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A Russian fighter jet crashed in the Kaliningrad region on Wednesday afternoon, Russia's Defense Ministry said, adding that the crew on board successfully ejected from the aircraft.
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Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said a tanker would depart for the U.S. on Thursday but did not say how much diesel was on board.
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BREAKING: President Vladimir Putin has ordered the release of Stephen James Hubbard, an American teacher who was taken from his home in Ukraine after Russia's full-scale invasion.
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The FSB claimed the man served as a sniper in a Ukrainian territorial defense unit between 2016 and 2018 near the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk.
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The White House envoy is expected to discuss Ukraine peace negotiations with Putin and the potential release of an American imprisoned in Russia.
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President Donald Trump said he and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin had discussed Stephen Hubbard, an American who is accused of fighting as a mercenary for Ukraine when he was captured in 2022, and hinted at a possible deal for his release.
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Theater artists in exile told MT that they are caught between performing for Russian-speaking audiences abroad and finding a place in their adopted countries’ theater scenes. themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/2…
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Maria Vorontsova’s remarks come as Russia invests in research aimed at extending life, an area that has drawn interest from Putin and members of his inner circle.
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Latvia, a member of the European Union and NATO, has emerged as one of the top five importers of Russian grain this marketing season despite strained political ties, as Moscow redirects exports from the Azov-Black Sea basin to Baltic ports.
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The Russian Foreign Ministry warned that Washington’s legal actions against Cuba risked provoking wider regional instability.
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Abakan in Siberia’s republic of Khakassia and Anadyr in Far East Russia’s Chukotka autonomous region are now the only remaining regional capitals to retain direct mayoral elections.
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Some U.S. news outlets reported that the White House special envoy may meet with President Vladimir Putin in Russia later this week.
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Navai was released and deported from the Central Asian country a week after he was arrested for bringing 2.5 grams of marijuana across the border.
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In a year that has already seen fuel shortages, airport closures and e-commerce disruptions, the Yandex data center strikes are the latest way in which the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine has seeped into everyday life. themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/1…
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In Russia, reactions to the French protests have ranged from outright glee and xenophobia to more muted schadenfreude and patronizing finger-wagging toward its Western adversary.
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Independent media identified the facility as a Transneft linear production and dispatch station, which is a key transit node along the Druzhba oil pipeline.
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The FSB arrested the journalist from the Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper on the Far East island of Sakhalin last week on suspicion of espionage.
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Opinion: Women should be given a voice and taken seriously, not brushed aside as if the only problem the opposition faces is that Putin is in power, writes Roxana Kiselova after a misogynistic joke rocked the Peaceful Russia party.
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"For the past two months, people have been eating grass," a resident of Oleshky who escaped the town on foot told MT.
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