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"I hope I've brought a lot of joy to the Bulgarian people. I know Bulgaria has a strong appreciation for Russians, but I hope they will also come to appreciate Ukrainians," said Semen Novikov, the Ukrainian-born wrestler who clinched Bulgaria's first Olympic gold medal at the Paris Games.

Let us remind you that the commander of the submarine, 42-year-old captain 2nd rank Stanislav Ruzhitsky, was liquidated on the territory of Russia, in the city of Krasnodar. He was ambushed while jogging, according to the latest details released today.

Russia's southern Belgorod region bordering Ukraine came under attack Friday from Ukrainian artillery fire, mortar shells and drones, authorities said, hours after two drones struck a Russian city in an area next to the annexed Crimea Peninsula.

According to the company's website, the option is available for Air Serbia flights from Belgrade, Banjaluka, Podgorica, Sarajevo, Skopje, Tivat, Zagreb, Athens, Thessaloniki, Sofia, Tirana and Bucharest.

KRASNODAR - Partizan Belgrade were beaten 99-64 (22-18, 32-10, 29-18, 16-18) on the road by Lokomotiv Kuban in Wednesday's Round 10, Group C game of Eurocup Basketball.

The Russian team, coached by Serbian Sasa Obradovic, killed the game off in the second quarter, running away with a big 93-46 lead in the last quarter.

The leftovers of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) could try to form a new terrorist network after its eventual defeat in the Middle East, Federal Security Service (FSB) Director Aleksandr Bortnikov warns.

The terrorists have been "almost defeated while attempting to build their caliphate in Iraq and Syria," he noted.

Russia’s southern Krasnodarsky Region has awoken to horrifying news about a pair of cannibals that could be responsible for up to 30 grisly murders, according to the local police.

It is estimated that the suspects may be responsible for up to 30 deaths, although police could only identify seven victims so far.

Scheduled flights between Russia and Turkey by the two countries' flag carriers have dropped almost 50 percent along with the number of passengers after the downing of Russian jet by Turkey on Nov. 24, 2015, a tourism official has said. 

Low-cost carrier Pegasus has announced that it has restarted flights to Russia after a visa problem for its flight crews was resolved. 

The company halted flights on Jan. 4 until Jan. 13 after it failed to get a positive response from Russia to visa applications for its crew members. 

A group of Turkish businessmen are said to have been detained by the Russian authorities for making "false statements about their trip to the country," amid rising tension between Ankara and Moscow over the downing of a Russian jet by Turkish F-16s near the Syrian border on Nov. 24.