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The Russian newspaper Novaya gazeta says it has acted on a request by authorities and has removed investigative materials produced by the team of jailed opposition politician Aleksei Navalny that suggest corruption among the country's top officials, including President Vladimir Putin.

Russia has reported yet another record daily number of COVID-19 cases as the extremely contagious omicron variant spreads across the country, authorities said.

Russia says it is shutting down the operations of Deutsche Welle (DW) in response to the closure of Russia's state-controlled RT DE earlier this week, a move the German broadcaster called "absurd" as it vowed to continue broadcasting.

Alert fans cried "censorship!" after noticing that their Eurovision entry had dropped references to being "one country" with Romania for blander lyrics. A possible union has been a topic of fiery debate ever since Moldova gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.

The United States has obtained intelligence indicating that Russia has formed a plan to stage a false attack, which would serve as justification for an invasion of Ukraine, according to U.S. officials quoted in news reports on February 3.

The EU’s vice president for values and transparency says the bloc is likely to have no room to take action if Hungary's elections in April fail to meet democratic standards.

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Will diplomacy prevail, or will Russia’s sweeping geopolitical demands and mounting military buildup near Ukraine lead to a new bloodshed? A Twitter Spaces conversation addressed the motives, actions, and potential outcomes at one of the tensest moments since the Cold War.

The United States is prepared to hold talks with Russia on a reciprocal agreement over the deployment of ground-launched missiles or combat forces in Ukraine, documents published by the Spanish newspaper El Pais revealed as the Kremlin urged Washington to stop "whipping up tensions" in Europe.

A group of Iranian political prisoners have reportedly been on hunger strike to protest the death of prominent poet and filmmaker Baktash Abtin, who died after contracting COVID-19 at the notorious Evin prison earlier this month. Rights groups have said Abtin was denied proper medical care.