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(MENAFN) Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) announced Sunday that it had taken a minor into custody, one day after the US Embassy in Moscow issued an alert about a “credible threat of a mass casualty event” in the Russian capital.

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(MENAFN) Russian security authorities announced Sunday that they had detained a minor following a warning from the US Embassy in Moscow about a “credible threat of a mass casualty event” at the Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve in the Russian capital.

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(MENAFN) Russian diesel fuel continues to find its way into European markets under alternative labels despite the European Union’s restrictions on imports of Russian oil and petroleum products, Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said....

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(MENAFN) Russian diesel is still turning up on European markets under different labels despite the EU’s ban on imports of Russian petroleum products, Russia’s deputy prime minister said Sunday.

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(MENAFN) Cyberattacks struck the emergency alert mobile apps of both Russia and Ukraine in the early hours of Monday, pushing false warnings to users on both sides of the war. The Ukrainian Air Force said its Air Alert app likely suffered “hostile...

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(MENAFN) Emergency alert apps in both Russia and Ukraine were struck by cyber incidents early Monday, pushing false warnings to users on each side of the conflict.

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(MENAFN) Ukraine’s foreign minister denounced a sports court’s decision to readmit Russian ice hockey teams to the world championships on Sunday, branding the ruling “unacceptable.” “By letting Russian hockey back, CAS is staining the ice with...

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(MENAFN) Russian President Vladimir Putin remains willing to hold direct discussions with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and would respond if his Ukrainian counterpart contacted him, Kremlin foreign policy aide Yury Ushakov said in an...

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(MENAFN) Russia and Ukraine reported cyber incidents targeting their mobile emergency notification services early Monday, after users in both countries received misleading alerts.

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(MENAFN) Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has strongly criticized a decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) permitting Russian ice hockey teams to participate again in world championships, describing the move as...

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(MENAFN) Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that Russia suffered its heaviest monthly troop losses of the entire war in October, with 54,400 soldiers killed or seriously wounded, according to the Ukrainian president.

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(MENAFN) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that Russian forces suffered 54,400 fatalities or serious injuries during October, describing the figure as the largest monthly total recorded since the war began.

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(MENAFN) Russian President Vladimir Putin has never turned down talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and would pick up if Kyiv called, Kremlin foreign policy aide Yury Ushakov said in an interview published Sunday.

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(MENAFN) Russian President Vladimir Putin remains willing to hold talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and would respond if the Ukrainian leader called him, Kremlin foreign policy aide Yury Ushakov said in an interview published...

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(MENAFN) Japan’s top diplomat pressed Moscow on Friday to free a detained Japanese journalist and to act toward ending the war in Ukraine, confronting his Russian counterpart in face-to-face talks.

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(MENAFN) Donald Trump signaled Saturday that a peace settlement between Russia and Ukraine may be within reach, as the December G20 summit approaches at his Trump National Doral resort in Florida.

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(MENAFN) US President Donald Trump has voiced confidence that an agreement to end the war between Russia and Ukraine may be within reach before the G20 summit scheduled for December at his Trump National Doral resort in Florida.

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(MENAFN) Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan called on Russia and Ukraine on Saturday to reach an agreement that would bring their nearly five-year war to an end, warning that the conflict has caused severe damage to the global economy and could...

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(MENAFN) Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan urged Russia and Ukraine on Saturday to reach an agreement to end their war, warning that the conflict has caused substantial damage to the global economy and could trigger further regional...

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(MENAFN) Russia has established eight additional embassies in African countries since the 2023 Russia-Africa summit, increasing its total diplomatic missions on the continent to 48, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday.