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Bomb blast in Moscow kills two police officers, days after apparent assassination of general

Two police officers were killed early Wednesday by a bomb in Moscow, close to the scene of a car bombing that killed a top Russian general two days ago. The two police officers approached a suspicious person who detonated an explosive device near a police car, Russia’s investigative committee said in a statement on Wednesday. …

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Egypt Independent December 25, 2025

Ukraine blows up two key Russian bridges using Moscow’s own mines and $600 drones

Ukraine has said it destroyed two bridges inside Russia by using a couple of cheap drones to hit stashes of mines and ammunition hidden there by Russian forces. The Ukrainian military said the two bridges near the border with Ukraine’s Kharkiv region were being used by the Russian military to resupply their troops. Because of …

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Egypt Independent August 30, 2025

Trump says there’s a ‘good chance’ he’ll meet with Putin, but no ‘breakthrough’ in Witkoff’s Moscow trip

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday there was a “very good prospect” of a summit meeting soon with Russia that could lead to an end to the war in Ukraine. “We had some very good talks with President Putin today, and there’s a very good chance that we could be ending – the ending, the …

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Egypt Independent August 9, 2025

The Russia-Ukraine peace process is going exactly how Moscow wants it to: slowly

Kyiv, Ukraine CNN — In the end, it is the Kremlin’s plan playing out, and there appears to be little the White House will do about it. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s decision to send defense minister Rustem Umerov to meet with a low-level Russian delegation in Istanbul was a difficult choice forced by necessity. Its …

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Egypt Independent May 16, 2025

Egyptian military participates in Moscow’s Victory Day parade

A unit of the Egyptian military police participated in the military parade held in Moscow’s Red Square to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany and its allies, Pulse Mubasher reported. The parade was attended by veterans, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, and a host of world leaders, including Egyptian President Abdel Fattah …

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Egypt Independent May 9, 2025

Xi and Putin agree to ‘deepen’ China-Russia ties during Moscow talks

Hong Kong CNN — Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a joint statement “further deepening” their partnership following talks in Moscow Thursday – a show of solidarity in the face of global uncertainties unleashed by US President Donald Trump’s “America First” diplomacy. Seated together in an ornate room in the Kremlin …

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Egypt Independent May 8, 2025

Classified document confirms transfer of millions of dollars from Central Bank of Syria to Moscow: Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has revealed a classified document that exposes secret operations to transfer huge sums of money through Syrian Airlines to the Russian capital, Moscow, describing it as ‘one of the most mysterious financial transfer operations involving the former Syrian regime’.” The Syrian Observatory added in a statement that from the …

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Egypt Independent January 7, 2025

Spike in Russian flights from Syria to Libyan desert base as Moscow eyes new Mediterranean hub

CNN — In the weeks since Bashar al-Assad was ousted as Syrian leader, Russia has launched multiple flights to an airbase in the Libyan desert. Moscow’s goal appears to be to find an alternative stopover for its growing military involvement in Africa – and a way to retain its military presence in the Mediterranean. For …

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Egypt Independent January 1, 2025

Bashar al-Assad is in Moscow, Russian state media says

Bashar al-Assad is in Moscow, Russian state media says Former Syrian president flees to capital of longtime ally Russia after

Middle East Eye December 10, 2024

As Moscow’s leader makes new bellicose threats, what the term ‘escalation’ gets wrong about Ukraine striking Russia

Over 1,000 days of war, Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly warned Kyiv’s Western allies of dire – potentially nuclear – consequences if they “escalate” the war by giving Ukraine the weapons it needs to defend itself. Putin’s threats became even fiercer this month after the Biden administration finally gave Kyiv permission to launch longer-range …

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Egypt Independent November 29, 2024

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