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Two people were killed after a gas explosion struck a residential building in the Russian city of Noginsk, around 50 km (30 miles) east of Moscow, on Sept. 8, the Interfax news agency cited the investigative committee as saying. Read more here. The p...

Ukrainian startup Legal Nodes has been chosen to work with one of the world’s top seed accelerators, Techstars. Legal Nodes will receive $120,000 and mentoring from Techstars’ experts in London, in exchange for almost 6% of the company. L...

The Supreme Court of Russia’s Republic of Mordovia says it will decide within a week on the date of a hearing into a request to transfer Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine who is serving a lengthy prison term in Russia on espionage charges he ca...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has put into effect the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) decision of September 7, 2021 “On the Introduction of Amendments to Personal Special Economic and Other Restrictive Measures (Sanctions)...

Director Oleg Sentsov has become somewhat of an icon in Ukraine’s resistance against Russia. After being detained in Crimea and accused of terrorism, he was tortured and sent to a Russian prison, where he spent five years. Read more here. The p...

Four people, including two children, were rescued and sent to a hospital after a gas explosion in a nine-storey residential building in the city of Noginsk, around 50 km (31 miles) east of Moscow, TASS reported on Sept. 8, citing the emergency servic...

Editor’s Note: This story was originally published by OCCRP, a Kyiv Post partner. The last few months have been the most difficult for independent Russian journalists since the Soviet era. Here’s how the Putin regime is using ‘foreign agent’...

A Russian court will on Sept. 27 consider a request by a former U.S. Marine held in Russia to be transferred to the United States to serve his sentence, the Interfax news agency cited his lawyers as saying on Wednesday. Read more here. The post Reute...

In Russia and the temporarily occupied territories of Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk regions, 421 Ukrainian citizens are being unlawfully held at the moment. Read more here. The post Ukrinform: Ombudsperson says 421 Ukrainians unlawfully held in Russia,...