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Andrey Kravtsov has become the first Russian soldier to receive a million-ruble reward, the equivalent of $13,000, for destroying a German-made Leopard tank on the battlefield in Ukraine. The money was provided by entrepreneurs from Novosibirsk Region through the Care of Siberia fund.

Homosexual couples in Estonia will now legally be able to register their union and adopt children The Estonian parliament has passed a law that will allow same-sex couples to officially get married, Prime Minister Kaja Kallas announced on Tuesday. The move makes the Baltic state the first ex-Soviet republic to permit such marital unions.