Russia is using heavily modified Ka-52M aircraft in Ukraine and has equipped its fleet with long-range anti-tank missiles, says UK intel

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In this handout photo released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on October 28, 2022, a Ka-52 helicopter gunship of the Russian air force fires rockets at a target at an unknown location in Ukraine.

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Even a Russian-cofounded bank can't fund new projects in the country — and it shows just how financially isolated the country is

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Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff (L) welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin upon his arrival to the 6th BRICS summit in Fortaleza, Brazil, on July 15, 2014. Leaders of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) group of emerging powers gathered in Brazil on Tuesday to launch a new development bank and a reserve fund seen as counterweights to Western-led financial institutions.

A Ukrainian MP is being investigated for calling in sick during the war, and then showing up in the Maldives with his wife and kids

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Aristov was found to be staying in the Maldives after leaving the country in June for a supposed mission in Poland.

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The Ukraine war is great for China — it gets 'fire sale prices' on oil and gas and leaves its rivals, the US and Russia, 'tied down and bleeding each other,' experts say

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping at St. George's Hall in the Kremlin on March 21, 2023.

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Russia abruptly fired a front-line general, and now Ukraine is seizing the moment to punch through the defenses he had overseen

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A vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces moves along the road in Novodarivka village, Zaporizhzhia Region, southeastern Ukraine.
A vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces moves along the road in Novodarivka village, Zaporizhzhia Region, southeastern Ukraine.

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2nd high-profile Russian businessman dies in the space of 48 hours as tech tycoon found dead from 'medical gas,' report says

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Anton Cherepennikov who was reportedly found dead in Moscow on July 22, 2023.
Anton Cherepennikov.

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Russia briefly deployed its super-advanced T-14 tanks to Ukraine, then withdrew them again, state media says

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Russian T-14 Armata tank participates in a Victory Day Parade night rehearsal in Moscow, Russia, on May 4, 2022.

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The Kremlin could pass a new rule that could make it harder for foreign companies to exit Russia: report

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President Vladimir Putin's administration has been making it harder to exit the Russian market.

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Prigozhin turned back his rebellion because his men got 'cold feet' and that it 'wasn't what they had signed up for,' CIA chief Bill Burns says

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Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, records his video addresses in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Saturday, June 24, 2023.

Prigozhin Press Service via Associated Press

The mother of a Russian prisoner recruited to fight in Ukraine said she got a government letter saying her son died the day he left jail

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Russian servicemen take part in military exercises at the Uspenovskyi training ground outside the city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia, on September 4, 2022.

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