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Azamat Iskaliyev, accused of the murder of his ex-girlfriend, stands in a courtroom cage as he is sentenced to 19.5 years in jail, in Saratov, Russia July 9, 2025. Photo: Saratov Regional Court/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Heroes and villains: Russia braces for eventual return of its enormous army

Verstka, an independent Russian media outlet, calculated in October last year that almost 500 civilians had become victims of veterans returning from fighting in Ukraine

Representational image of a tumour cell development. Photo: Freepik

Russia’s cancer vaccine set for approval after promising trial results

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SCO Summit 2025: Can Beijing’s big push reshape global order?

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China denies conspiring with North Korea, Russia against US

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meets Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing, China, in this picture released by the Korean Central News Agency, September 3, 2025. Photo: KCNA via REUTERS

North Korea's Kim vows full support for Russia, discusses partnership with Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping pose for photos before their meeting in Beijing, China, on 2 September 2025. Photo: Reuters

Hot mic picks up Putin and Xi discussing organ transplants and immortality

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the government in Moscow, Russia August 27, 2025. Photo: Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Putin says Russia doesn't oppose Ukraine joining the EU

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Security Council's Secretary Nikolai Patrushev as they visit a sports hall of the St. Petersburg State Marine Technical University in the city of Saint Petersburg, Russia, January 26, 2024. Photo: Sputnik/Alexei Danichev/Pool via REUTERS/ File Photo

Kremlin hawk Patrushev urges Japan to halt 'militarisation' towards Russia, China

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025 at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Centre in Tianjin, China, September 1, 2025. SUO TAKEKUMA/Pool via REUTERS

China's Xi pushes a new global order, flanked by leaders of Russia and India

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping during a welcoming ceremony before their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Photo: May 8, 2025. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/Pool

Putin to visit China for week-long talks with Xi at pivotal moment in Ukraine war

Rescuers work at the site of an apartment building which was hit by Russian missile and drone strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine 28 August, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Thomas Peter

Russian missiles pound Ukraine, damage EU and British offices

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a family photo ceremony prior to the BRICS Summit plenary session in Kazan, Russia, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. Photo: Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

'Powerful optics': China's Xi to welcome Putin, Modi in grand show of solidarity next week

Students of the Don Cossack Cadet School of the Emperor Alexander III and members of the Cossack community undergo military training in the Rostov Region, Russia August 21, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Sergey Pivovarov

'We threw hand grenades!' Russian kids as young as 8 get taste of military training