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Angle down icon An icon in the shape of an angle pointing down. Mordolff/Getty Images Russia is shutting down a mortgage subsidy program that fueled a property boom.It's a sign Russia is trying to cool off its real estate sector, as well as its overheating economy.Russia's economy has been heating up for a while, bucking dire…

In March of 2022, Spotify announced that they’d be fully suspending their service in Russia amid the country’s invasion of Ukraine. Now, the streamer is cracking down on the songs and profiles of pro-war Russian artists by removing their music entirely from the platform.

A Russian missile attack on a small town in southeastern Ukraine and the fiery inferno that followed killed at least seven civilians, including three children, the country’s authorities said as they surveyed on Sunday the deadly toll of two days of fierce Russian assaults.Yuriy Borzenko, chief doctor of Zaporizhzhia Regional Children’s Hospital,…

Tensions are growing at the border Ukraine shares with Belarus, one of the Kremlin’s strongest allies in its ongoing war against the Eastern European nation. “The situation on the Belarusian-Ukrainian border is characterized by increasing tension,” Vadim Lukashevich, a deputy commander of special operations forces for the Belarus…

In a bomb shelter, high school seniors — gold sashes slung across their chests — took selfies before their graduation. Inside, phones flashed with air raid alerts as students and teachers performed dance routines.“We are the graduates of Kharkiv, the hero city!” the teenagers shouted from the underground stage. Parents cheered. Balloons sailed…

A decommissioned Russian satellite fractured in space on Wednesday, creating a cloud of debris in low Earth orbit that prompted astronauts aboard the International Space Station to take protective measures.The satellite, which was orbiting about 220 miles above the ground, broke apart into more than 100 shards, according to an announcement on…

Jeffrey H. Smith, senior counsel at Arnold & Porter, is a former general counsel of the CIA.Is Russia still abiding by the terms of the “understanding” that resolved the 1962 Cuban missile crisis? Recent reports of Russian warships conducting exercises in the Caribbean raise serious concerns about Moscow’s intentions.The understanding, often…

Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei LavrovArticle informationAuthor, Laura GozziRole, BBC News25 June 2024, 18:17 BSTUpdated 25 minutes agoThe Kremlin has said it is blocking 81 European publications in retaliation for an EU ban on some Russian outlets.Magazines, public broadcasters and newspapers from 25…

PRISON COLONY NO. 6, OMSK, RUSSIA — Solitary confinement in a maximum-security prison in Siberia is not particularly eventful. Among the few distractions (and welcome opportunities to leave my cell) I get here are my regular court appearances by video link from the prison office. One may reasonably ask what court appearances there can be for…

CNN  —  Six law enforcement officers and a priest have reportedly been killed in what appear to be coordinated attacks by gunmen in Russia’s southernmost Dagestan province. Attacks have…