A view of a damaged office block of the Moscow International Business Center (Moskva City) following a reported drone attack in Moscow on August 1.//AF{P

Drone hits office tower in Moscow: mayor

A drone hit an office tower in Moscow on Tuesday that was struck over the weekend, while at least one other drone was downed, the city’s mayor said. “Several drones…

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Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s forces had entered the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don after vowing to topple the top military brass © Handout / TELEGRAM/ @concordgroup_official/AFP

Putin slams ‘treason’ as forces tackle Wagner revolt

  • June 24, 2023
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President Vladimir Putin warned Saturday that treason against his rule threatens Russia with civil war, as Moscow’s military launched an operation to tackle a revolt by the Wagner mercenary group.  The rapidly…

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FILE – In this handout photo taken from video released by Prigozhin Press Service on Friday, March 3, 2023, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, addresses Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asking him to withdraw the remaining Ukrainian forces from Bakhmut to save their lives, at an unspecified location in Ukraine. Prigozhin’s criticism of the top military brass is in stark contrast with more than two decades of rigidly controlled rule by President Vladimir Putin without any sign of infighting among his top lieutenants. (Prigozhin Press Service via AP, File)

Russian mercenary chief says his forces are rebelling, some left Ukraine and entered city in Russia

  • June 24, 2023
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The owner of the Wagner private military contractor made his most direct challenge to the Kremlin yet, calling for an armed rebellion aimed at ousting Russia’s defense minister. The security…

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Russia says Ukraine tried to kill Putin with drone attack on Kremlin

  • May 3, 2023
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Russia accused Ukraine on Wednesday of attacking the Kremlin with drones overnight in a failed bid to kill President Vladimir Putin. There was no immediate comment from Ukrainian authorities on the statement from Moscow,…

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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Governor of Primorsky Region Oleg Kozhemyako at Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia April 10, 2023. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS/File Photo

Putin visits military headquarters in Ukraine’s Kherson region

  • April 18, 2023
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited military headquarters in Ukraine’s Kherson and Luhansk regions which are partly held by Russia, the Kremlin said on Tuesday. Putin attended a military command meeting in the Kherson region to…

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Putin says ready for Ukraine talks if Kyiv accepts ‘new territorial realities’

  • January 5, 2023
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President Vladimir Putin told Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan he was open to dialogue with Ukraine if Kyiv accepts territories occupied by Moscow as Russian, the Kremlin said Thursday.  “Putin again confirmed Russia’s openness to serious dialogue on…

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Forensic technicians carry a bodybag at the site of a mass grave in a forest on the outskirts of Izyum, eastern Ukraine on 18 September, 2022 / AFP

Kremlin dismisses mass burial discoveries as ‘lies’

  • September 20, 2022
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The Kremlin on Monday denied its forces were responsible for large-scale killings in east Ukraine and accused Kyiv of fabricating its discoveries of mass graves in recaptured territory. In the latest incident spurring fears of an…

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Russian police and National Guard (Rosgvardia) servicemen wearing face masks walk along Red Square in central Moscow on June 18, 2021, amid the crisis linked with the Covid-19 pandemic. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP)

Moscow records 9,056 new Covid cases, a pandemic high

  • June 18, 2021
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Russia’s capital Moscow on Friday registered 9,056 new coronavirus infections in 24 hours, a record since the start of the pandemic, according to government statistics. Country-wide, 17,262 new cases were…

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 23, 2021 a health worker holds a vial of Russian-made Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine in Podgorica. (Photo by SAVO PRELEVIC / AFP)

Russia denies using COVID-19 vaccines as ‘tools of influence’

  • March 26, 2021
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The Kremlin rejected Friday that Russia and China were using their vaccines as tools to win geopolitical clout, after accusations the two countries were using their jabs to gain influence…

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