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Putin will "destroy" Europe without US help: Zelensky
If President-elect Donald Trump pulls the U.S. from NATO, Vladimir Putin could "destroy Europe," Volodymyr Zelensky has warned. In an…
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Russian fighter jet destroys Ukrainian MiG-29: Moscow
Russian defense officials claimed their forces have shot down a Ukrainian MiG-29, which marks a significant blow to Ukrainian air power as…
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Russia includes West in "retaliation" warning after Ukraine's ATACMS attack
Moscow has promised to strike back at Ukraine after claiming the Eastern European nation on Friday had shot a U.S.-supplied missile at its…
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'Everything will be fine,' Putin tells Russians in New Year address
Russian President Vladimir Putin has called on the population to unite in a new year that will likely see Moscow's gruelling war on…
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Aliyev calls on Russia to fully admit causing Azerbaijan plane crash
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has demanded a full admission of responsibility from Russia for causing the recent Azerbaijan Airlines…
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Putin apologises for plane crash, without saying Russia at fault
Russia's President Vladimir Putin has apologised to the president of neighbouring Azerbaijan for the downing of a commercial airliner in…
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Putin apologizes after Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash
Russian President Vladimir Putin has apologized to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev following the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane…
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Fico offers Slovakia's 'hospitality' in possible Ukraine-Russia talks
Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico said that he has offered his country as a meeting place for possible talks on ending the war in…
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Putin open to Slovakia as mediator for Ukraine peace talks
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia is open to Slovakia hosting potential peace talks aimed at ending the war in…
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Putin ally reiterates nuclear warning: 'any means necessary'
What's New Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has reiterated a nuclear weapons warning…
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Russia's economy is set to lose another source of income that Ukraine controls
Russian leader Vladimir Putin has acknowledged that his country's natural gas transit deal with Ukraine will not be renewed.Sergei…
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Slovakian opposition dismayed as leader meets with Putin in Moscow
Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico met Russian President Vladimir Putin in a previously unannounced visit to the Kremlin on Sunday for…
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Slovak PM meets Putin in surprise Moscow visit
Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico has made a surprise visit to Moscow for talks with Vladimir Putin - becoming only the third Western…
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Slovakian leader meets with Putin in Moscow
Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico met Russian President Vladimir Putin in a previously unannounced visit to the Kremlin on Sunday for…
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Russia has a divorce problem
What's New Russia has among the highest divorce rates in the world, and although they have slightly declined this year, they have remained…
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Leader of Germany's populist BSW condemns Putin and Ukraine war
Sahra Wagenknecht, the leader of the new eponymous German populist Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) has distanced herself from Russian…
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Putin holds annual press conference and televised call-in show
Russian President Vladimir Putin is to hold his annual end-of-year press conference and televised call-in show on Thursday. The…
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Putin abruptly replaces top commander on critical Ukraine front line
The Kremlin has appointed Lieutenant General Andrei Ivanayev as commander of the Vostok Battalion group of forces, which is leading the…
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Is Putin's new hypersonic missile a nuclear warfare 'gamechanger'?
Russian President Vladimir Putin's unveiling of his new intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile and statements about its strength…
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Scholz labels call with Putin 'frustrating' but he'd do it again
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he's willing to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin again even though his recent phone call…
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Putin's Western adversaries are in disarray
Vladimir Putin might be able to capitalize on the adage of "never to waste a good crisis" as democracies of France, Germany, Romania and…
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Assad flees, rebels enter Damascus, ending 50 years of Syrian family's rule
Syria's army command notified officers that President Bashar al-Assad's rule has ended following a lightning rebel offensive, a Syrian…
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Putin warns West of "brink of global conflict"
Vladimir Putin has warned of an impending "global conflict" in an address in which he accused the West of stoking tensions regarding the…
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Putin says new Oreshnik missile system is also for Belarus
Russia intends to deploy its new Oreshnik missile system, recently used against Ukraine for the first time, in neighbouring Belarus as a…