Police investigators questioned members of a prominent far-right nationalist group after their weekend raid on a St. Petersburg apartment ended in a deadly fire, the local news outlet Fontanka reported Tuesday, citing anonymous sources familiar with the matter.

The group, Russkaya Obshchina (“Russian Community”), claimed its members arrived at the

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Russia and Ukraine exchanged 205 captured soldiers each in their fifth prisoner swap of the year, authorities in both countries announced Tuesday.

“As a result of negotiations, 205 Russian servicemen were returned,” Russia’s Defense Ministry said in a statement. “In exchange, 205 prisoners of war of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were handed over.”

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Wholesale potato prices in Russia have reached historic highs this spring amid a sharp decline in last year’s harvest, the Kommersant business newspaper reported Tuesday, citing industry experts.

As of late April, potatoes harvested in 2024 cost an average of 46.3 rubles ($0.57) per kilogram on the wholesale market — up 85.2% since January and the h

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The guv of Russia's northwestern Vologda region has contacted billionaire Alexei Mordashov to bury the hatchet and comply for the area's benefit, coming amidst continuous stress over regional investments.Georgy Filimonov, a political outsider designated by President Vladimir Putin in 2023, has actually encountered Mordashov's commercial conglomerate S
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Russia is pressing ahead with the construction of its largest-ever warship for the Black Sea Fleet — an amphibious assault ship named Ivan Rogov — in annexed Crimea.

But analysts say the vessel may prove more symbolic than strategic, as the fleet it is meant to bolster has suffered heavy losses in the invasion of Ukraine — and can no longer safely o

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The Russian manufacturing sector remained in decline in April, though at a slower pace, as easing contractions in output and new orders coincided with the weakest rise in input costs since early 2020, S-P Global reported.

The seasonally adjusted S-P Global Russia Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index rose to 49.3 in April from 48.2 in M

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