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Macron says France sees signs Russia is preparing to mobilize 300,000 more men

French President Emmanuel Macron told TF1 that tensions were rising across Europe as Russia stepped up hostile actions. “But ...
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Average household utility rates in Russia are expected to rise 11% in July 2027, up from the 8.7% increase authorities previously projected

Russia’s Economic Development Ministry forecasts an average 11% increase in utility rates on July 1, 2027. It projects ...
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Russia’s mobilization law theoretically allows harsher sentences for nearly any crime. In practice, courts rarely invoke it.

Exactly four years ago, an amendment to Russia’s Criminal Code, directly tied to mobilization, took effect. Under the amendment, courts could, in theory, treat almost any crime committed since ...
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Russian military marketplace Roy.Market, launched amid strikes on Wildberries and Ozon warehouses, is tied to former President Dmitry Medvedev and his son’s circle ...

Roy.Market, a Russian marketplace for military personnel whose launch was announced in mid-August, has ties to people close ...
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Ukrainian man attacks people with knife at Polish monastery, killing two and injuring three

A 31-year-old Ukrainian citizen attacked people with a knife on the grounds of a Benedictine sisters’ monastery in Jarosław, ...
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Russian strike on Kyiv kills two and damages maternity hospital

Russian forces struck Kyiv again with ballistic missiles overnight on . According to the latest data, two people were killed ...
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Proof that Russia’s 2026 State Duma elections were the dirtiest parliamentary elections of the Putin era

The final results of the State Duma election are not in yet. Russia’s Central Election Commission still has not published returns from every precinct: as of the evening of September 23, data for the ...
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Starlink ground station catches fire near Warsaw. Polish security services suspect Russian sabotage.

A Starlink satellite communications ground station caught fire on the evening of September 23 in the village of Wola Krobowska, in Poland’s Masovian Voivodeship, less than 50 kilometers (31 miles) ...
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Zelensky says the ‘spirit of Anchorage’ concessions are no longer on the negotiating table. He credits Ukraine’s battlefield position.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the “Anchorage agreements,” which included Russia’s demands for recognition of its sovereignty over occupied territories, are no longer on the negotiating ...
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Russia ties family mortgage rates to the number of children. In Moscow, the rate for one-child families doubles to 12% on October 1.

Russia ties family mortgage rates to the number of children. In Moscow, the rate for one-child families doubles to 12% on October 1.
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‘No one needs more fuel on the fire.’ Italy pushes back on report that CIA warned of possible Russian sea-launched drone attacks.

The CIA warned Spain, France, and Italy about a possible Russian operation to launch drones from civilian ships, the Spanish ...
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Russia detained an Estonian, accusing him of trying to join Ukraine’s armed forces. He had come to see his wife, whom Estonia had denied asylum.

Officers from Russia’s Federal Security Service detained an Estonian citizen in Vladimir in spring 2026 and accused him of trying to join Ukraine’s armed forces, according to iStories, an independent ...