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“Legitimate goals”: ​​Putin does not want to attack NATO countries for the time being - but western F-16 fighter jets
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“Legitimate goals”: ​​Putin does not want to attack NATO countries for the ...
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Dead and injured after attack: Moscow drops bombs on Kharkiv: The Russian Air Force is massively attacking the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv from the air ...
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Dead and injured after attack: Moscow drops bombs on Kharkiv
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Russia's Spy Chief Visited North Korea for Security Talks – State Media: Russia's spy chief visited Pyongyang earlier this week to discuss security cooperation ...
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Russia's Spy Chief Visited North Korea for Security Talks – State Media
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Russia: How Dmitri Medvedev became the Kremlin's tragic figure: The former Russian president, once a staunch supporter of rapprochement with the West ...
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Russia: How Dmitri Medvedev became the Kremlin's tragic figure
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Kyiv to tighten security after spate of Russian ballistic missile attacks: Security measures in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv will be tightened after a spate of ...
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Kyiv to tighten security after spate of Russian ballistic missile attacks
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2 Russian Journalists Detained in Navalny ‘Extremism’ Case : Russian police have detained at least two independent journalists on “extremism” charges in ...
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2 Russian Journalists Detained in Navalny ‘Extremism’ Case 
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Estonian police arrest citizen who reported for Russian state media: Estonian police have arrested Svetlana Burceva, an Estonian citizen, for allegedly violating ...
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Estonian police arrest citizen who reported for Russian state media
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Russia’s Crimea annexation looks a lot like ethnic cleansing: Basking in his wholly expected re-election victory, Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed a ...
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Russia’s Crimea annexation looks a lot like ethnic cleansing
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Putin on attacking NATO: ‘Complete nonsense’: Just trust him.
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Putin on attacking NATO: ‘Complete nonsense’
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US, South Korea announce joint sanctions targeting financers of North Korea's weapons program
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Quick Glance: Execs in Japan Arrested for Winning Dev Bids and Outsourcing to NK
  • Two executives in Japan were issued arrest warrants for charges related to establishing a business that outsourced work to North Korean IT engineers.

  • Authorities suspect Pak may have connections to a person involved in the foreign currency acquisition activities of the Hermit Kingdom, and are looking into potential money flow to North Korea.

  • Amid an investigation involving the development of a smartphone app that breached Japan's banking act, authorities found suspicious transfers to North Korean IT engineers from Robast.

  • Hiring a North Korean for development tasks can contribute foreign currency and illicit funds for a despot's operations, while also violating national sanctions.
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As Russia attacks, Ukraine scrambles to dig enough trenches: There is worry that Kyiv has left it too late to build the formidable defenses needed to hold off a ...
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As Russia attacks, Ukraine scrambles to dig enough trenches
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In Putin’s Russia, state violence is on full display: When the men accused of committing last week's terrorist attack in Moscow appeared in front of a ...
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In Putin’s Russia, state violence is on full display
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Russia executed Ukrainian POWs, UN report says: The United Nations issues damning report about conduct of Vladimir Putin’s troops in eastern Ukraine.
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Russia executed Ukrainian POWs, UN report says
Quick Glance: The remarkable evolution of ISIS-K's leader into a formidable group
  • Sanaullah Ghafari, in his role as the leader of the Afghan branch of Islamic State, played a significant role in the transformation into an extremely menacing branch of the global Islamist network, capable of conducting operations far from their bases in the border regions of Afghanistan.

  • The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the massacre at a concert hall near Moscow that resulted in the deaths of at least 137 people. U.S. officials indicated that the Afghan branch, Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K), was responsible.

  • Ghafari has enhanced the group's strength through his firm ideology and notable attacks. He has made repeated attempts to target Russia in response to its involvement in the Syrian civil war, which contributed to defeating ISIS' regional operations.

  • By using high-profile attacks as a tool for recruitment, the group has focused on ethnic Tajiks and Uzbeks in Central Asia. ISIS-K is planning to escalate its foreign operations, including attacks against the United States.
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Foreign firms' losses from exiting Russia top $107 billion: The corporate exodus from Russia since its 2022 invasion of Ukraine has cost foreign companies more ...
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Foreign firms' losses from exiting Russia top $107 billion
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Report: Russia remains the biggest security threat to Finland: According to the new report from the Finnish security police Supo, Russia remains the biggest ...
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Report: Russia remains the biggest security threat to Finland
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Moscow Attack Death Toll Rises to 143 – Authorities: The death toll from the attack on a Moscow concert hall claimed by Islamic extremists rose on Wednesday to ...
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Moscow Attack Death Toll Rises to 143 – Authorities
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Western troops in Ukraine ‘bring the risk of a world war,’ Hungary’s top diplomat tells Russian media
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Western troops in Ukraine ‘bring the risk of a world war,’ Hungary’s top ...
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Russia blames Ukraine, the West over Moscow concert hall attack: Russia on Tuesday sought to shift blame for the Moscow concert hall attack onto Ukraine and its ...
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Russia blames Ukraine, the West over Moscow concert hall attack
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Ukraine war: Ukrainian ground troops still under pressure: Power went out for hundreds of thousands in the port city. The Ukrainian Defense Ministry reports that ...
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Ukraine war: Ukrainian ground troops still under pressure
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Russia, Mali To Strengthen Counterterrorism Efforts: Russia and Mali agreed to strengthen their cooperation over counterterrorism in a telephone call on ...
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Russia, Mali To Strengthen Counterterrorism Efforts
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‘I’m Trying to Forget It’: Moscow Concert Attack Survivors Grapple With Trauma: MOSCOW — “I think we survived by a miracle,” said one man who survived the deadly ...
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‘I’m Trying to Forget It’: Moscow Concert Attack Survivors Grapple With ...
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UN Report Accuses Russia Of Executing Ukrainian Prisoners Of War: A new report by the United Nations has said Russia may have executed at least 32 Ukrainian ...
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UN Report Accuses Russia Of Executing Ukrainian Prisoners Of War
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Lukashenko Says Helped Russia Stop Concert Gunmen From Fleeing to Belarus: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Tuesday that he had helped his ...
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Lukashenko Says Helped Russia Stop Concert Gunmen From Fleeing to Belarus
Quick Glance: Lukashenko Supervises Troops Near Lithuanian Border
  • During a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Russia-Belarus Union State in Saint Petersburg, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko inspected a tank battalion near the Lithuanian border and directed that any 'provocation' there must be met with force, as reported by a Telegram channel close to his administration on Tuesday.

  • Emphasizing the need to 'publicly stop any provocation', Lukashenko highlighted that 'any violation of the state border must be decisively countered'.

  • The deteriorating relations between Lithuania, a member of the European Union and NATO, and Minsk have been attributed to Lithuania's support for the opposition in Belarus.
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Reuters: Russia turns to Belarusian gasoline amid decreasing domestic supplies: Russia is increasing imports of gasoline from Belarus to avert possible shortages ...
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Reuters: Russia turns to Belarusian gasoline amid decreasing domestic ...
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Russia says NATO preparing allies for conflict with Moscow: NATO activity in Eastern Europe and the Black Sea area is aimed at preparing its allies for conflict ...
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Russia says NATO preparing allies for conflict with Moscow
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Reuters: Russia facing delays in oil payments from China, Turkey and UAE: Banks in China, the UAE, and Turkey have boosted sanctions compliance leading to ...
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Reuters: Russia facing delays in oil payments from China, Turkey and UAE
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Moscow terror attack: Russia’s FSB chief alleges US, UK involvement; eighth suspect appears in court
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Moscow terror attack: Russia’s FSB chief alleges US, UK involvement; ...
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Ukraine ramps up spending on homemade weapons to help fight Russia: One emerging bright spot is its small but fast-growing defense industry ...
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Ukraine ramps up spending on homemade weapons to help fight Russia
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Russian Attacks on Ukraine's Kharkiv Region Wound 4: Four people were wounded by Russian strikes on the eastern Ukrainian region of Kharkiv ...
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Russian Attacks on Ukraine's Kharkiv Region Wound 4
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Prigozhin Is Dead, but His Troll Farms Are Alive and Peddling Disinformation: Russian trolls farms linked to the mercenary chief are likely to continue peddling ...
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Prigozhin Is Dead, but His Troll Farms Are Alive and Peddling ...
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Moscow Says Talks Ongoing Over Gershkovich Exchange: The Kremlin said Thursday that discussions continued to take place over a possible prisoner exchange ...
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Moscow Says Talks Ongoing Over Gershkovich Exchange
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Russia Has No Formal Death Penalty. Some Want to Change That.: Some prominent Russians are calling for the execution of those responsible for the massacre at a ...
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Russia Has No Formal Death Penalty. Some Want to Change That.
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Moscow concert hall attack: Russia detains eighth suspect amid torture concerns : Russia on Tuesday (Mar 26) remanded to custody a Kyrgyzstan-born man suspected ...
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Moscow concert hall attack: Russia detains eighth suspect amid torture ...
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"Musk is a big kid": Starlink use by Russian troops worries Ukrainians: Growing use of Starlink terminals by Russian troops raises concerns among Ukrainian ...
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Air defenses down 16 airborne targets in Russia’s Belgorod: Governor: Russian air defense units on Wednesday downed 16 airborne targets around the city of ...
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Air defenses down 16 airborne targets in Russia’s Belgorod: Governor
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Moscow attack: Russia blames West and Kyiv for jihadist massacre: Ukraine accuses the Kremlin of lies, after it alleges Kyiv and the West were involved in the ...
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Moscow attack: Russia blames West and Kyiv for jihadist massacre
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Russia's FSB chief says U.S., Britain, Ukraine behind Moscow attack - TASS: The director of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), Alexander Bortnikov ...
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Russia's FSB chief says U.S., Britain, Ukraine behind Moscow attack - TASS
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Police Raid Warehouse Near Moscow for Migrant 'Document Check': Russian police have detained dozens of workers at a warehouse of the online retailer Wildberries ...
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Police Raid Warehouse Near Moscow for Migrant 'Document Check'
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Russian FSB says US, UK and Ukraine behind Moscow attack: The director of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), Alexander Bortnikov, said on Tuesday that the ...
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Russian FSB says US, UK and Ukraine behind Moscow attack
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Russia Sentences Online War Critic to 6 Years Jail: A Russian court on Wednesday sentenced a man to six years in jail for online messages denouncing Russia's ...
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Russia Sentences Online War Critic to 6 Years Jail
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War-battered Ukraine celebrates soccer team’s ‘crucial victory’ to reach Euro 2024
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War-battered Ukraine celebrates soccer team’s ‘crucial victory’ to reach ...
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What’s behind Macron’s ‘hardened stance’ on the Russia-Ukraine war?: The French president has adopted a bellicose stance in recent months, even suggesting troops ...
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What’s behind Macron’s ‘hardened stance’ on the Russia-Ukraine war?
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Swiss banks start to close accounts of Russian clients - Euromaidan Press: In 2022-2023, Swiss banks closed accounts of Russian clients with less than $1 million ...
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Swiss banks start to close accounts of Russian clients - Euromaidan Press
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Suspect in Moscow concert hall attack appeals pre-trial detention: Aminchon Islomov, one of eight suspects detained over suspected involvement in the Moscow ...
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Suspect in Moscow concert hall attack appeals pre-trial detention
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Russian Court Extends Detention of Evan Gershkovich: A court in Russia has extended Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich’s pretrial detention until at ...
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Russian Court Extends Detention of Evan Gershkovich
Quick Glance: Russian Court Extends WSJ Reporter Evan Gershkovich's Detention
  • A Russian court extended Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich's pre-trial detention until at least June 30.

  • He has been accused of "acting on the instructions of the American side" and collecting state secrets about the military.

  • The Wall Street Journal Editor-in-Chief Emma Tucker believes their reporter will be eventually freed but highlights the complexity of the situation.

  • Gershkovich is one of several high-profile U.S. citizens or dual nationals currently detained in Russia.
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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 763: As the war enters its 763rd day, these are the main developments.
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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 763
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More Civilians Killed Amid Kyiv's Desperation For Air-Defense Systems: Russian forces shelled the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, killing one person and ...
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More Civilians Killed Amid Kyiv's Desperation For Air-Defense Systems
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Kremlin calls Zelensky 'peculiar kind of Jew' over IS attack claim - Europe - The Jakarta Post
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Kremlin calls Zelensky 'peculiar kind of Jew' over IS attack ...
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Russia Nationalized 15 Defense Firms Since 2023 – Top Prosecutor: The Russian government has seized 15 defense companies valued at some 333 billion rubles ($3 ...
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Russia Nationalized 15 Defense Firms Since 2023 – Top Prosecutor
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Russia Doubles Down on Bid to Link Concert Massacre to Ukraine and the West: Analysts say the coordinated campaign to blame Kyiv is part of a push to divert ...
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Russia Doubles Down on Bid to Link Concert Massacre to Ukraine and the ...