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Many of the nation’s citizens spend more than half their income on food as they battle the effects of inflation and declining wages. Nearly 20 million live in poverty.

SamSat-218, which weighs just over three pounds, was placed into orbit during the first launch from the Vostochny cosmodrome.

As Aleppo is rocked by airstrikes — about 250 people have been killed recently — Russian Minister Sergei Lavrov meets this week with UN envoy Staffan de Mistura.

“If this is how Trump supporters swing into action, what happens when the press looks into corrupt dealings, for example, or is critical of [the candidate's] policies?” Julia Ioffe worries.

It will spend 725 million euros on defense in 2017, about 1.8 percent of its economy and almost as much as it spent from 2011 to 2013.

The increase comes as European nations debate whether to continue their economic sanctions against Russia over the Kremlin’s actions in Ukraine.

Instability in the South Caucasus region has prompted nervousness in Armenia over the future of its relationship with Russia.

Finance chiefs are caught between public calls for greater transparency and company concerns that fully disclosed data will be misinterpreted.

Seven highlights from the Russian president’s annual, and highly stage-managed, question-and-answer session.

The Russian president was answering questions from Russian citizens — about 2.5 million questions were submitted — during an annual call-in show Thursday.

European countries as well as Australia and New Zealand have promised to investigate high-profile entities named in the huge leak.

France and Germany pledged to continue supporting Ukraine despite a Dutch vote that created a roadblock for the country’s European Union aspirations.

The Kremlin has taken a leading role in efforts to end the worst violence in the Nagorno-Karabakh region since 1994.

Its recession is likely to be more severe than was originally predicted, according to the World Bank, thanks to plummeting oil prices and sanctions.

A Dutch referendum Wednesday could help determine if Ukraine eventually gains European Union membership. Some say Panama Papers details may hurt Ukraine's chances.

Reports allege that cellist Sergei Roldugin and property agent Grigory Baevsky are informal fixers for Russian President Vladimir Putin, running shadowy financial schemes.

The documents released by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists Sunday allegedly show close associates of Vladimir Putin channeled $2 billion through a series of shell companies.

The documents leaked from a Panama-based law firm allegedly show that some companies were being used for money laundering, arms and drug deals and tax evasion.

Officials and state-owned media were silent Monday on the money-laundering allegations against President Vladimir Putin and others contained in the Panama Papers.

A group of Russian activists are pushing for the U.K. government to change the rules on anonymous ownership of real estate.

The Russian president may or may not have a new love interest, but real estate connections reveal the women in his life.