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Russian Manufacturing Activity Sees Sharpest Decline Since Early Months of Ukraine Invasion

Three of the past four months have now been marked by slowed business activity.

Azerbaijan Launches Murder Probe After Autopsy Finds Brothers Died From Beatings in Russian Police Custody

Azerbaijani prosecutors said an autopsy showed the two men died from severe blood loss and shock due to extensive physical trauma.
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Russia’s Top Ferroalloy Producer to Cut Workweek Amid Metallurgy Crisis

The Chelyabinsk Electrometallurgical Plant said it has been forced to launch an “anti-crisis program.”
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Russia Now Occupies All of Ukraine’s Luhansk Region, Kremlin-Installed Official Says

Moscow previously claimed total control of the region, but a Ukrainian counteroffensive in September 2022 pushed back Russian forces.
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Ukrainian Drone Attack on Izhevsk Kills 3 and Wounds Dozens More

Authorities in Kyiv claimed that the target of the air attack was a factory that produces kamikaze drones for the Russian military.
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Kim Jong Un Honors North Korean Soldiers Killed Fighting for Russia

Russia’s Culture Minister was among the attendees at a ceremony marking the one-year anniversary of a military pact between Pyongyang and Moscow.
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Major Kuzbass Coal Mine Halts Operations, Leaving Hundreds Without Pay

The suspension highlights growing instability in Russia’s coal heartland.
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Financial Insecurity Is Russians' Top Reason Not to Start a Family – Poll

Among the 1,200 respondents aged 18 to 49, 79% chose financial circumstances as a deterrent to having children. 
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Leading Russian Coal Producer to Receive State Support Amid Deepening Industry Crisis

Mechel chief executive Oleg Korzhov said the industry is facing “significant difficulties,” and coal producers are bracing for a downturn in sales...
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Mariupol Children Undergo Pro-Russian Indoctrination at St. Petersburg ‘Wellness Camps’

Billed as health and wellness retreats, the camps teach children to develop respect and love for the country that occupies their home city.
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Prosecutors Seek Criminal Charges Against YouTuber Yury Dud Over ‘Foreign Agent’ Law Violations

The Moscow Prosecutor’s Office accused Dud of continuing to distribute content online without the required “foreign agent” disclaimer.
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Sberbank Approves Record $10Bln Dividend Payout

The lender plans to continue paying 50% of its net profit in dividends through at least 2026, Kommersant reported.
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Government Price Caps Put Russia’s Breadmakers in Jeopardy, Producer Warns

Bread prices rose 14.6% last year, a rate one and a half times faster than overall inflation. The government is now considering price caps to tame the...
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‘Jesus of Siberia’ Cult Leader Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison

Sergei Torop, a former traffic officer who calls himself “Vissarion,” founded the Church of the Last Testament in 1991 after what he described as a...
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FSB Recruits Ukrainian Teenagers for Espionage and Sabotage – FT

Kyiv says it has arrested nearly 200 teenagers in cases relating to espionage, arson and the placement of explosive devices organized by Russian intelligence...
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Samara Region Police Open ‘Nazi Rehabilitation’ Probe After Teenagers Sing Ukrainian Song

Media reports linked the criminal investigation to a video of teenagers singing: “Our father is Bandera, Ukraine is our mother.”
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Russian Advances Toward Sumy Continue – WSJ

“The enemy is losing 300 to 400 people per day across the region. But they can deal with that level of casualties,” one soldier told WSJ.
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Russia Moves to Limit Exemptions for Military Conscripts

The government document on preparing citizens for military service calls for the share of exempt citizens to be reduced to 17.5% by 2030 and to 16% by...
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Lavrov Warns West Against Backing ‘Color Revolution’ in Serbia as Protests Heat Up

Thousands of people protested in Belgrade over the weekend, demanding snap elections and an end to Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić’s rule.
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