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Russian canoeists banned for being in state doping program 8 years ago

The cases were prosecuted using evidence from the testing laboratory in Moscow that was shuttered in 2015 when the state doping program was detailed

As war drags on, Putin will struggle to hide Russian mothers' grief

Russia's losses in Ukraine have already been staggering, even if the pace has slowed since the disastrous early days.

Ukraine says Russian troops are trying to cut access to Sievierodonetsk

Ukraine says Russia pushing hard to take Sievierodonetsk; UK says Russian air activity high over Donbas region; UN attempts to broker deal for Ukraine grain exports

Russian malls half-empty after Western firms exit over Ukraine war

Dozens of foreign and international companies have withdrawn from the country, leaving behind half-empty malls and closed doors in places that once buzzed with customers

EU sanctions on Russia fuel high inflation, expose internal rifts

EU's decision earlier this week to ban 90 per cent of oil imports from Russia by the end of the year is aimed at crimping the Russian economy amid the high-profile crisis in Ukraine

High energy prices, Asian markets could blunt EU ban on Russian oil

EU's decision to ban Russia oil over Ukraine invasion is a blow to Moscow's economy but its effects may be blunted by rising energy prices and other nations willing to buy petroleum, experts say

Russians, Ukrainians troops fight block by block in Sievierodonetsk

Russian troops pushed farther into the key eastern Ukrainian city and fought street by street with Kyiv's forces Monday in a battle the mayor said has left the city in ruins

Russia has lost the Ukraine war, China made wrong bet: Ex-FS Shyam Saran

Russia has lost the Ukraine war as it would not have achieved any rational objective by the end of it and China had made a "wrong bet" on Moscow, former foreign secretary Shyam Saran said

Countries attempting to isolate Russia only hurting themselves: Putin

Vladimir Putin said that the countries, which are attempting to isolate Russia, are primarily only harming their economies

Russia slams sanctions over Ukraine, seeks to blame West for food crisis

Moscow pressed the West to lift sanctions against Russia over the war in Ukraine, seeking to shift the blame for a growing food crisis that has been worsened due to the war

Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny loses appeal against nine-year jail term

As soon as the Moscow court's sentence came into force, Navalny has been transferred to a strict regime penal colony with harsher conditions, including fewer family visits for another 8 years

Russia-Ukraine war: Moscow faces diplomatic and battlefield setbacks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked his forces who reportedly pushed all the way to the Russian border in the Kharkiv region in a symbolic gain

EU drafts plan for buying fuel from Russia without breach of sanctions

European companies have been scrambling for weeks to figure out how they can meet Moscow's demand and keep the crucial gas flowing without violating sanctions on Russia's central bank

Afghanistan wants oil, gas from Russia, hopes to send dry fruits to Moscow

The Afghan charge d'affaires said Taliban govt is relying on Russia to restore the infrastructure, build buildings, roads and other necessary facilities because it had helped Afghanistan in past too

US, Russian defense chiefs speak for first time since Ukraine's invasion

The officials said the hour-long call didn't appear to signal any change in Moscow's war in Ukraine

Russia-Ukraine war: UN races to rescue civilians from Mariupol plant

Some 2,000 Ukrainian fighters, by Russia's most recent estimate, are holed up in the vast maze of tunnels and bunkers beneath the Azovstal steelworks, and they have repeatedly refused to surrender

Belgian diplomats declared 'persona non grata' leave Russia: Reports

According to the foreign ministry spokesperson, the Belgian embassy in Moscow will remain open despite the reduction in its personnel

Despite payment, investors brace for Russia to default on its debts

Prices for Russian credit default swaps fell sharply overnight after Moscow used its precious foreign currency reserves to make a last minute debt payment.

Moscow has evacuated over 1 million people from Ukraine: Rusian official

Lavrov said that negotiations continue between Russia and Ukraine almost every day and blamed the inflammatory actions of Western supporters of the Kyiv regime for disrupting the talks

Moscow bars entry of public figures from Norway, Greenland, Ireland

The countermeasures were taken in response to the decisions made by Iceland, Norway and the Danish autonomies of Greenland and the Faroe Islands to join the European Union's sanctions against Russia