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Putin’s ‘lover’ reappears with a ‘new look’ in Moscow
London: Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rumoured lover has reappeared with a ‘new look’ in Moscow following rumours she was hiding in a private chalet in Switzerland or a Siberian nuclear bunker, media…
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Putin orders troops to block Azovstal plant in Mariupol
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered a blockade of the Azovstal plant in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol instead of storming it, local media reported. The order was given…
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‘No surrender’: Ukrainians fight on in Mariupol steel plant
Kyiv: Braced for an all-out Russian assault in the east, Ukraine vowed to “fight absolutely to the end in strategically vital Mariupol, where the ruined port city’s last known pocket of resistance…
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Kiev banned militants in Mariupol from negotiating surrender
Moscow: Kiev ordered the militants located on the territory of the Azovstal metallurgical plant, surrounded and blocked in Mariupol, to shoot those who want to lay down their arms, the official representative…
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Russians missiles hit airfield in Ukraine’s Oleksandriia
Kiev: A Russian missile has struck an airfield in Oleksandriia of Kirovohrad region in Ukraine, according to Serhii Kuzmenko, mayor of Oleksandriia. Shedding light on the incident that happened on Friday, Kuzmenko…
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Russian troops to ban movement in Mariupol for ‘infiltration’ operation
Kiev: Russian troops in Ukraine’s Mariupol will close all entries and exits to the city and also prohibit movement there from Monday, in order to carry out “infiltration” operation among the city’s…
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Death toll in Ukraine train station attack rises to 57
Kiev: The number of civilians killed in the Russian missile strike on a train station in Ukraine’s Kramatorsk has increased to 57, with 109 people injured, a top official announced. Addressing the…
- Technology
Russian food delivery app data leak exposes secret police info
Moscow: A data leak in Russia’s popular food delivery service Yandex Food has exposed personal information of 58,000 users, including those associated with the government’s secret police. Among the users affected are…
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Russian soldiers being poisoned by pastries and alcohol in Ukraine
London: Russian troops near Kharkiv died after eating poisoned stuffed buns given to them as ‘gifts’ by Ukrainian citizens, a Ukrainian intelligence agency has claimed, the media reported. Two soldiers from the…
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Russian pledge to scale back in Ukraine draws skepticism
Kyiv: Russia’s pledge to scale back some military operations in Ukraine drew skepticism even as the two nations planned to return Wednesday to talks that could produce a framework for ending the…
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Ukraine ‘exposes’ 620 Russian spies operating in Europe
Kiev: The Chief Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence in Ukraine has obtained a list of Russian FSB officers involved in what it called criminal activities on behalf of Russia in…
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All Russian gold from foreign exchange reserves is within country: Central bank
Moscow: The Central Bank of Russia stated that all Russian gold from the national gold and foreign exchange reserves is located on the territory of the country. “All the gold from our…
- Sports
FINA bans Russian & Belarusian athletes from competing at 2022 Worlds
Lausanne: After Olympic champion, Evgeny Rylov announced his withdrawal from the 2022 World Championships in Budapest, FINA, the world body of swimming sport, officially announced on Wednesday that all Russian and Belarusian…
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Putin wants rubles for Russian gas from ‘unfriendly countries’
Moscow: Russia will now accept payment for gas exports to “unfriendly countries” in rubles only, President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with the government on Wednesday. The Russian President explained that…
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Ukrainian frontline medic claims Russian prisoners of war will be castrated
Moscow: Russian soldiers captured by a Ukrainian volunteer medic unit will all be castrated, its founder and commander declared on Ukraine’s national television. The combat medic, whose volunteer team has been described…
