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President Vladimir Putin said Russia remains determined to achieve its military aims in Ukraine, as divisions over U.S. and European aid threaten to undermine Kyiv’s ability to repel the invasion.

The government had opened lines for ordinary Russians to submit questions for the President along with those asked by journalists. More than one and a half million questions have been submitted.

US journalist Evan Gershkovich, who is imprisoned in Russia on espionage charges, will remain in pre-trial detention until at least the end of January. The 32-year-old is accused by the Russian judiciary, among other things, of having collected information about the Russian arms industry. The reporter, his family, the Wall Street Journal and the U.S. authorities deny the espionage allegations. He is the first foreign journalist to be arrested on suspicion of espionage since the collapse of the S...

During an annual televised Direct Line question-and-answer session with Russian citizens, the 71-year-old president said that apart from his main dream of becoming an intelligence officer, he wanted to become a pilot, state-owned TASS news agency quoted him as saying.

Putin has held power for nearly 24 years and announced last week he is running for reelection. Before becoming the president, he worked as an officer of the KGB intelligence agency.

Pope Francis has called for a legally binding international treaty to regulate AI, saying algorithms must not be allowed to replace human values and warning of a "technological dictatorship" threatening human existence. From a report: The pope made his call on Thursday in a message for the Roman Cat...

During an annual televised Direct Line

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