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The Russian economist noted that his spring forecast of a 10% plunge in Russia's GDP looks "overly optimistic" today.

Edward Snowden was one of the 72 foreign-born individuals who were granted Russian citizenship by President Vladimir Putin on Monday.

Vladimir Putin signed a decree Monday granting Russian citizenship to Edward Snowden.

Russian men who were arrested after protesting against Putin's partial mobilization were also conscripted into the military, reports said.

A New York Times investigation based on nearly 160,000 files from Russia's telecom regulator suggests the country has erected a massive surveillance network.

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg also said the war will unlikely end anytime soon unless Russia accepts Ukraine as a sovereign nation.

Direct flights from Moscow to Istanbul or Dubai have sold out for this week.

The Russian soldier said his comrades were raping Ukrainian women to vent their despair and hatred over losing against Kyiv's army.

The Ukrainian civilian also said he was also beaten with bats while being interrogated by the FSB.

"The attack was timed to coincide with Putler's speech...and we had to delay the attack when his speech was pushed back," Team OneFist said.

"The paradox of the situation we're in right now is the better the Ukrainians do, the more dangerous Putin becomes — the more he's backed into a corner," Sen. Angus King said.

The peak of Google searches came shortly after it was announced that Putin and Sergei Shoigu, Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, were expected to make a surprise national address Tuesday.

The woman also warned her fiancé not to come home without a Ukrainian soldier's military tunic.

In this new divide, India is in an enviable position, courted by Russia, China, the U.S. and the EU to take sides in the Ukraine war and the South China Sea disputes.

Professor Grigory Yudin said that Putin would likely say it was Russia's choice to retreat in case he suffers a military defeat in the Ukraine war.

The successful hacking operation was announced by Ukraine's Digital Transformation minister Mykhailo Fedorov.

The Russian military hospitals reportedly turned away wounded servicemen from the "Union of Donbas Volunteers" battalion.

"A tokenized cryptoruble will not only make it easier for citizens of the Russian Federation to access international crypto exchanges, but also... make settlements with foreign counterparties through cryptocurrencies," InDeFi CEO Sergey Mendeleev said.

The remarks of the head of the British Armed Forces and Chief of the Defense Staff Adm. Sir Tony Radakin come as Ukraine continues to gain grounds in its counteroffensive operations.

President Joe Biden issued his warning for Russian President Vladimir Putin during an interview with '60 Minutes.'

At least 1,866 Russian vehicles have been captured in Ukraine, a military equipment losses tracker confirmed.

A Russian teacher said they were told that Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine have no pants and socks.

The bodies were found near the recently liberated city of Izium.

Yevgenii Prigozhin also recruited murderers and robbers to join Russia's Wagner mercenary group in the war in Ukraine.

The SSU said the female Russian agent was recruited after the war began in February.

The video showed Yevgenii Prigozhyn promising prisoners that they will be free after serving six months in the war in Ukraine.

"It's absolutely impossible to defeat Ukraine using those resources and colonial war methods with which Russia is trying to wage war," Boris Nadeszhdin, a former liberal member of Russia's parliament, said last week.

The Russian soldier said they no longer had any ammunition to protect themselves and added that their command had abandoned them.

In recent days, the Ukrainian army has retaken over 6,000 square kilometers of occupied territory as part of its counteroffensive, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an address.

The 20-year-old Russian grenade operator said that the Russian command is attempting to flee from the battlefield, leaving soldiers to fend for themselves.