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Tver Police Briefly Detain Rassvet Founder Yekaterina Duntsova at Political Prisoner Event

Duntsova, who tried but failed to run against Vladimir Putin in the 2024 presidential election, was taken in for questioning on Thursday night.

Gas Explosion Kills 1 in Russia's Tver

Regional authorities had initially blamed a Ukrainian drone attack for the explosion.

Russia Says 7 Wounded Northwest of Moscow After Ukrainian Attack

Interim regional Governor Vitaly Korolyov said that six adults and a child were injured.

Putin Names Antitrust Official as Acting Governor of Tver Region

Vitaly Korolyov joined Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service in 2005 and became deputy chief in 2015.

Russia Bans Entry to Dozens of Polish Bikers Over Military Cemetery March

Pro-Kremlin media reported over the weekend that dozens of Polish bikers had broken into a memorial complex in the Tver region to hold a “torchlight...

Russia’s First and Only Black Politician Dies at 65

Originally from Benin, Jean Gregoire Sagbo came to the Soviet Union in the early 1980s to study economics.

Russian Court Orders Rammstein Frontman to Pay $670K for Canceled Tver Concert

The dispute stems from a planned performance in August 2021 as part of the “McLarin for the Motherland” festival.

Russian Orthodox Church to Promote ‘Miracle of Birth’ in Anti-Abortion Letters to Pregnant Women

The letters will sent out to regional prenatal centers at a time when women “face the most difficult choice of keeping or killing their baby.”

Drone Strikes Trigger Explosions, Evacuations in Russia’s Tver Region

Eyewitness videos posted on social media showed large explosions lighting up the night sky and continuing into the morning.

Russia’s Tver Region Outlaws ‘Coercion’ Into Abortion

“Persuading, suggesting, bribing or deceiving” a woman into undergoing an abortion is now punishable by a range of fines, according to the new law...

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