Kazakhstan on Thursday denied reports that Russia prepares to abandon its lease on the Baikonur Cosmodrome before it ends in 2050, amidst speculation that Moscow might be preparing to ditch the historical launch site.Local media in Kazakhstan have actually reported that Russia might exit the lease between 2026 and 2028 as it pulls back from global area
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Police authorities searched the workplaces of Russia's largest book publisher and arrested a number of employees over alleged LGBTQ+ propaganda and extremism, Russian media and rights groups reported Thursday.According to the state-run TASS news agency, 11 staff members of Eksmo Publishing House were apprehended on Wednesday. Three have actually been charged
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Moscow’s Metro installed a replica of a long-removed monument to Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, further fueling debate over Russia’s steady rehabilitation of his image under President Vladimir Putin.

The life-sized bas-relief, first unveiled in 1950 at Taganskaya Station, was dismantled in the 1960s during the Soviet Union’s de-Stalinization c

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Estonia's foreign minister stated Thursday that a Russian military jet violated the Baltic country's airspace as its navy tried to apprehend a Russia-bound oil tanker, implicating it of sailing unlawfully without a flag.After the vessel, which is under British sanctions, declined to cooperate with an attempt to board it, the Estonian Navy stated it was
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Russia and Ukraine’s first face-to-face talks in three years come as they both grapple with a tense situation on the front lines, with little chance of a breakthrough for either side.

Military experts and Russian servicemen agreed that hostilities show no signs of slowing, describing the front as “dynamic.”

“Peace talks become possible when there is

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President Vladimir Putin never planned to accept Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky's offer to satisfy individually in Istanbul, sources in the Russian government and the Foreign Ministry and people near to the Kremlin have informed The Moscow Times. The fact that the Kremlin kept Putin's itinerary shrouded in secrecy up until the night before the f
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