Russia has blacklisted U.K. foreign affairs think tank Chatham House as an “undesirable organisation,” the country’s Prosecutor-General's Office announced Friday.

The authorities believe the organization presents "a threat to the constitutional order and security of Russia."

The designation, which already applies to groups like U.S. think tank

Birds of a feather flock together… and help each other in times of war. 

That was the lesson Umidjon Isaboyev, who shot to fame for impersonating Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, learned when impersonators of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin helped him flee Russian attacks on Kyiv last month. 

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The husband and ex-husband of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s eldest daughter have evaded U.S. sanctions on the president’s family because the marriages were never officially registered, the independent Meduza news website and U.S.-funded Current Time outlet reported Friday.

The United States on Wednesday sanctioned Katerina Tikhonova and Maria

When Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine on Feb 24., the West responded with a barrage of economic sanctions.

That included cutting seven Russian banks from global financial messaging service SWIFT, stopping them from being able to send and receive money abroad. The move effectively cut the banks