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Putin Accepts Invitation to Visit Kazakhstan in 2026

The Kremlin leader has visited neighboring Kazakhstan four times already since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Finance Ministry to Debut Borrowing in Chinese Yuan in December

The ministry said it would offer two series of OFZ bonds, each worth 10,000 yuan ($1,400), with maturities ranging from three to seven years and interest...
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Kremlin Confirms Failed Backchannel Contact With U.K. Security Adviser 

The FT reported that the conversation “did not go well” and failed to establish a regular line of communication between London and Moscow.
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Ukrainian Drone Attacks Have Killed Nearly 400 People Across Russia in 2025, MFA Official Says

Officials say that around 7,100 Russian civilians have been killed since Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine in early 2022.
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Russia Loses Legal Battle to Build New Embassy Near Australian Parliament

Intelligence officials in Australia had said that constructing the Russian embassy so close to the parliament building would present security risks.
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Former Finnish President Urges Europe to Engage Putin Directly

“I still see something rather absurd in the situation where Europeans declare that they won’t talk to the war criminal Putin, yet Trump talks to him...
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Russian Stakeholders in Serbian Oil Company Are Negotiating Exit as U.S. Sanctions Take Effect, Minister Says

The U.S. Treasury began applying sanctions to NIS on Oct. 9 after several postponements since January.
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Lavrov Urges U.S. to Match Russia’s Offer of New START Extension

But the Foreign Minister also warned that Moscow would resume nuclear testing if another nuclear power did so first.
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State Duma Passes Bill Reviving Soviet-Era Mandatory Work Placements for Young Doctors

Under the draft law, medical school graduates would be required to complete a period of “mentorship” in state or municipal clinics covered by the compulsory...
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Ulyanovsk Region Imposes First Permanent Mobile Internet Blackout

The outage, which began in early November, was ordered by federal authorities and applies to areas near sensitive government and military facilities.
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FSB Claims It Thwarted Ukrainian Plot to Hijack Military Jet

The law enforcement agency accused Kyiv of trying to "recruit Russian pilots" by promising them $3 million and citizenship in an unspecified Western country...
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Ukraine’s Military Says It Struck Major Oil Refinery in Saratov Region

It was the fifth reported attack on the Saratov Oil Refinery this fall and the seventh so far in 2025.
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After Expanding Online Control, Lawmaker Insists Russia Will Stay Connected to Global Web

A new government decree expands Roskomnadzor’s authority to isolate or reroute internet traffic inside Russia in case of “specific threats.”
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Lukoil Halts Iraqi Operations After Sanctions, Declares Force Majeure – Reuters

According to Reuters, Iraq’s state oil authorities have frozen all cash and crude payments to Lukoil in compliance with U.S. and British sanctions imposed...
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As Russia Closes In on Pokrovsk, Ukraine Fights to Buy Time

The eastern city has weathered more than a year and a half of relentless bombardment. Now, the battle for Pokrovsk has entered a critical phase.
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8 Detained Over Alleged Telecom Sabotage Plot in Bashkortostan

A resident of Salavat allegedly contacted a person on Telegram who told him to set fire to the cell towers and damage a fiber-optic cable for money.
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Ukraine Sanctions Putin Envoy Kirill Dmitriev

Dmitriev, who was born in Kyiv, heads the Russian Direct Investment Fund and is a member of Russia’s negotiating teams with the U.S. and Ukraine.
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Russian Artist Erik Bulatov Dies at 92

Bulatov emerged in the 1970s as a leading figure of the Soviet pop art scene, bending figurative imagery with slogans and text to challenge state propaganda...
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St. Petersburg Street Musicians Detained for Third Time

Alexander Orlov and Diana Loginova had just finished back-to-back 13-day administrative arrests for organizing an unsanctioned gathering.
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