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Russia Probing Widespread Fraud in Mariupol Reconstruction

Dozens of companies in occupied Mariupol have been involved in schemes to avoid paying VAT, The Moscow Times’ Russian service reported.

Putin's Children's Envoy Reveals She Adopted Child From Mariupol

Russian President Vladimir Putin's commissioner for the protection of children's rights informed the Russian leader during a meeting on Thursday that she...

St. Petersburg Artwork Celebrating City's Ties to Mariupol Removed

Authorities in Russia’s second city St. Petersburg removed a piece of public art celebrating the city’s friendship with its twin city Mariupol...

Razed to the Ground

In Photos: Mariupol's Russian Occupiers Begin the City's Reconstruction

The once little-known Ukrainian port city of Mariupol underwent a transformation this year from relative obscurity to being a household name and becoming...

REBUILDING RUINS

Russian Plan for the Reconstruction of Mariupol Leaked

A copy of an ambitious Russian plan for the reconstruction of the city of Mariupol — the occupied Ukrainian port city largely reduced to rubble by...

reconstruction drive

Russia Outlines Plans to Rebuild Ukraine's Devastated Mariupol – Official

The move comes as part of Moscow's wider efforts to gain support in Ukrainian regions that have come under Russian control.

1,730 Ukrainian Soldiers Surrendered at Azovstal Since Monday – Russia

Ukraine has indicated that it will seek a prisoner swap for the surrendered Azovstal fighters, but Moscow has yet to give a definitive answer.

symbolic change

Separatists Take Down Ukrainian Road Signs in Mariupol

Traffic signs spelling out the name of the besieged city of Mariupol in Ukrainian and English have been replaced with Russian ones.

Russia Relaunches Attack on Besieged Mariupol Steel Plant

Russian troops began a fresh bombardment after accusing Ukrainian fighters of violating a ceasefire agreement.

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