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Vyacheslav Kolokoltsev, an 81-year-old retired geologist, lives in the village of Gorneshno in Russia's Novgorod region. He hangs posters outside his house against the war in Ukraine and denouncing Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Two Russian men, including a wealthy regional legislator, reportedly died at a hotel in the eastern Indian city of Rayagada within a few days of one another under unclear circumstances, local media reported.
The cities of Bucha and Irpin in the Kyiv region were both heavily damaged during the brief but brutal occupation by Russian forces at the start of their invasion of Ukraine. Many houses were completely destroyed or in need of major repairs.
Dmitry Rogozin, the former Russian deputy prime minister and once the head of the state space agency Roskosmos, has been wounded by Ukrainian shelling near the eastern city of Donetsk, which is controlled by Russian separatists.
A Ukrainian police evacuation group called White Angel is still working to get local residents out of the city of Bakhmut, which is under attack from Russian forces. Before evacuating some elderly residents, they brought a St. Nicholas Day present to Hanna, a young girl living in a basement.
An explosion and fire at a major pipeline transporting Russia's natural gas from Siberia to Europe via Ukraine killed three workers on December 20.
A landscape architect who says he worked on Russian President Vladimir Putin's official complex near Moscow has provided Current Time with plans, videos, and photos. Stanislav Chekalyov says he spent five months working at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence last year.
Moscow is trying to seize more territory in Ukraine's Donetsk region, currently one of the war's hottest areas. Russian forces are said to be sending small reconnaissance units to probe for weaknesses in Ukraine's defenses. Ukrainian troops are pushing back against enemy attacks.
Moscow municipal lawmaker Aleksei Gorinov, who was handed a prison term in July for his stance against Russia's aggression against Ukraine, has been transferred to a prison infirmary for unspecified health problems, the politician’s supporters said on Telegram on December 16.
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev made a surprise visit to a Tashkent resident and asked how the heating in his building was. His original answer was "not that great," but after a stream of questions, his reponse was "we're not freezing" and he agreed after Mirziyoev said: "So, it's fine?"
A court in Ukraine has sentenced 15 separatist fighters from the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk to 15 years in prison on charges of high treason and collaboration.
Hundreds of thousands of Russians have fled their country since Moscow announced a "partial" mobilization on September 21. Many have traveled to Uzbekistan to seek refuge. The Russians say they are settling into their news lives and are unsure how long they'll be abroad.
A court in Moscow has sentenced a municipal lawmaker from the opposition Yabloko party to four years in prison on extortion charges that she rejects as politically motivated.
A Russian Arctic sea port, Pevek, has a dwindling population and the world's northernmost nuclear power plant, housed on a huge barge. Residents here are nostalgic for the town's heyday, when the port was busy with mineral shipments.
A social-media post by a group in the city of Kansk, in the Siberian region of Krasnoyarsk, shows an apparent sign-up order for a 12-year-old local boy based on an order by the Kansk military commissariat.
Ukraine's Finance Ministry says demand for private bomb shelters has risen twentyfold since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of the country in February. A host of companies are offering shelters that they say can protect occupants from shelling and shock waves.
A Vilnius court on December 9 cancelled the residence permit of Yelena Kaminskas, aka Shebunova, a Russian citizen who is reportedly the mother of two extramarital children from Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.
Authorities said that the flames at the Mega shopping center in Khimki spread over an area of about 18,000 square meters.
A Norwegian court has acquitted Andrei Yakunin, the son of one of President Vladimir Putin's longtime confidants, of charges he violated a law that bars Russian citizens from flying drones in Norway.
Children from occupied areas of Ukraine were taken to a camp in Chechnya for "military-patriotic" training in November, according to Russian officials. The children were described as "socially troubled" and designated for "reeducation."
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