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Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny loses appeal against nine-year jail term

As soon as the Moscow court's sentence came into force, Navalny has been transferred to a strict regime penal colony with harsher conditions, including fewer family visits for another 8 years

Russia-Ukraine war: Moscow faces diplomatic and battlefield setbacks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked his forces who reportedly pushed all the way to the Russian border in the Kharkiv region in a symbolic gain

EU drafts plan for buying fuel from Russia without breach of sanctions

European companies have been scrambling for weeks to figure out how they can meet Moscow's demand and keep the crucial gas flowing without violating sanctions on Russia's central bank

Afghanistan wants oil, gas from Russia, hopes to send dry fruits to Moscow

The Afghan charge d'affaires said Taliban govt is relying on Russia to restore the infrastructure, build buildings, roads and other necessary facilities because it had helped Afghanistan in past too

US, Russian defense chiefs speak for first time since Ukraine's invasion

The officials said the hour-long call didn't appear to signal any change in Moscow's war in Ukraine

Russia-Ukraine war: UN races to rescue civilians from Mariupol plant

Some 2,000 Ukrainian fighters, by Russia's most recent estimate, are holed up in the vast maze of tunnels and bunkers beneath the Azovstal steelworks, and they have repeatedly refused to surrender

Belgian diplomats declared 'persona non grata' leave Russia: Reports

According to the foreign ministry spokesperson, the Belgian embassy in Moscow will remain open despite the reduction in its personnel

Despite payment, investors brace for Russia to default on its debts

Prices for Russian credit default swaps fell sharply overnight after Moscow used its precious foreign currency reserves to make a last minute debt payment.

Moscow has evacuated over 1 million people from Ukraine: Rusian official

Lavrov said that negotiations continue between Russia and Ukraine almost every day and blamed the inflammatory actions of Western supporters of the Kyiv regime for disrupting the talks

Moscow bars entry of public figures from Norway, Greenland, Ireland

The countermeasures were taken in response to the decisions made by Iceland, Norway and the Danish autonomies of Greenland and the Faroe Islands to join the European Union's sanctions against Russia

Ukraine slams Russia's attack on Kyiv amid new Mariupol rescue effort

Ukraine's leader accused Russia of trying to humiliate the United Nations by raining missiles on Kyiv during a visit by UN chief, an attack that shattered the capital's tentative return to normality

No agreement yet on meeting between Putin, Zelensky: Ukraine official

Consultations at the level of working subgroups, which are preparing the positions of the parties in legal terms, are underway, said Ukrainian Presidential Advisor Mykhailo Podolyak

Moscow bans 287 UK lawmakers from Russia, drawing British sarcasm

Russia accused the UK lawmakers of fuelling "Russophobic hysteria" in Britain, drawing a defiant response from Prime Minister Boris Johnson

Moscow cites risk of nuclear war as US, allies pledge more arms for Ukraine

The US convened its allies to pledge the heavy weapons Ukraine needs to achieve victory.

Live news: Russia renews assault on Ukrainian defenders of Mariupol

Live news updates: Ukrainian President says Russia's invasion of his country was just the beginning.

UN chief Antonio Guterres to visit Moscow to meet Vladimir Putin, Lavrov

Associate Spokesperson for the Secretary-General Eri Kaneko announced the visit on Friday. The Kremlin also confirmed the visit, saying Putin and Lavrov will receive Guterres for talks

UN chief Antonio Guterres to visit Moscow on Tuesday, will meet Putin

The secretary-general's office is also working with Ukraine's government on scheduling and preparations for a visit to Russia's southern neighbor, the spokesperson said

Military operation in Ukraine still 'according to plan': Kremlin

Kremlin spokesman said that Russia's military operation in Ukraine continues according to plan although Vladimir Putin has ordered his forces not to storm the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol.

New surrender deadline in Mariupol as West promises Ukraine more arms

Moscow was forced to retreat from northern Ukraine after an assault on Kyiv was repelled last month, but has poured troops back in for an assault on the east that began this week

Russia ratchets up battle for control of east Ukraine in new phase of war

Russia ratcheted up its battle for control of Ukraine's eastern industrial heartland, intensifying assaults on cities and towns along a front hundreds of miles long