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Russia’s Scientists Were an Asset to the Kremlin. Then They Became ‘Undesirable.’ - The Moscow Times Opinion | The Russian-speaking Academic Science Association, RASA, was proclaimed an "undesirable" organization by the Russian government.

#OpEd Because they saw the world beyond Russia's borders as an opportunity rather than a threat, Russian scientists face a witch hunt, writes Alexandra Borissova Saleh.

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2025 Was Russia’s Second-Warmest Year on Record - The Moscow Times Last year was the second-warmest year on record in Russia, the state weather agency Rosgidromet said in a climate report. “The temperature anomaly for Russia in 2025 was +1.24 degrees Celsius, the sec...

Over the past decade, temperatures in Russia have risen by 0.51 degrees Celsius while the global average increased by 0.2 C.

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Russia Giving Iran Intel to Target U.S. Military Forces – Washington Post - The Moscow Times Russia is providing Iran with intelligence to help it strike American military forces in the Middle East, the Washington Post reported Friday, citing U.S. officials familiar with the matter.

The targeting information has included the locations of American warships and aircraft, officials told the newspaper.

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State Duma Lawmakers Demand Clarity on Alleged Telegram Ad Ban - The Moscow Times Lawmakers in Russia’s lower house of parliament are pressing state regulators for clarity after authorities suggested that advertising on Telegram is illegal.

The Federal Anti-Monopoly Service said advertisers and distributors could face legal penalties for placing ads on the messaging app.

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Moscow Police Detain Iranians Celebrating Khamenei’s Death — Reports - The Moscow Times Moscow police detained dozens of Iranian nationals who gathered in public to celebrate the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a U.S.-Israeli military operation, the Ostoroz...

Moscow police detained dozens of Iranian nationals who gathered in public to celebrate the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Ostorozhno Novosti news outlet reported.

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Finland’s Move to Host Nuclear Weapons Will Backfire, Kremlin Warns - The Moscow Times Finland’s plans to allow nuclear weapons on its territory would force Russia to take countermeasures, the Kremlin warned Friday, casting the proposal as a new threat on its border.

Top spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow “will take appropriate measures” if Finland moves ahead with the policy change.

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Regions Calling: Who Is Putin’s Man for the Middle East? - The Moscow Times Hello and welcome to Regions Calling, your guide to developments beyond the Russian capital from The Moscow Times.

As Rustam Minnikhanov finds himself facing new geopolitical turmoil, experts question the extent of his skills, acumen and even will to execute Moscow’s increasingly complex balancing act in the Middle East.

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9 Wounded in Annexed Crimea After Intercepted Ukrainian Drone Crashes in Residential Neighborhood - The Moscow Times At least nine people, including three children, were wounded in annexed Crimea after a Ukrainian drone intercepted by Russian air defense systems crashed near a residential building, Kremlin-installed...

Kremlin-installed authorities said 10 apartment buildings and three vehicles were damaged as a result of the drone crash.

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Romanian Jailed 15 Years in Russia for Spying for Ukraine - The Moscow Times A Russian judge has sentenced a Romanian man to 15 years in prison after he was found guilty of spying for Ukraine, court officials said Thursday.

Prosecutors said the man gathered information for Ukraine about the location of an air defense system in southern Russia.

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U.S. Grants Temporary Waiver to Allow India to Buy Russian Oil as Iran War Jolts Energy Markets - The Moscow Times The United States on Thursday temporarily eased sanctions on Moscow to allow Russian oil currently stranded at sea to be delivered and sold to India.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the sale to India would “alleviate pressure caused by Iran's attempt to take global energy hostage.”

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Regions Calling: Who Is Putin’s Man for the Middle East? - The Moscow Times Hello and welcome to Regions Calling, your guide to developments beyond the Russian capital from The Moscow Times.

Amid the ongoing crisis in the Middle East, this week's Regions Calling newsletter takes a closer look at Tatarstan head Rustam Minnikhanov, the Kremlin’s envoy to the Islamic world:

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Manosphere Blogger Arsen Markaryan Sentenced to Prison for ‘Rehabilitating’ Nazism - The Moscow Times A judge in Moscow sentenced manosphere blogger Arsen Markaryan to 4.5 years in prison on Thursday after he was found guilty of “rehabilitating” nazism.

Markaryan is known for his controversial views on gender roles and masculinity, drawing comparisons to the self-proclaimed misogynist Andrew Tate.

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Russian Embassy in Tehran Says It Evacuated Women and Children - The Moscow Times Russia’s Embassy in Tehran said Thursday that it evacuated dozens of women and children earlier this week due to U.S. and Israeli attacks across the country. “We are grateful to our Iranian partners w...

The dozens of people were taken across the border to neighboring Azerbaijan, after which a Russian Emergency Situations Ministry plane flew the group back to Russia.

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Russia and Ukraine Release Hundreds of POWs With U.S. and UAE Mediation - The Moscow Times Russia and Ukraine released 200 prisoners of war each on Thursday, with the Defense Ministry in Moscow saying the initiative was made possible with the mediation of the U.S. and UAE.

The two countries exchanged 200 prisoners of war each on Thursday, with more expected to be released on Friday.

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Chechen Judge Re-Sentences Zarema Musaeva to Nearly 4 Years in Prison After Retrial - The Moscow Times A judge in the North Caucasus republic of Chechnya has sentenced Zarema Musaeva, the jailed mother of exiled critics of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, to nearly four years in prison after being found ...

Musaeva, the jailed mother of exiled critics of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, was found guilty of assaulting a prison guard.

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Over 150 Russian Tourists Stuck on Cruise Ship in Qatar as Middle East War Rages - The Moscow Times More than 150 Russian tourists have been stranded for days aboard a cruise ship near the Qatari port of Doha after the war triggered by the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran disrupted travel across the Midd...

Passengers described days of anxiety as they received little clarity or assistance from either the cruise operator or the Russian Embassy in Qatar, leaving them with no choice but to wait.

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Russia Fast-Tracks Ukraine War Veterans Into Paralympic Sport – Investigation - The Moscow Times Russia is spending tens of millions of dollars to recruit Ukraine war veterans into Paralympic sport, fast-tracking wounded soldiers from hospital wards into regional and national teams, an investigat...

Russia is spending tens of millions of dollars to recruit Ukraine war veterans into Paralympic sport, fast-tracking wounded soldiers from hospital wards into regional and national teams, an investigation by the news outlet Vot Tak has found.

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Iran Has Not Asked for Russia’s Help, Kremlin Says - The Moscow Times Iran has not asked for Russia’s help since the United States and Israel began launching attacks across the country, the Kremlin said Thursday, as the war in the Middle East continued to widen. “There ...

Moscow is one of Tehran’s closest partners, but analysts say that the Kremlin is unlikely to offer substantial support amid U.S.-Israeli attacks.

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Russian Oil Tankers Re-Route to India Despite U.S. Tariff Threats – Bloomberg - The Moscow Times At least two Russian oil tankers that were initially expected to dock in East Asia have changed course to India, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, signaling that authorities in New Delhi may be looking ...

The change of course comes amid turmoil in global energy markets as the war in the Middle East widens with no end in sight.

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Russian Drone Struck Civilian Cargo Ship in Black Sea, Ukraine Claims - The Moscow Times Ukraine said a Russian drone attacked a civilian cargo ship in the Black Sea port of Chornomorsk late Wednesday, wounding several crew members.

Odesa region Governor Oleh Kiper said several crew members of the Panamanian-flagged ship were wounded in the attack.

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Ukraine Behind 'Terrorist' Attack on Russian LNG Tanker, Putin Says - The Moscow Times Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday accused Ukraine of carrying out a naval drone attack that sank a Russian-flagged liquefied natural gas carrier in the Mediterranean Sea earlier this week....

❗ Putin has accused Ukraine of carrying out a naval drone attack that sank a Russian-flagged LNG carrier in the Mediterranean Sea earlier this week, calling it a "terrorist attack."

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Russia Fast-Tracks Ukraine War Veterans Into Paralympic Sport – Investigation - The Moscow Times Russia is spending tens of millions of dollars to recruit Ukraine war veterans into Paralympic sport, fast-tracking wounded soldiers from hospital wards into regional and national teams, an investigat...

Russia is spending tens of millions of dollars to recruit Ukraine war veterans into Paralympic sport, an investigation by the Poland-based news outlet Vot Tak has found.

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"Mr. Nobody Against Putin" Doesn't Settle for Easy Answers. That's Important. - The Moscow Times Opinion | When Pavel Talankin answered a social media post looking for volunteers to share how the war changed their lives, he became the reluctant chronicler of a small town’s “descent into the abyss...

#OpEd The film, which is less about resistance than a chronicle of society during war, is a promising and worthy award contender, writes Pippa Crawford.

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Moscow City Government Plans Major Layoffs Amid Budget Strain - The Moscow Times Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said Wednesday that the city government will reduce the size of its workforce by 15% after budget revenues in recent months fell short of projections. “Based on the result...

Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said the city government will reduce the size of its workforce by 15% after budget revenues in recent months fell short of projections.

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Finance Ministry Suspends March FX and Gold Operations to Adjust ‘Budget Rule’ - The Moscow Times Russia’s Finance Ministry said Wednesday that it will halt foreign currency and gold purchases and sales in March under its “budget rule,” as it prepares to revise the oil price benchmark used to calc...

Analysts described the move as “unexpected” since market participants believed the recent rise in oil prices would delay a planned revision of the base oil price.

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Russia's War on Ukraine Isn't at a Stalemate. That Encourages Escalation. - The Moscow Times Opinion | This article was originally published by the International Institue for Strategic Studies.

Opinion: Russia's war on Ukraine is not a stalemate. On land, sea and air, in sanctions’ design and enforcement, and in the geography of resourcing, the war is escalating and will continue to do so, writes @nigelgould-davies.bsky.social.

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Putin to Meet With Hungarian FM to Discuss Druzhba Oil Pipeline - The Moscow Times President Vladimir Putin will meet with Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó in the Kremlin on Wednesday to discuss the suspension of oil deliveries along the Druzhba pipeline.

Oil flows to Hungary and Slovakia via Russia’s Druzhba pipeline stopped after a Russian strike reportedly damaged the line in late January.

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Putin Calls for Ukraine War Veterans to Fill Russia’s Police Staffing Shortages - The Moscow Times President Vladimir Putin has urged Russia’s Interior Ministry to recruit veterans of the country’s war in Ukraine to help address growing personnel shortages in the country’s police force.

President Vladimir Putin has urged Russia’s Interior Ministry to recruit veterans of the country’s war in Ukraine to help address growing personnel shortages in the country’s police force.

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Russia’s Prison Population Falls to Historic Low, Deputy Chief Justice Says - The Moscow Times Russia’s prison population has fallen to a historic low, the newly appointed first deputy chief justice of the Supreme Court said Wednesday, coming after years of the Russian military’s recruitment of...

First Deputy Chief Justice Vladimir Davydov attributed the decline to the “humanization” of Russia’s law enforcement practices since President Vladimir Putin first took office.

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Russian State Media Slam U.S.-Israeli 'War Crimes' in Iran - The Moscow Times Russian state television hosts and pro-Kremlin figures have denounced U.S.-Israeli strikes on Moscow’s ally Iran as “war crimes” and accused Washington of using diplomacy as cover for military action,...

Russian state TV hosts have denounced U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran as “war crimes” and accused Washington of using diplomacy as cover for military action, warning that similar tactics could one day be used against Russia.

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