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Desmond Tumulty

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58 articles
NewsSociety

Russians mark 11th anniversary of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov’s murder

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Zelensky addresses Ukrainians from Kyiv bunker on fourth anniversary of Russian invasion

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Police officer killed in apparent suicide bombing at Moscow station

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Kyiv blames Russia for fatal Lviv terror attack that left police officer dead

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Ukraine and Russia exchange deadly overnight energy infrastructure strikes

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Russian political prisoner dies after suffering heart attack in custody

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Former Belarusian presidential candidate Mikalai Statkevich released again after refusing to go into exile

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Ukraine’s former military chief sheds light on rift with Zelensky that ended in his dismissal

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Russian journalist uncovers Putin’s secret stake in Kremlin-backed super app MAX

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Russia declares Nobel-winning human rights group Memorial ‘undesirable’ organisation

NewsSociety

Two Russian minors given 7-year sentences and massive fines for setting fire to military helicopter

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Russia to block Telegram from 1 April as crackdown on foreign-owned apps continues

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Russian man who declared himself a ‘foreign agent’ as a joke now faces criminal charges

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Former Karabakh leader sentenced to 20-year prison term in Azerbaijan

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Families of North Koreans killed fighting in Russia given prestigious Pyongyang apartments

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Zelensky makes case for more allied support for Ukraine at Munich Security Conference

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One killed in overnight Russian drone strike on Black Sea port of Odesa

NewsSociety

Analysts say 2025 was deadliest year of war for both Ukrainian and Russian civilians

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Thousands left without heat and water in Odesa after ‘massive’ overnight Russian strikes

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Russian media regulator limits Telegram functionality in continued crackdown on foreign apps

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Russian court fines pensioner for liking two YouTube videos in presumed legal first

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Suspected shooter of senior Russian military intelligence officer reportedly confesses to crime

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Zelensky suggests next round of Ukraine-Russia peace talks could be held in United States

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Ukraine and Russia swap 314 prisoners of war in first exchange for months

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Azerbaijani court sentences 5 formerly high-ranking Karabakh officials to life in prison

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Starlink outage leaves Russian military without satellite internet access within Ukraine’s borders

NewsSociety

Armenia’s Investigative Committee names those it suspects of murdering Chechen woman

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Russian Orthodox blogger and Ukraine war veteran jailed for long-term molestation of minor

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Russian woman tortured and charged with treason for contact with alleged Ukrainian agent

NewsCulture

Russian film Mr Nobody Against Putin nominated for Best Documentary Oscar

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Putin agrees to talks with Ukraine and US after meeting Witkoff in Kremlin

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Zelensky arrives in Davos for talks with Trump as NATO crisis over Greenland temporarily defused

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Russian man fined for destroying memorial plaque to Novaya Gazeta journalist Anna Politkovskaya

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Moldovan government begins formal process of exiting Commonwealth of Independent States

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Trump invites Putin and Lukashenko to join his Gaza ‘Board of Peace’

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US investment fund attempts to recoup tsarist-era debt using frozen Russian assets

NewsSociety

Russian attempt to manufacture musk deer-based anti-impotence drug proves expensive flop

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Russian publishing house that pioneered LGBT literature announces closure

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Orthodox Christian group calls for ‘sodomite’ Heated Rivalry to be banned in Russia

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US military boards oil tanker in North Atlantic in crackdown on Russia’s shadow fleet

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Zelensky announces Ukraine’s domestic security chief to step down amid wider reshuffle

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Russian politician charged with ‘abusing press freedom’ after calling for end to war in Ukraine

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At least 27 killed in alleged Ukrainian drone strike on Russian-occupied Kherson region

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Zelensky wishes Ukrainians Merry Christmas while hinting at Putin demise

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UK announces plan to unlock billions in frozen Russian assets to aid Ukraine

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Senior Putin aide rejects Europe’s proposed changes to US-drafted Ukraine peace deal

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Ukraine denies Russia’s claim to have captured key city of Kupyansk

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Pro-Kremlin Russian popstar Shaman weds country’s unofficial censor in occupied Donetsk

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One killed and 17 injured in overnight Russian strikes on eastern Ukraine

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