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Russia becomes first country to recognise Afghanistan’s Taliban government | Taliban News
Supreme Court lifted group’s ‘terrorist’ designation in April, as Moscow seeks normalisation in bid for regional clout. Russia has accepted…
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Russia ‘will not back down’ on Ukraine war goals, Putin tells Trump | Russia-Ukraine war News
Russian president says future talks need to be between Kyiv and Moscow amid signs latter does not want US involvement.…
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Ukraine drone attack on central Russia kills three, wounds 35 | Russia-Ukraine war News
The attack comes shortly after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy promises to increase Ukraine’s drone production. A Ukrainian drone attack at an…
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Photographer Jailed in Russia for Sharing Public Images of Soviet Bunkers
35-year-old photographer Grigory Skvortsov A photographer was sentenced to sixteen years in a Russian prison for sharing a publicly available…
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Russia and Ukraine swap drone attacks as ceasefire efforts remain stalled | Russia-Ukraine war News
Russian appears to have raised the scale of hostilities as the US has become distracted with the Israel-Iran war. Russia…
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Russia returns bodies of 1,200 more Ukrainians as part of POW swap | Russia-Ukraine war News
The exchange stems from the Istanbul talks deal, but Russia claims Ukraine is not upholding its part of the agreement.…
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Will Russia, Turkiye and China provide support to Iran in its conflict? | Israel-Iran conflict
Moscow, Ankara and Beijing have condemned Israel’s attacks on Iran. It is a conflict that has the potential to ignite…
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Russia, Ukraine conduct another round of POWs exchange | Russia-Ukraine war News
The exchanges are part of agreements reached by the warring sides during talks in Istanbul earlier this month. Ukraine and…
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Russia sentences Alexey Navalny ally in absentia to 18 years in prison | Vladimir Putin News
Opposition figure Leonid Volkov, based in Lithuania, has been found guilty on dozens of charges by a military court. Russian…
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Ukraine says Russia took 20,000 children during war. Will some be returned? | Russia-Ukraine war News
Kyiv, Ukraine – Russian President Vladimir Putin faces criminal charges for the “unlawful deportation and transfer of children”. That is…
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