President Vladimir Putin will not travel to Istanbul to go to Thursday's direct talks with Ukraine, according to an instruction published by the Kremlin late Wednesday.Instead, governmental assistant Vladimir Medinsky, who led previous rounds of stopped working settlements with Ukraine in March and April of 2022, was called head of the Russian delegation. Medinsky
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Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim in the Kremlin on Wednesday for talks focused on economic cooperation amid Western sanctions.

The meeting came two days after the UN's civil aviation body held Russia responsible for the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over Ukraine. Despite the timing,

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A court in southern Russia on Wednesday sentenced 4 males to 10 years in prison each for participating in an anti-Israeli riot at an airport in the republic of Dagestan more than a year ago.The men were amongst the roughly 1,200 individuals who stormed Makhachkala International Airport on Oct. 29, 2023, following rumors on social networks that a flight
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U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he was still thinking about whether he would attend Ukraine peace negotiations planned for Thursday in Istanbul. He 'd like me to be there, and that's a possibility, Trump informed press reporters aboard Air Force One, describing Russian President Vladimir Putin. I don't know that he would be there if I'm not
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Personal centers in the northwestern Vologda region have begun halting abortion services, the region's governor revealed Wednesday, coming in the middle of broader efforts across the country to increase fertility rates. Some personal medical centers in the region have stopped carrying out abortion treatments, Governor Georgy Filimonov composed in a message on Te
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Germany has turned down the vast bulk of asylum demands submitted by Russian guys of draft age given that Moscow released the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Berliner Morgenpost reported Tuesday.Just 349 of the 6,374 Russian men aged 18 to 45 who got asylum in between early 2022 and April 2025 were approved security, the paper wrote, pointing out
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