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Pro-Ukrainian group likely behind Nord Stream sabotage: US officials
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Pro-Ukrainian group likely behind Nord Stream sabotage: US officials

WASHINGTON: New intelligence reviewed by US officials suggests that a pro-Ukrainian group carried out the attack on the Nord Stream pipelines last year, a step…

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india russian oil: Sanctions headache threatens to dent India’s Russian oil imports
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india russian oil: Sanctions headache threatens to dent India’s Russian oil imports

Indian buyers of Russian oil, a crucial lifeline for the Kremlin over the past months, are struggling under the weight of increasingly onerous demands from…

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Bakhmut: Russia's Wagner claims capture of Ukraine village near Bakhmut
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Bakhmut: Russia’s Wagner claims capture of Ukraine village near Bakhmut

MOSCOW: The head of Russia’s Wagner Group on Friday said that his fighters had captured a village near Ukraine’s eastern city of Bakhmut, the scene…

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Putin's war a strategic failure for Kremlin, says US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen
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Putin’s war a strategic failure for Kremlin, says US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen

BENGALURU: US Treasury Secretary Janet L Yellen on Thursday said Russia‘s economy has become increasingly isolated and the impact of sanctions against that country for…

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Putin's war a strategic failure for Kremlin, says US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen
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Putin’s war a strategic failure for Kremlin, says US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen

BENGALURU: US Treasury Secretary Janet L Yellen on Thursday said Russia‘s economy has become increasingly isolated and the impact of sanctions against that country for…

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Putin: Russia's army guarantor of stability: Putin
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Putin: Russia’s army guarantor of stability: Putin

MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin on Thursday called Russia‘s army a guarantor of national stability, promising to boost arms production nearly a year after the start…

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Janet Yellen G20: At G20 meeting, Yellen steps up calls for increased economic aid to Ukraine
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Janet Yellen G20: At G20 meeting, Yellen steps up calls for increased economic aid to Ukraine

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen stepped up calls on Thursday for increased financing support to Ukraine to help it battle the year-old Russian invasion as…

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Vladimir Putin accuses West of threatening Russia's very existence with Ukraine war
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Vladimir Putin accuses West of threatening Russia’s very existence with Ukraine war

MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday vowed to continue with Russia’s year-long war in Ukraine and accused the U.S.-led NATO alliance of fanning the flames…

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'Existential war': Vladimir Putin steels Russia for long conflict
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‘Existential war’: Vladimir Putin steels Russia for long conflict

MOSCOW: When Russia introduced patriotism classes in primary and secondary schools last September, Tatyana Chervenko decided she was not going to peddle Kremlin “propaganda” to…

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Engage or escape? Anti-govt young Russians face dilemma
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Engage or escape? Anti-govt young Russians face dilemma

MOSCOW: Still reeling from the Kremlin‘s decision to send troops to Ukraine, Masha Yanchevskaya is one of many young Russians torn between trying to “heal”…

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