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Two people were reported killed in Russian shelling in eastern Ukraine on August 26, as Russia reported more drone strikes, including in the capital, Moscow.
Moscow police arrested a pensioner with a yellow-and-blue flower bouquet on August 24, saying he violated an order on holding rallies, Telegram channel Ostorojno Moskva (Caution Moscow) said.
Finnish media reports on August 25 said police have detained Yan Petrovsky, a Russian ultra-nationalist and former commander of the Rusich saboteur group that fights alongside of Russia's armed forces against Ukraine.
Latvia's State Security Service (VDD) said on August 25 that it had detained four Latvian nationals on suspicion of spying for Russia's Federal Security Service.
Russia’s Southern District Military Court on August 24 sentenced Oleg Vazhdayev to a six-year prison term under a strict regime after he was found guilty of attempting to set fire to a military enlistment office in the Krasnodar region in southern Russia.
A Moscow court on August 23 sentenced in absentia Maksim Kats, a self-exiled opposition activist, to eight years in prison on a charge of distributing "fake news" about Russia's armed forces.
The pretrial detention of U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich, who is accused of espionage -- a charge he, his employer, The Wall Street Journal, and the U.S. government reject -- has been extended by a Moscow court for another three months.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, in his first remarks since the deadly crash of the plane thought to be carrying Wagner group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin, expressed his condolences to the families of all of the victims while also referring to the “serious mistakes” made by the mercenary leader.
A private jet belonging to the Wagner mercenary group has crashed en route to St. Petersburg from Moscow, with officials saying the company's chief, Yevgeny Prigozhin, was one of 10 people on the passenger list.
A stadium in Russia's North Caucasus region of Daghestan named after Yelena Isinbayeva, a two-time Olympic pole-vault champion for Russia, has been renamed after the athlete said she is "a person of the world."
Russian health-care watchdog Roszdravnadzor told the daily Kommersant on August 22 that U.S pharmaceutical company MSD (Merck Corporation) will stop supplying Russia with the popular Zepatier hepatitis C medicine after its planned deliveries end in late 2024.
The bodies of four people, including two teenagers, who took part in an excursion into Moscow’s sewer tunnels have been found in the Moskva River
The Supreme Court of Russia's Mari El Republic ruled on August 21 to shut down the Man and the Law rights group citing the nongovernmental organization’s 'involvement in political activities."
A 32-year-old postgraduate student from Gabon has been stabbed to death in a cafe in the Russian Urals city of Yekaterinburg, with witnesses calling it "a racially motivated attack."
Intense fighting has been reported in Ukraine's southeastern Zaporizhzhya region, with Defense Minister Hanna Malyar claiming "success" as Kyiv continues its counteroffensive to regain territory occupied by Russian forces.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy arrived on August 21 in Greece for talks with the country's leaders and to attend an informal meeting of representatives of Balkan countries and top European Union officials.
A Moscow court has ordered a transgender woman, Katerina Maiyers, to pay 300,000 rubles ($3,170) for attempting to violate an order forbidding her to leave Russia over a case involving the possession of classified information.
Two major Moscow airports temporarily suspended flight arrivals and departures on August 21 following claims by the Defense Ministry that a Ukrainian drone had been shot down over the Moscow region.
Russia’s Prosecutor General has filed a lawsuit to confiscate a power asset belonging to one of the country’s richest men, claiming his purchase of the company five years ago was corrupt, local media reported.
Supporters of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny around the world are marking the third anniversary of his near-fatal poisoning with demonstrations against Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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