Russia
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Government
Ukrainian Drone Strike Targets Oil Refinery in Russia
DID Press: A major oil refinery owned by state energy giant Gazprom in Russia’s Bashkortostan Republic was hit by a drone attack, sparking a fire, local officials confirmed. The regional governor said the incident was the result of “a terrorist…
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Government
US Congress Approves $400B Military Aid to Ukraine for 2026
DID Press: US Congress approved a major defense spending bill allocating $400 billion in military aid to Ukraine in 2026, reaffirming Washington’s commitment to Kyiv amid its ongoing war with Russia. The House of Representatives passed $900 billion annual defense…
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan, Russia Make Headway in Economic Talks
DID Press: Afghanistan’s Caretaker Government said on Monday that economic negotiations with Russia have made significant progress, with bilateral relations reaching a high level. Hamdullah Fetrat, deputy spokesperson of the caretaker administration, told RIA Novosti that both sides are reviewing…
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Health
Russia Unveils Ready-to-Use Cancer Vaccine
DID Press: Russian health officials announced the successful completion of preclinical trials for a new cancer vaccine, which can potentially save patients’ lives. According to Russian media reports, the vaccine has been shown in preclinical studies to shrink tumors, slow…
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan Plays Key Role in Pakistan-Russia Transit Route
DID Press: Russia’s Ministry of Transport announced that a trial train will run in October from Karachi in southern Pakistan to Moscow and Minsk, with part of the route passing through Afghanistan via transit road. Russian officials said the initiative…
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Afghanistan
Russia Urges Taliban to Cooperate in Counterterrorism
DID Press: Russia’s Special Envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, on Wednesday praised Taliban’s caretaker government’s actions against ISIS-K and called for enhanced cooperation in counterterrorism during a ceremony marking Afghanistan’s Independence Day in Moscow. Kabulov highlighted that Russia was the…
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Government
Trump Hands Melania’s Letter to Putin
DID Press: U.S. President Donald Trump’s wife, Melania Trump, sent a personal letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin. The officials would not divulge the contents of the letter other than to say it mentioned the abductions of children resulting from…
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Government
Trump Accuses US Media of Spreading ‘Fake News’ Over Planned Meeting with Putin
DID Press: U.S. President Donald Trump accused US media outlets of fabricating reports regarding his planned meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. He also criticized former National Security Advisor John Bolton for remarks suggesting that Moscow had already “won” before…
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Government
Russia Stages Largest Troop, Equipment Shift to Zaporizhzhia, Northern Donetsk
DID Press: Russia has carried out its largest troop and equipment redeployment in the past two months to the Zaporizhzhia front and northern Donetsk, a Ukrainian official said. Petro Andriushchenko, head of the so-called Center for the Study of Occupation,…
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Politics
Russia Strikes Azerbaijan’s Oil Infrastructure Following Alleged Secret Aliyev–Trump Deal
DID Press: Geopolitical tensions in the South Caucasus have reached a new peak. According to media reports, Russia has recently targeted several Azerbaijani oil pipelines and storage facilities — an act observers view as a direct Kremlin response to a…
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