Russian fans of Starbucks coffee shops are getting the chance to see if a homegrown successor can measure up.
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Blasts in Crimea underscore Russian forces’ vulnerability
A spate of explosions and fires has turned Russian-occupied Crimea from a secure rear base into a new battleground in the war.
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Ukrainians flee grim life under Russian occupation: Shortages, disappearances, fear
Moscow-installed officials are pressuring residents who remain in Kherson to take Russian citizenship.
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Explosions rock Crimea in suspected Ukrainian attack
Russia seized the Crimean Peninsula in 2014 and has used it to launch attacks against Ukraine in the war that began nearly 6 months ago.
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Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny put in solitary confinement after starting union for convicts
Navalny was sentenced to nine years at a high-security facility on fraud and contempt charges, which he has repeatedly claimed are politically motivated.
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WNBA’s Brittney Griner appeals her Russian prison sentence
Russian news agencies reported that lawyers for American basketball star Brittney Griner have filed an appeal of her nine-year Russian prison sentence for drug possession.
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Russians buy last goods from H&M, Ikea as stores wind down
Both companies are laying off staffers as they scale down business.
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Large explosions rock Russian military air base in Crimea
It wasn’t clear whether the munitions were accidentally ignited or were hit by a Ukraine missile.
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Nuclear plant in Ukraine is shelled; rising dangers feared
Nuclear experts have warned that more shelling of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, which was captured by Russia early in the war, is fraught with danger.
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Shift in war’s front seen as grain leaves Ukraine; plant hit
Ukraine and Russia also accused each other of shelling Europe’s largest nuclear power plant.