Russians are going to the polls for the first time since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022

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The Kremlin ordered the Russian businesses of Swiss-based food and beverage company Nestle and French retailer Auchan placed in temporary administration, in a procedure that previously has led to the sale of Western businesses at knockdown prices

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Exclusive: Stark figures intensify calls for the UK to prioritise national security as government accused of being ‘asleep’ to threats

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Russia is set to compete in the Under-15 World Cup in Azerbaijan next month

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Sam Kiley, world affairs editor, explains the significance of the insignificant Russian Duma elections

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has welcomed leaders from seven regional countries for talks on deepening cooperation

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The Made in Europe scheme is designed to protect the continent’s manufacturing from global competition like China

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Kyiv denounced the election as illegal because residents of illegally annexed regions of Ukraine were included

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The frictions in Russia’s wartime economy are growing

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The United Nations’ top official acknowledges the world is deeply divided and the U.N.’s most powerful body is paralyzed when it comes to ending conflicts

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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warns that Russia is planning hybrid strikes with drones and rockets on European countries supporting Ukraine

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Tributes have been paid to Pavlo Sadokha, a leading voice for Ukrainians in Portugal

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In 2023, thousands of migrants from West Africa arrived in Lockland, Ohio, nearly doubling the town’s population so suddenly it seemed to some that it happened overnight

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China and Russia employing most of North Korean labourers who send their remittances back to North Korea

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In 2023, thousands of migrants from West Africa arrived in Lockland, Ohio, nearly doubling the town’s population so suddenly it seemed to some that it happened overnight

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The Dayton Literary Peace Prizes have announced this year's winners

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Graham’s bill to hit Russian oil importers has potential implications for US-India ties and international energy market, says New Delhi

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A Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine's capital and surrounding areas has injured at least 19 people, according to authorities

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Romanian residents near the Ukraine border are living in fear due to Russian drone strikes

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Russia will pretend strike was accidental to 'paralyse' Nato response, says Donald Tusk

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Paloma Faith has questioned Ed Sheeran's “political neutrality” after Macklemore was dropped from Sheeran's US tour over pro-Palestine comments, while revealing that she says “free Palestine” to her children every night.

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Major Paul Wilks, 40, was killed in a traffic accident away from the front lines on Saturday

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Veteran Putin ally Sergei Lavrov suggested a fight with Europe would not prove difficult for Moscow

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Ed Sheeran's tour has been thrown into turmoil by all of his supporting acts quitting after the rapper Macklemore was dropped as an opener due to pro-Palestinian comments he made onstage

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Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada was seeking a ‘unique alliance’ with the EU – but not membership

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Putin has been facing declining approval ratings, mounting casualties and ‘net-zero’ territorial gains since March this year as polls open today. Experts tell Maira Butt what this could mean for the future of Russia

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The European Union needs a NATO-like mechanism to better respond to drone incidents, acts of sabotage and cyberattacks across Europe, many of them blamed on Russia, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday

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Four men and a woman were killed on the bus attack in Nikopol

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