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It’s a key refuge for Moscow’s wealthy, including the record producer Iosif Prigozhin. He insists he still loves President Vladimir V. Putin, no matter what you’ve heard.
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Russia’s Su-75 Checkmate Stealth Fighter Has a Message for NATORussia’s Su-75 “Checkmate,” a single-engine stealth fighter concept championed by Rostec chief Sergei Chemezov, is likely a “fairy tale” that will never enter production. -Initially conceived as a joint project with the UAE,
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Cryptopolitan on MSNRussia and China lead the surge in Bitcoin’s hashrateThe United States holds the first spot in terms of Bitcoin’s raw computational power, with 323.4 exa-hashes per second (EH/s).
The increase, which the group said was a response to “a steady global economic outlook,” was higher than some analysts expected and could lead to lower oil prices.
The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan have met in Abu Dhabi for a new round of talks on ending their almost four decades of conflict in the South Caucasus, but reached no immediate breakthrough.
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Al Jazeera on MSNArmenia, Azerbaijan leaders meet for peace talks in UAE, no breakthroughDraft deal to end decades-long conflict agreed four months ago, but timeline for sealing it remains uncertain.
Afghanistan’s Foreign Ministry called it a historic step, and quoted Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi as welcoming the decision as “a good example for other countries.”
The United Arab Emirates announced on Saturday that it was able to successfully mediate a new prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine.
President Donald Trump threatened to impose an additional 10% tariff on countries that he said support "anti-American" policies of the BRICS group of emerging economies.
Aside from a conventional wire transfer, which according to the documents was processed through a bank in the United Arab Emirates, Russia also delivered gold bars as part of the transaction.