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News correspondent Boris Maksudov was fatally injured on Wednesday while covering hostilities near the front line Boris Maksudov, a Russian journalist from Russia 24 TV who was injured on Wednesday in a Ukrainian drone attack, has died in hospital, several news outlets reported on Thursday morning.

The Russian ruble fell nearly 2% against the US dollar on the Moscow Exchange during trade on Friday, reaching its lowest point since late March 2022. The currency traded at 89.4 rubles to the dollar at 14:00 Moscow time, according to exchange data. The euro traded at over 97 rubles, also the lowest level since…