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A deputy minister of defense in Russia has been detained on charges of taking a “large scale” bribe, the country’s top law enforcement investigators announced on Tuesday. The brief announcement from the Investigative Committee divulged few details about what had led to Timur Ivanov, the deputy minister, being taken into …

Several camouflage-clad gunmen opened fire at a popular concert venue on the outskirts of Moscow on Friday night, killing about 60 people and wounding more than 100, the F.S.B., Russia’s top security agency said. That death toll would make it the deadliest attack in the capital region in more than …

King Charles has been spotted leaving Windsor Castle and arriving at Clarence House in London this morning, hours after Russian media claimed he had passed away.     The monarch, 75, was seen seated in the back of a royal limousine as he departed his Berkshire home before arriving in the capital.     Yesterday, the …

Ukraine’s British embassy has released an official statement confirming King Charles III is still alive after Russian media claimed he had died.     Several Russian news sites reported earlier today that the King had died aged 75 as a result of cancer complications, citing unnamed ‘media’ sources in an …

Russian President Vladimir Putin is poised to tighten his grip on power in an election that is certain to deliver him a landslide victory, though thousands of opponents have staged a symbolic noon protest at polling stations. Supporters of Putin’s fiercest political foe Alexey Navalny, who died in an Arctic …

A Russian missile attack on Odesa killed at least 20 people and injured 73 others, Ukrainian authorities said on Friday, the latest in a series of deadly air assaults on the southern Ukrainian port city. Ukraine’s state emergency services said a first missile hit several houses late in the morning, …

Russia has stepped up its attacks on the southern port city in recent weeks with a series of deadly drone and missile strikes. A Russian missile attack has hit civilian infrastructure in Ukraine’s Black Sea port city of Odesa, killing at least 14 people and wounding 46, Ukrainian officials say. …

Ukraine has launched drone attacks on at least three oil refineries deep inside Russia, as the Kyiv government intensifies its cross-border strikes days before President Vladimir Putin’s anticipated re-election. A Ukrainian defense said on Wednesday that Ukraine is “implementing a well-planned strategy to decrease Russian economic potential.” Ukraine struck three …

An Air Force contractor has been accused of spilling military secrets about Russia’s war in Ukraine to his Ukrainian girlfriend.      Retired Army Lieutenant Colonel David Franklin Slater, 63, was arrested Saturday on charges of illegally disclosing national defence information and conspiracy.      He pleaded not guilty to …

More than 40 countries on Monday, March 4, demanded an independent international investigation into the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny alleging that President Vladimir Putin bore ultimate responsibility.   European Union members, the United States, Britain, Ukraine, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Norway were among the countries to …