of the invasion of Ukraine and telling Russians “to switch the...
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Russia Returns 46 Displaced Kursk Residents From Ukraine, Human Rights Official Says

Presidential human rights commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova has accused Ukrainian troops of forcibly relocating over 1,000 residents from the Kursk region...
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Washington Has ‘Understood’ Putin’s Warning After Hypersonic Missile Strike, Kremlin Says

“The key message is that the reckless decisions and actions of Western countries… cannot go unanswered,” spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
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Russia Labels 172 Indigenous Groups as ‘Terrorist’ Organizations

Authorities claimed the groups are “structural subdivisions” of the Free Nations of PostRussia Forum, a Poland-based organization founded in 2022.
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Gazprombank Warns of UnionPay Card Issues Abroad Following U.S. Sanctions

Russian banks began issuing UnionPay cards after Visa and Mastercard suspended services in Russia following the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
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Kremlin Says Migrants Essential to Counter Russia’s Labor Shortage

“We live in the largest country in the world, but there aren’t that many of us,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told state media.
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St. Petersburg Police Investigate Arson of Lenin’s Hideaway Hut

The hut, part of a historical and cultural museum complex in the village of Razliv, was discovered torched in the early hours of Wednesday.
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NATO and Ukraine to Discuss Russia’s Hypersonic Missile Strike

Ambassadors from NATO and Ukraine will convene on Tuesday in the NATO-Ukraine Council to address the missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro.
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North Korean General Wounded in Ukrainian Missile Strike on Kursk Region – WSJ

Ukrainian and South Korean officials previously said that Pyongyang sent Col. Gen. Kim Yong Bok to oversee North Korea’s coordination with Russia.
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Zelensky Urges Strong Global Response to Russian Hypersonic Missile Strike

The Ukrainian leader said Wednesday’s overnight attack on the city of Dnipro was “damning proof that Russia definitely does not want peace.”
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Freed U.S.-Russian Journalist Alsu Kurmasheva: ‘Our Work Right Now Is to Be a Witness to History’

Kurmasheva spoke to MT about her experience in prison, the prisoner swap, life since being released and her work to support her imprisoned colleagues.
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Russia Fired Experimental Hypersonic Missile at Ukraine in Response to Western Long-Range Missiles – Putin

A U.S. official told MT that Moscow likely has only a handful of the missiles and that it may be using them now in an attempt to intimidate Ukraine.
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U.S. Targets Gazprombank in New Sanctions Package

Washington accused Gazprombank of facilitating payments for soldiers and enabling Russia’s purchase of military equipment for the war.
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500 Miles From Ukraine, Russia’s Leningrad Region Races to Convert Cellars Into Bomb Shelters

Authorities did not explain the urgency behind the move, which comes amid escalating tensions following changes to Russia’s nuclear doctrine.
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Russia Launches Supply Rocket to International Space Station

A Soyuz-2 rocket carrying the Progress MS-29 cargo ship lifted off from Kazakhstan’s Baikonur Cosmodrome at 3:22 p.m. Moscow time.
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Russian Lawmakers Pass Spending Bill With Record Defense Budget

The three-year budget allocates a record $133.63 billion to national defense in 2025, accounting for nearly 40% of the government’s total spending.
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Russia Confirms Ukraine Used U.K.-Made Storm Shadow Missiles in Cross-Border Strikes

Pro-war bloggers and Western media had reported earlier that the Storm Shadow missiles were used in targeting Russia’s Kursk region.
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Nabiullina vs. Stagflation: Can Putin's Top Technocrat Save the Russian Economy Once Again? 

The Central Bank head, seen as Putin's most capable technocrat, is facing scrutiny from businesses and Kremlin allies amid stubborn inflation.
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