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Ukraine Says Hit Russian Submarine in Wartime First

Russia’s Black Sea Fleet acknowledged that an attack had taken place but denied that any vessels were damaged.

EU Sanctions Target Russia’s ‘Shadow Fleet’ Backers and Disinformation Network

Among the individuals targeted in the latest sanctions package is John Mark Dougan, a former U.S. Marine and Florida deputy sheriff who fled to Russia...
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Wildberries & Russ Acquires Cosmetics Chain Rive Gauche

Founded in 1995, Rive Gauche ranks as Russia’s fifth-largest perfume and cosmetics retailer by revenue.
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St. Petersburg High Schooler Stabs Teacher Over Bad Grade, Police Say

Both the teacher and the student were taken to the hospital, where they were reported to be in serious but not life-threatening condition.
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Syria’s Assad Shunned by Kremlin in Isolated but Luxurious Moscow Exile – Guardian

“Putin has little patience for leaders who lose their grip on power,” a source close to the Kremlin told The Guardian.
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Yandex Updates Maps to Reduce Navigation Errors Amid GPS Disruptions

A new “Step-by-Step” navigation mode provides users with a fixed route and simplified instructions rather than relying on continuous real-time location...
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Moscow Court Labels Pussy Riot ‘Extremist’ Organization

Nadya Tolokonnikova, one of the group’s founders, said the move was intended to “erase Pussy Riot from the minds of the Russian people.”
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Russia’s Central Bank Seeks $230Bln From Euroclear Over Frozen Assets

The legal move comes as the EU debates how to use frozen Russian sovereign assets to provide long-term support to Ukraine.
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Zelensky Says He Will Seek U.S. Support for Freezing Front Line at Berlin Talks

Zelensky told reporters "the fairest possible option is to 'stay where we are.'"
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Ukraine Says Russian Drone Hit Turkish Cargo Vessel in Black Sea

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said the attack on the ship, which was carrying sunflower oil, was an attack "against food security."
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Belarus Frees Protest Leader, Nobel Laureate in Deal With U.S.

Protest leader Maria Kalesnikava and Nobel Peace Prize-winning rights activist Ales Bialiatski are among the 123 people to walk free in the deal.
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U.S. Special Envoy to Meet Zelensky, European Leaders in Berlin This Weekend

Ahead of the meetings, Kyiv said "massive" Russian strikes on energy facilities overnight had left thousands without power across the country.
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Ukrainian Drones Kill 2 in Saratov

Regional Governor Roman Busargin said the drones hit a residential building in Saratov.
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North Korea Acknowledges Its Troops Cleared Mines for Russia

Nine members of the engineering regiment died during the 120-day deployment that started in August, Kim Jong Un said.
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EU Agrees to Indefinite Freeze of Russian Central Bank Assets

The move removes a major hurdle to using the roughly 210 billion euros in Russian sovereign assets immobilized in Europe to support Ukraine.
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Turkish Ship Damaged in Russian Strike on Ukraine's Odesa Region

The strike came hours after Turkey's Erdoğan had raised the issue of strikes on port infrastructure personally with Putin.
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Russia Floats National Guard, Police Deployment in Contested Ukrainian Regions After Kyiv’s Withdrawal

Ushakov, a Kremlin foreign policy advisor, said he expects Russia to reject Kyiv’s 20-point peace counterproposal.
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Germany Blames Russia for Cyberattack on Air Safety, Election Interference

The Foreign Ministry said Germany "would take a series of countermeasures to make Russia pay a price for its hybrid actions."
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Erdoğan Pushes Putin on 'Limited Ceasefire' at Ports, Energy Facilities

Erdoğan's remarks came on the heels of several attacks on Russia-linked tankers in the Black Sea, some of which were drone attacks claimed by Kyiv.
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