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President Vladimir Putin will seek to drag out talks on ending his nation's war on Ukraine for as long as possible as he believes he currently has the upper hand in the dispute, U.S. professionals told The Moscow Times ahead of Tuesday's anticipated call in between Putin and U.S. counterpart Donald Trump.As the Trump administration cuts the portfolio of its

Details: Category: Russia; Published: 18 March 2025

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Lithuanian district attorneys on Monday accused Russia of managing an arson attack on an IKEA shop in Vilnius last year, calling it an act of terrorism. Authorities said they had reasonable grounds to think that unspecified Russian military structures and security services arranged and financed the May 9, 2024, attack on the Swedish retaile

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Russia’s Superjet airliner completed its first test flight using the domestically produced PD-8 engine, state defense and industrial conglomerate Rostec announced Monday.

The Sukhoi Superjet 100 — recently rebranded as the SJ-100 — is central to Russia’s efforts to develop a domestic commercial aircraft industry after Western sanctions hobbled its a

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Authorities in southern Russia's Krasnodar area stated Monday that a big fire at the Tuapse oil refinery was snuffed out 3 days after a Ukrainian drone assaulted the facility. The fire has been put out at the Tuapse oil complex, Tuapse local district head Sergei Boyko wrote on Telegram. Work continues. Firemens have the circumstance u

Details: Category: Russia; Published: 17 March 2025

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Russia's ruble reinforced to its greatest level in more than 8 months versus the U.S. dollar on Monday, buoyed by hopes that upcoming talks in between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin could lead to advance on ending the war in Ukraine and a warming of relations between Washington and Moscow.By midday in Moscow,

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U.S. officials on Sunday expressed optimism that a Ukraine-Russia ceasefire deal could be reached in "weeks," with President Donald Trump expected to soon discuss the issue with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.

Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff, who met for several hours with Putin days ago, told CNN in a televised interview: "I think the two