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May 13, 20243 min read
Putin taps economist to run defence, replacing Shoigu in unexpected move
MOSCOW -Russian President Vladimir Putin tapped a civilian economist as his surprise new defence minister on Sunday in an attempt to...


May 13, 20242 min read
Factbox-Who is Andrei Belousov, Putin's choice as defence minister?
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed a surprise new defence minister, nominating civilian Andrei Belousov, a former...


May 13, 20242 min read
Factbox-Putin changes his defence minister, moves Patrushev
MOSCOW -Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed changing his defence minister and moving him to replace the powerful secretary of...


May 12, 20243 min read
Exclusive-Before arrest in Russia, US soldier's relationship with Russian girlfriend turned bloody, wife says
WASHINGTON - Months before his arrest in Russia, U.S. Army soldier Gordon Black made a surprise video call from his overseas tour in...


May 12, 20242 min read
Seven killed in Ukrainian missile strike on Russian apartment block
MOSCOW -At least seven people were killed and 17 injured when a whole section of a Russian apartment block collapsed after it was struck...


May 12, 20241 min read
Russia's Belgorod governor says Ukraine shelling kills one, wounds 29
The governor of Russia's Belgorod region bordering Ukraine said one woman was killed, 29 people were wounded and several hundred flats...


May 11, 20241 min read
Factbox-Who is in - and who is out - in the Russian government?
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday reappointed Mikhail Mishustin as prime minister. What are the other key...


May 11, 20242 min read
Five killed in Ukrainian strikes on Russian border regions, Donetsk, officials say
MOSCOW -Five people were killed and nine wounded in three separate Ukrainian drone and artillery strikes on the Russian border provinces...


May 11, 20242 min read
Poland will build fortifications on eastern border, PM Tusk says
WARSAW - Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Saturday that Poland is starting work on further strengthening the entire eastern...


May 11, 20242 min read
Russian attack forces frustrated, hungry residents from Ukraine border town
NEAR VOVCHANSK, Ukraine - Residents of a Ukrainian border town, frustrated and angry at an armoured ground attack by Russian troops...


May 11, 20241 min read
Medvedev says aim of nuclear exercises is to work out response to attacks on Russian soil
MOSCOW - The aim of nuclear exercises planned by Russia is to work out the response to any attacks on Russian soil which the West has...


May 11, 20242 min read
Putin, seeking continuity, proposes Mishustin remain Russia's prime minister
MOSCOW -Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed the reappointment on Friday of Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, a technocrat who has...
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