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Russia Simulates ‘Massive’ Nuclear Response to Enemy Attack

Vladimir Putin said at the start of the exercise that “Russia affirms its firm stance that the use of nuclear weapons is a last-resort measure.”

Russian Court Jails Ukrainian Man Over Ex-Submarine Commander’s Murder

Sergei Denysenko was arrested after army recruitment officer and former submarine commander Stanislav Rzhitsky was shot dead while jogging in a park.
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U.S. Man Jailed in Russia Interviewed on State TV

Gordon Black was jailed for threatening to kill his Russian girlfriend whom he met online and stealing $102 from her.
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Russia Fines Google $2.5 Decillion Over YouTube Bans – RBC

Google reportedly began accumulating daily penalties of 100,000 rubles in 2020 after it was ordered to restore pro-government YouTube channels.
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Russian Army Says It Has Captured Key Town of Selydove in Eastern Ukraine

Selydove, with a pre-war population of 20,000, was home to the only Donetsk region coal mine still under Kyiv’s control.
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Moscow Court Jails IT Worker for Trying to Share ‘State Secrets’ With CIA

Russia’s FSB claimed Firuz Dadoboyev illegally acquired information that was a “state secret” and planned to pass it to a U.S. intelligence officer...
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Estonia Summons Russian Diplomat Over Border River Dispute

Estonian border guards accused their Russian counterparts of removing two dozen navigation buoys from the Narva River in May.
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Chechnya’s Mufti Slams Ban on Hijabs in Schools

“We’re bewildered by the fact that this prohibition order specifically and only targets Islamic religious clothing,” Supreme Mufti Salah Mezhiev...
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North Korea’s Foreign Minister Arrives in Russia for Talks

Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui is headed to Moscow for talks with Russian officials, state media reported, her third visit to Russia this year.
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Drone Attacks Russian Special Forces University in Chechnya

The early morning strike marks the first suck attack on Russia’s republic of Chechnya since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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Tens of Thousands Rally in Georgia After Contested Vote

The Caucasus country has plunged into political uncertainty since Saturday's parliamentary election.
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U.K. Sanctions 3 Russian PR Firms, Senior Managers

The companies were accused of running “interference operations” in Ukraine and other European countries.
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Russia’s FSB Says 4 ‘Saboteurs’ Killed in Attempted Border Incursion in Bryansk Region

A video shared by state media showed a Canadian flag and a Polish-language prayer book next to the body of one of the alleged saboteurs.
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Finland Seizes Russian Cultural Center in Helsinki After Ukrainian Gas Provider Wins Lawsuit

An arbitration court ordered Moscow to compensate Ukraine’s Naftogaz $5 billion over the loss of assets after the 2014 annexation of Crimea.
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NATO Chief Says North Korean Troops Sent to Russia’s Kursk Region

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte decried the deployment as a sign of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “growing desperation.”
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Russian Police Raid Homes of Romani People After Ethnic Tensions Flare in Chelyabinsk Region

Law enforcement agents detained around 20 Roma for “crime prevention talks” after two Romani men reportedly murdered a woman last week.
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Punitive Psychiatry: An Increasingly Common Tool in Russia's Crackdown on Activists

Dozens of people are believed to have been sent to forced psychiatric treatment for political reasons.
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Ukrainian Drone Strike in Russia’s Kursk Region Kills 2

Kursk region Governor Alexei Smirnov said a “Ukrainian copter drone” targeted a civilian vehicle in the Lgovsky District.
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Kremlin ‘Strongly Rejects’ Accusations of Election Interference in Georgia

“There are attempts to interfere, but not from Russia’s side,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, accusing European officials of meddling.
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