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Binance provided Russian investigators with Yury Belenky's transaction history last year, including records of transfers to Ukrainian fundraising campaigns.

Businessman Umar Kremlev was previously revealed to have partly funded Trump Jr.’s wedding on a private Caribbean island in May.

Chubais left Russia in March 2022, later saying he had departed because he opposed the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

The Russian president also confirmed potential joint energy projects with the United States in the Arctic.

As Japan stays silent about his case, Imai's online presence and articles offer glimpses of the reporter who Moscow jailed on espionage charges.

Opinion: Experiencing captivity both as the American Evan and the Russian Vanya, Evan Gershkovich's account of life in a Russian jail is a compelling addition to the lineage of testimony that includes Solzhenitsyn and Ginzburg, writes Polly Jones.

A growing number of Russian soldiers who were still schoolchildren when the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began are being killed in the war. These are some of their stories.

Officials in the Far East region said a number of social support programs will be “funded in stages, so some transfers may occur with temporary delays.”

The two Nordic countries said the aim of their call with Vladimir Putin was “to convey messages directly” about upcoming peace negotiations.

BREAKING: Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre held a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, officials in Finland and Norway confirmed.

At least two people were killed in Ukrainian attacks in western Russia, regional officials said, while strikes against Kyiv left one person dead.

Jovo Bakić, a representative of the Student List, told the Kremlin-backed broadcaster RT Balkan that the incoming government would not impose sanctions on Moscow or abandon Russian gas supplies despite pressure from the European Union.

Opinion: When Indigenous people seek autonomy, well-meaning liberals warn that they could end up with autocracy. But that is not inevitable, argues exiled Sakha politician Alexander Ivanov.

A growing number of Russian soldiers who were still schoolchildren when the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began are being killed in the war.

Opinion: Washington is not only seeking to extract maximum profit from ending the war, but engaging in magical thinking imagining it will create peace, writes Charles Hecker.

For months, Turkey has tried to negotiate a maritime security agreement between Russia and Ukraine.

In the latest edition of Regions Calling, our newsletter focusing on news beyond the Russian capital, we look at the Krasnodar region, where a Ukrainian drone attack on a shadow fleet-linked tanker has sparked fears of an environmental catastrophe.

The company said its three supercomputers, among the most powerful in the world, have been moved to more secure locations.

At least six Russian political prisoners have died in custody so far this year, according to rights advocates. For relatives, fellow activists and supporters, preserving the memory of those who died has become an act of solidarity and resistance.

Russia on Monday accused Ukraine of repeatedly striking the Russian-controlled town of Oleshky ahead of a planned local ceasefire this week, something it said had thwarted the delivery of food and medicine and stopped people leaving.

Nikita Parmenov is reportedly accused of making statements in support of a far-right paramilitary group composed of Russians fighting alongside the Ukrainian army.

A growing number of Russian soldiers who were still schoolchildren when the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began are being killed in the war.

Alexander Kondratov was best known for his work as an art and production designer for the 2007 post-World War II detective drama “Liquidation.”

Officials in Moscow said they hope the incoming government in Belgrade will work “constructively” to preserve bilateral relations.

The 78-year-old career diplomat has emerged as one of the Kremlin’s key intermediaries with the Trump administration in negotiations to end the war in Ukraine.

Another 17 people were injured amid the strikes, while reports suggested that drones targeted a synthetic rubber plant in the southern city.

The death toll from the overnight attack on Belgorod rose to four after an injured man died in hospital, authorities said on Sunday evening.

Later on Sunday, southwestern Russia's Lipetsk region Governor Igor Artamonov said a Ukrainian missile strike on an industrial zone in the city of Yelets killed a security guard and injured a paramedic. Artamonov said the security guard worked at one of the industrial facilities located on the site.

Moscow will host the 2030 World Weightlifting Championships, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) announced on Sunday. No world championships in an Olympic sport, summer or winter, have been held in Russia since the start of the war in Ukraine.

“It's not enough to talk only to Kyiv; we need to talk to the whole of Europe, which fully supports Kyiv,” Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov said in an interview with state television on Sunday.

Overnight Ukrainian drone attacks killed 3 people in southwestern Russia’s Belgorod region and damaged an industrial site in the Perm region of the Ural Mountains, officials said Sunday. Russia’s Defense Ministry said its drones had struck a cargo vessel bound for the Black Sea port of Chornomorsk.

The decision leaves the future of Russia’s alternative to Eurovision uncertain a year after Moscow revived the Soviet-era competition.

Sofya Rozenfeld dedicated her life to following Arctic birds across the tundra and advocating for the species she studied. When she faced criminal charges for donating to Alexei Navalny’s foundation, she struggled to imagine leaving that work behind.

Ukraine said on Saturday that the Starlink satellite system and its military version Starshield were now fully functional after over a week of restrictions.

Three tankers carrying Russian diesel are on their way to North America, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said.

Moscow's largest airport, Sheremetyevo, resumed operations on Friday after it was forced to briefly suspend its work and ask passengers to move to safe locations due to a Ukrainian drone threat.

Opinion: Russians should be concerned about the power the Central Bank's new digital ruble would give the state over their finances, warns Nick Anthony.

The move comes after Putin signed an executive order on Sept. 28 placing Metro Russia under “temporary management” of the state.

The pause in fighting will allow for the delivery of humanitarian aid and facilitate civilian evacuations from the town, the White House said.

The cargo ship Khoryv, flying the Comoros flag, was "struck by a drone and sank near Romanian territorial waters," President Nicușor Dan said.

The FSB directive mirrors that of the U.S. National Security Agency, as well as authorities from the EU and China, after PHP programmers released a fix for the critical vulnerability on Wednesday.

Russian human rights commissioner Yana Lantratova said that Ukrainian and Russian civilians from 12 families were also reunited on Friday.

The reported target of the attack was the Azot chemical plant in Berezniki, which produces components used in explosives.

Policymakers have been weighing inflation risks against the need to lower currently high borrowing costs for businesses and consumers.

Russia's Krasnodar region is reeling from the environmental fallout of a Ukrainian drone attack on a Liberian-flagged oil tanker — while officials have offered few details. Read more in the latest edition of Regions Calling:

A tanker carrying the first shipment of Russian diesel to the U.S. has left port as part of a deal with President Trump, the Kremlin said. LSEG data showed that a Malta-flagged tanker carrying 40,000 metric tons of diesel was heading toward New York.