A Moscow courtsentenced exiled entrepreneur Sergei Pugachev to 14 years in prison in absentia on charges of embezzlement and misappropriation on Tuesday, more than a decade after his bank collapsed and he fled the country.Pugachev, once an effective senator and creator of Mezhprombank, was known in the 2000s as Putin's lender due to his close ties t
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President Vladimir Putin claimed Tuesday that the Russian Defense Ministry is recruiting nearly twice as many soldiers as Ukraine’s military each month.

Speaking at a Kremlin meeting on economic development, Putin claimed that up to 60,000 people “volunteer” to join the Russian Armed Forces every month, compared to what he described as 30,000 Ukr

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Why Does Putin Suddenly Want Direct Peace Talks With Ukraine?
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At least 10 former prison inmates who joined the Russian army have escaped from a military training ground in southern Russia’s Rostov region, local media reported Tuesday, citing an anonymous law enforcement source.

The men were reported missing after failing to appear for uniform distribution on Friday morning, according to the regional news

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India has approved three Russian insurers, including a unit of top lender Sberbank, to provide marine cover to ships arriving at Indian ports, a government notification shows, helping Moscow maintain oil supplies to a key market.

India has become the second-largest buyer of Russian seaborne oil after Western nations shunned purchases and imposed

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Russian officials will take part in direct negotiations with Ukraine in Turkey this week, but Moscow cannot yet disclose who it will send to represent it at the talks, the Kremlin said Tuesday, just two days ahead of the scheduled meeting.

“Russia continues preparing for Thursday’s negotiations. That’s all we can say for now,” Kremlin spokesman Dmit

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