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Russia says it rehearsed delivering a massive retaliatory nuclear strike

Russia has successfully tested its ability to deliver a massive retaliatory nuclear strike by land, sea and air, a Kremlin statement said on Wednesday, a display of force

Russia says it rehearsed delivering a massive retaliatory nuclear strike
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Dagestan shootings spotlight rising Islamist threat for Putin

President Vladimir Putin says Russia's war in Ukraine is part of an existential struggle with the West that demands total focus - but deadly shootings in Dagestan

Dagestan shootings spotlight rising Islamist threat for Putin
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Putin decrees patriotic 'Russia' exhibition become a permanent landmark

It boasts a replica of the 'Tsar Bomba', the most powerful nuclear bomb ever tested, slick presentation stands extolling the virtues of four Ukrainian regions

Putin decrees patriotic 'Russia' exhibition become a permanent landmark
Election|News|Political|US|World

In Russia, Biden's verbal slip over Putin's name draws mockery and unease

Joe Biden has shown he is "a pro-Russian candidate being controlled by the Kremlin," Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman joked on Friday, after the U.S. president

In Russia, Biden's verbal slip over Putin's name draws mockery and unease
Crime|News|US|World

Russia's trial of US reporter Gershkovich moves quickly through secret witness testimony

Russia's espionage trial of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich moved quickly through witness testimony behind closed doors on Thursday

Russia's trial of US reporter Gershkovich moves quickly through secret witness testimony
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Russian court jails US reporter Gershkovich for 16 years in spying case his employer calls a sham

A Russian court found U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich guilty of espionage on Friday and sentenced him to 16 years in a maximum security penal

Russian court jails US reporter Gershkovich for 16 years in spying case his employer calls a sham
Crime|News|World

Russian dissidents disappear from prison in sign a prisoner swap with the West may be close

A number of Russian dissidents and people convicted for their opposition to Moscow's war in Ukraine have disappeared from Russian prisons in recent days, in what

Russian dissidents disappear from prison in sign a prisoner swap with the West may be close
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Americans, Russian assassin freed in biggest post-Cold War prisoner swap

U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich and ex-U.S.

Americans, Russian assassin freed in biggest post-Cold War prisoner swap
News|US|World

Putin welcomes Russians freed in prisoner swap as heroes loyal to the Motherland

President Vladimir Putin gave Russian nationals freed in an historic prisoner exchange with the West a hero's welcome on Thursday as they stepped off a plane in

Putin welcomes Russians freed in prisoner swap as heroes loyal to the Motherland
Europe|World

Children of freed sleeper agents learned they were Russians on the flight, Kremlin says

A family of Russian sleeper agents flown to Moscow in the biggest East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War were so deep under cover that their

Children of freed sleeper agents learned they were Russians on the flight, Kremlin says
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Russian military says it takes control of strategic Ukrainian town of 'Niu-York'

The Russian military said on Tuesday that its forces had taken control of what it described as the strategically important logistics hub of Niu-York in eastern

Russian military says it takes control of strategic Ukrainian town of 'Niu-York'
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Russia says it advances in eastern Ukraine and regroups after incursion

Russia said on Tuesday its forces had taken control of what it described as the strategically important logistics hub of Niu-York in eastern

Russia says it advances in eastern Ukraine and regroups after incursion
Europe|MidEast|News|World

Why does Russia want to capture strategic Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk?

Russian forces are around 3 kilometres (1.9 miles) to the south of the strategically important eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, open

Why does Russia want to capture strategic Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk?
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Kremlin warns of escalation if US allows Kyiv to hit Russia with long-range missiles

The Kremlin told the West on Wednesday that any decision to allow Ukraine to strike Russia with long-range Western missiles would deepen what it

Kremlin warns of escalation if US allows Kyiv to hit Russia with long-range missiles
Europe|News

Russian pranksters target Polish foreign minister in hoax call about Ukraine

Russian pranksters released footage on Thursday of a video call with Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski after apparently tricking

Russian pranksters target Polish foreign minister in hoax call about Ukraine
Europe|News|World

Putin says West will be fighting directly with Russia if it lets Kyiv use long-range missiles

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the West would be directly fighting with Russia if it allowed Ukraine to strike Russian territory with

Putin says West will be fighting directly with Russia if it lets Kyiv use long-range missiles
Europe|News|World

Russia expels British diplomats as Western allies discuss long-range weapons for Ukraine

Russia's FSB security service said on Friday it had revoked the accreditation of six British diplomats in Moscow after accusing them of spying and sabotage work, signalling

Russia expels British diplomats as Western allies discuss long-range weapons for Ukraine
Europe|News|World

Infighting rocks Russia's exiled opposition as Navalny allies accuse colleagues of foul play

Splits in Russia's opposition in exile have widened sharply, shifting their focus from political activism to infighting after allies of late

Infighting rocks Russia's exiled opposition as Navalny allies accuse colleagues of foul play
Europe|News|World

Putin's options for Ukraine missiles response include nuclear test, experts say

Vladimir Putin's options to retaliate if the West lets Ukraine use its long-range missiles to strike Russia could include striking British military assets near Russia or, in

Putin's options for Ukraine missiles response include nuclear test, experts say
Europe|News|World

Putin orders Russian army to become second largest after China's at 1.5 million-strong

President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered the regular size of the Russian army to be increased by 180,000 troops to 1.5 million active servicemen in a move that would make

Putin orders Russian army to become second largest after China's at 1.5 million-strong
Europe|News|Science|Technology|World

Russian nuclear test chief says Moscow is ready to resume testing 'at any moment'

The head of Russia's nuclear testing site said on Tuesday his secretive facility was ready to resume nuclear tests "at any moment" if Moscow gave the order, in rare

Russian nuclear test chief says Moscow is ready to resume testing 'at any moment'
Political|World

Russia, battling birth rate dip, is working on 'child-free' ideology ban, says Putin ally

The Russian parliament is working on a law that would ban what the authorities cast as the harmful promotion of a child-free way of life with heavy fines for "

Russia, battling birth rate dip, is working on 'child-free' ideology ban, says Putin ally
Europe|News|US|World

Putin draws a nuclear red line for the West

President Vladimir Putin has drawn a "red line" for the United States and its allies by signalling that Moscow will consider responding with

Putin draws a nuclear red line for the West
Europe|World

How significant is Russia's capture of Ukrainian town of Vuhledar?

Russian troops are in complete control of the town of Vuhledar in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region that has resisted Russian assaults for more than two years, the SHOT

How significant is Russia's capture of Ukrainian town of Vuhledar?
News|Technology|World

Hacker attack disrupts Russian state media on Putin's birthday

Russian state media company VGTRK, which owns and operates the country's main national TV stations, was targeted in a massive cyberattack on

Hacker attack disrupts Russian state media on Putin's birthday

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