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The Russian official also accused Kyiv of banning the use of the Russian language and dividing the Russian Orthodox Church.

Russian army officials are reportedly offering short-term vacations to privates and sergeants.

The United States will directly warn companies against evading U.S. sanctions imposed on Russia over the war in Ukraine, Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo said, as Washington seeks to further squeeze Russia's economy.

Despite his repeated threats that Belarus would join Russia in the war, President Alexander Lukashenko said he did not want to send his soldiers to Ukraine.

Maria Lvova-Belova is at the center of the forced deportation and adoption of Ukrainian kids from Russian-occupied territories in Ukraine.

Marina Yakina, 58, was serving as the head of the department of financial provisions for the Western Military District prior to her death.

The Russian army's mobilization is reportedly taking place in the temporarily occupied city of Mariupol.

A Russian Orthodox priest has been given a minor sentence after having a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old girl.

According to a Spanish newspaper, former Russian First Lady Lyudmila Ocheretnaya owned properties in the resort town of Marbella worth $2.3 million.

Top Russian experts Angela Stent and Fiona Hill said Putin's "appetite for expansion" is unlikely to stop at just Ukraine.

The conscript's commanders attempted to cover up his death and kept his suicide note from his relatives.

Russia is cremating the bodies of its dead comrades at the Krasna Zorka in the Crimean Peninsula.

Russian intelligence service claimed that the U.S. is training the terrorists in their military base in Syria with improvised bomb and sabotaging skills.

Former Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky said Russian President Vladimir Putin is continuing his war in Ukraine to appease his nationalist base.

A global effort led by the U.S. and France seized thousands of Iranian weapons and more than a million rounds of ammo from smugglers allegedly working for Iran.

Russia allegedly sent Uzbeks, Tajiks and Kyrgyz prisoners to the war despite not having their consent.

The secret railroads and private train stations were built over the last decade.

A report from the Norwegian Intelligence Service noted that this is the first time such vessels were deployed to the Baltic Sea in 30 years.

The mobilization focused on scientists from a Russian facility that develops laser technology for military and civilian applications.

The United States has issued a travel advisory urging American citizens to leave Russia immediately.

The Ukrainian military's attack drone operations using the Starlink internet triggered SpaceX's decision to restrict its services in Ukraine.