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Russian journalist Yekaterina Barabash, who faces up to 10 years in prison for criticizing the military, is the subject of an arrest warrant after she disappeared while under house arrest.
Russia’s Supreme Court removed Afghanistan's militant Taliban rulers from its list of banned terrorist groups in a step toward recognizing the group that seized power in 2021 as international forces withdrew from the war-torn country.
Russia and the United States are to resume talks on April 10 in Istanbul on the normalization of their respective diplomatic missions.
An advert for Moscow’s new recruitment center offers touchy-feely encouragement to new recruits, while press gangs use brute force to round up potential soldiers.
Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev said on April 3 that he saw a "positive dynamic" in relations between Moscow and Washington, but differences remain, and several more meetings are needed to resolve them.
Russian law enforcement officers raided the Yekaterinburg residence of Mikhail Volkov, the father of prominent opposition politician Leonid Volkov, a key ally of late Kremlin critic Aleksei Navalny.
Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev has arrived in Washington to meet with US officials as part of President Donald Trump’s push to press for a cease-fire in the war in Ukraine, US media reports said on April 2.
The Kremlin said Kirill Dmitriev, the chief of Russia's sovereign wealth fund and President Vladimir Putin's special envoy, may visit Washington this week for talks with US President Donald Trump's administration on bilateral relations and peace talks over Ukraine.
Russia and Ukraine exchanged drone strikes overnight, as Russian forces increased the intensity of attacks on the ground.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested Ukraine could be placed under a form of temporary international administration to allow for elections and the signing of key accords.
US envoy Steve Witkoff says the status of the Ukrainian territories currently occupied by Russia is central to ending the war between Moscow and Kyiv.
Russian drone strikes targeted civilian infrastructure in Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odesa, leaving at least three people injured and several districts of the city battling power cuts while Czech President Petr Pavel was visiting the city for talks with officials.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a delegation from Kyiv will hold talks with US officials in Saudi Arabia next week even as Ukraine and Russia traded air strikes on energy and civilian infrastructure.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia hit energy infrastructure in Ukraine just hours after President Vladimir Putin told US President Donald Trump he would halt such strikes, as he warned of a "long path" to a cease-fire in the war on Ukraine.
Ukraine launched a large-scale drone attack that struck Moscow and the Moscow region overnight, killing at least one person and causing damage to residential buildings and infrastructure as diplomats from Washington and Kyiv prepare to meet in Saudi Arabia.
The United States has detained people in five separate cases over the past two years for exporting or attempting to export planes, parts, and components to Russia, whose fleet of Boeing and Airbus passenger jets faces growing problems as supplies of parts and availability of maintenance dry up.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which marks its third year on February 24, has been a geopolitical earthquake, shaking the decades-old international order. The ramifications for Russian citizens have been far from uniform, differing sharply by region and social group, among other factors.
A Russian court has ordered an American man to be held in custody for 30 days after he was arrested at a Moscow airport on drug-smuggling charges when customs officials said they found cannabis-laced marmalade in his baggage.
Confessed Russian cybercriminal Aleksandr Vinnik, who was released by the United States in a swap for an American citizen held for more than three years, has arrived in Moscow.
Ukraine said it destroyed two "Valdai" radar systems near Moscow in a wave of overnight drone attacks, while Moldova said two Russian drones exploded on its territory and NATO member Romania said its airspace had likely been breached.
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