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Wagner Chief: Nerve agents, poison and window falls. Over the years, Kremlin foes have been attacked or killed
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Wagner Chief: Nerve agents, poison and window falls. Over the years, Kremlin foes have been attacked or killed

TALLINN: The attacks range from the exotic – poisoned by drinking polonium-laced tea or touching a deadly nerve agent – to the more mundane of…

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Prigozhin: Yevgeny Prigozhin's presumed death removes one problem, may create new ones for Vladimir Putin
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Prigozhin: Yevgeny Prigozhin’s presumed death removes one problem, may create new ones for Vladimir Putin

LONDON : The presumed death of mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin in a fiery plane crash leaves Russian president Vladimir Putin stronger in the short term,…

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US intelligence: Plane crash that killed Wagner Group leader deliberately caused by explosion
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US intelligence: Plane crash that killed Wagner Group leader deliberately caused by explosion

WASHINGTON: US intelligence, in its preliminary assessment, has found that the plane crash which previously was presumed to be an accident and resulted in the…

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Ukraine: Russia and Ukraine trade drone attacks as Kyiv claims it took out a key S-400 missile defense system
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Ukraine: Russia and Ukraine trade drone attacks as Kyiv claims it took out a key S-400 missile defense system

KYIV: Russia and Ukraine traded drone attacks early Wednesday, officials said, with Kyiv apparently targeting Moscow again and the Kremlin’s forces launching another bombardment of…

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Russia: 'It's dragged on': Ukrainians confront slow war gains
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Russia: ‘It’s dragged on’: Ukrainians confront slow war gains

KYIV: Rusted Russian tanks, which the Kremlin had hoped would parade victorious through Kyiv days after it invaded Ukraine, have instead been lined up as…

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Russia says it repelled border incursion from Ukraine
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Russia says it repelled border incursion from Ukraine

MOSCOW: Moscow’s forces have repelled an attempt by Ukrainian “saboteurs” to break into the Russian border region of Bryansk, the region’s local governor said Tuesday….

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Kyiv saboteurs behind attacks on air bases inside Russia: Report
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Kyiv saboteurs behind attacks on air bases inside Russia: Report

KYIV: Ukrainian saboteurs coordinated by Kyiv’s military intelligence services carried out a pair of recent drone attacks that hit parked bomber aircraft at air bases…

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Russia’s Vladimir Putin attends Brics summit in South Africa remotely while facing war crimes warrant
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Russia’s Vladimir Putin attends Brics summit in South Africa remotely while facing war crimes warrant

JOHANNESBURG: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping were both absent as leaders from the Brics group of emerging economies started a three-day…

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Africa: China's Xi heads to South Africa for Brics summit
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Africa: China’s Xi heads to South Africa for Brics summit

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping headed to South Africa on Monday, state media reported, where he will attend the BRICS summit in Johannesburg. The state…

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Zelensky says met troops in Ukraine's frontline Donetsk region
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Zelensky says met troops in Ukraine’s frontline Donetsk region

KYIV: Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday visited troops in the frontline region of Donetsk, where Kyiv has been painstakingly clawing back territory from Russian…

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