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The South Asian country blamed the quality of Russian crude for suspending the imports. It noted the refining process of Russian oil yielded more furnace oil than petrol. Refineries in Pakistan have also reportedly refused to process any more Russian crude.

"There is no danger that they interfere with each other or collide. There is enough space for everyone on the moon," the Russian space agency said.

More than 3,000 United States military personnel have arrived in the Red Sea aboard two warships, part of a beefed up response from Washington after tanker seizures by Iran, the US Navy said Monday.

Russia gives few glimpses nowadays of Alexei Navalny, an opposition icon who leveraged social media and fatigue with the Kremlin to rise to stardom before being poisoned and jailed.

Workers on Tuesday lowered a hammer and sickle from a gigantic sculptural figure that watches over the Ukrainian capital, as part of a campaign to remove Soviet symbols which has ramped up since Moscow invaded last year.

At least four people were killed including a 10-year-old child after a Russian missile attack on the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rig on Monday, officials said.

While Russia is now on its way to roll out its CBDC, the U.S. Federal Reserve last week launched an instant payment service, called FedNow, which was met with skepticism that it would replace dollar with a potential CBDC.

Russian officials said the drones struck non-residential buildings in the capital and there were no casualties. The attack came a day after Kyiv vowed to "retaliate" for a Russian missile attack on the Black Sea port of Odesa.

The Russian Central Bank on Friday hiked its key interest rate for the first time in more than a year amid fears that a weakening ruble will drive up inflation in the country.

A former Russian leader said the end of Vladimir Putin's regime will begin when Ukraine liberates Crimea.

The Russian high-explosive bombs started falling around the frontline Ukrainian chemical plant about three months ago.

Athletes who comply with the FIG Executive Committee's requirements will be allowed to compete beginning in January 2024.

Russian Gen. Sergei Surovikin has not been seen publicly since the Wagner group's failed rebellion in late June.

Russian President Vladimir Putin made the odd comment during a meeting with Irkutsk regional governor Igor Kobzev.

Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said that Russian forces are attempting to gain ground in Kupiansk and are moving troops around Bakhmut to prevent Ukraine from advancing.

Most of the casualties were reported in the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk.

"What information is available at the moment: a girl was injured. The hardest thing is that her parents died, dad and mum," said Vyacheslav Gladkov, governor of the western Russian region of Belgorod.

China and Russia are set to mark a new era of enhanced cooperation as the two countries are scheduled to conduct joint military exercises in the Sea of Japan.

Former President Donald Trump claimed he would use his relationship with the Ukrainian and Russian leaders to urge them to make a peace deal.

Russian President Vladimir Putin reiterated his country's opposition to Ukraine's NATO membership bid, warning that it would create global instability.

Russian authorities have devised a new punishment for opposition leader Alexei Navalny by playing President Vladimir Putin's speech every night in his cell.