Moscow is banning almost everyone from posting on social media about damage from Ukraine's drone strikes

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Putin and Sobyanin hold candles and speak at an Orthodox Easter Service.
The office of Moscow's mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, pictured left, introduced the new measure on Wednesday.

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Ukraine struck a luxury skyscraper 4 miles from the Kremlin, threatening Moscow's Victory Day parade

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A general view shows a skyscraper of the House on Mosfilmovskaya residential complex in 2016.
The House on Mosfilmovskaya complex, or Mosfilm tower, is located in one of Moscow's upscale neighborhoods.

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Vintage photos show what life looked like behind the Iron Curtain

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Children admire a painting on a sunny beach day in Russia.

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Russia is reportedly making it more painful for businesses to leave by forcing big discounts and raising exit taxes

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Russia says it scrambled fighter jets to intercept 2 US B-52H Stratofortress bombers approaching the Russian border

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A B-52H Stratofortress.

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Russia's economy is so driven by the war in Ukraine that it cannot afford to either win or lose, economist says

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US buys 81 Soviet-era combat aircraft from Russia's ally costing on average less than $20,000 each, report says

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Ukrainian SU-27 fighters escorting an SU-24 front-line bomber during an air-force exercise on Starokostyantyniv military air base in October 2018.

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Russia will grow faster than the US and all other advanced economies this year, the IMF says

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin.

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The Moscow-Beijing alliance is here to stay because partnering with China is the only way Putin can sustain his conflict with the West, think tank says

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Russia could turn on Putin as the nation's economic strength wanes and sanctions keep tightening, economists say

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Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Forum of Future Technologies in Moscow on February 14, 2024 .

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