The strategic landmark was damaged by a massive explosion that Moscow blamed on Kiev President Vladimir Putin visited the Crimean Bridge on Monday, meeting construction workers and driving over its restored section. The bridge links the peninsula to mainland Russia and was damaged in a terrorist attack in early October. It has been undergoing repairs…

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A Western ban on payments from the country undermined the company’s bottom line last year, according to an official report The Russian state postal service has reported massive losses for the first time in nine years, largely due to logistical disruptions caused by Western sanctions, annual results published on Monday have disclosed.