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Moscow's troops retreated from a key position in the partially occupied southern Kherson region, state-run news agencies cited the Kremlin as saying on Monday, before retracting their reports and apologizing. The Russian Ministry of Defense was quoted by Russian state-run news agencies Tass and RIA Novosti on Monday as saying that the command of the Dnipro Group of Forces decided to transfer troops to more advantageous positions east of the Russian-occupied left bank of the Kherson Oblast. After the regrouping, the military group "will release part of the forces that will be used for an offensive in other directions," the...

The taxpayer-funded leftists at National Public Radio flung proverbial sewage at critics who dared raise Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s financial ties to billionaire George Soros. NPR’s Apr. 6 edition of All Things Considered decried “conservative politicians” who made Soros a “bogeyman” in Bragg’s highly politicized prosecution of former President Donald Trump. The outlet railed at critics like Trump, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). NPR Host Mary Louise Kelly brought on guest and liberal Soros biographer Emily Tamkin who downplayed the fact that Soros gave $1 million to the anti-police Color of Change PAC...

Russian state media have claimed there are signs that Ukrainian troops were practising black magic at a military headquarters in Ukraine. A 'satanic seal' - a symbol believed to hold connections to a greater supernatural power - was apparently found on the wall of a deserted Ukrainian military base on the outskirts of the village of Trekhizbenka in the Luhansk region. The Russian news agency RIA Novosti claimed the symbol, as well as other markings apparently made with blood, showed there were signs Ukrainian soldiers were 'practicing black magic'. Russian state media have claimed there are signs that Ukrainian troops...

The serial number proves that the Tochka-U missile that fell on Kramatorsk belonPhotos taken by Western journalists with Kiev's permission prove that the Tochka-U missile that attacked Kramatorsk was Ukrainian. This drew the attention of the Donetsk TV channel "Union", as well as several Telegram channels specializing in military topics. "The serial number of the Tochka-U missile, which fell on the eve of the railway station in Kramatorsk. Rocket 9M79-1, serial number SH91579. Earlier, Ukrainian militants used missiles from the same series, "the TV channel said in a statement.gs to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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MAKHACHKALA, October 19 (RIA Novosti) – The president of the restive southern Russian republic of Dagestan said Friday that punitive measures should be introduced for parents of minors taking part in extremist militant organizations. Ramazan Abdulatipov’s press office cited him as saying that young people are being conditioned into hatred for other peoples. Abdulatipov was speaking in the capital of Dagestan, Makhachkala, at the Congress of Russian Peoples, a forum for discussing relations between Russia’s numerous ethnic groups. A draft bill on the proposal put forward by Abdulatipov is to be presented by the Congress of Russian Peoples to the...

President Vladimir Putin has appointed a controversial news anchor known for his ultraconservative views to head a newly restructured state news agency. A decree published on the Kremlin’s website on Monday announced the appointment of Dmitry Kiselyov to be head of Russia Today, which will replace RIA Novosti in a major structural overhaul of the company. …

May 11, Moscow (RIA Novosti political commentator Pyotr Romanov). The VE Day celebrations left an ambiguous aftertaste. On the one hand, the holiday was a success. For the first time, veterans seemed to be in the center of attention, as they deserved to be. In the past, veterans' medals were merely a decorative attribute for the top officials of the country. Still, there is a fly in the ointment. Our WWII and current ally in the anti-terrorist coalition, the United States, decided to teach Russians a lesson of true democracy in the run-up to the gala event. As usual, the...