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Why High Oil Prices Won’t Fix Russia’s Budget Crisis
The pressure on Russia’s finances has grown so acute that even a sustained surge in oil prices driven by turmoil in the Strait of Hormuz will not be enough to plug the widening deficit.
Even as oil…
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Czechia preparing Kremlin-style bill to crack down on NGOs, critics say – POLITICO
The text was drawn up by MPs from the ruling coalition as a preliminary working draft, rather than by the government as an official bill. Czech Minister of Justice Jeroným Tejc told POLITICO that the leaked version “was not prepared by…
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A New Twist In Kremlin Efforts To Conceal Putin’s Location
Russian President Vladimir Putin is getting even harder to find.
In November, Systema, RFE/RL’s Russian investigative unit, revealed that the Kremlin was obscuring Putin’s location and keeping much of his travel under wraps by using three nearly…
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RT Crew Narrowly Escapes Israeli Strike in Lebanon During Live Broadcast
A correspondent and cameraman of the Kremlin-funded news network RT were injured in a missile strike while reporting in southern Lebanon on Thursday.
RT cameraman Ali Rida captured the moment…
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EU summit: Hungary holds Ukraine aid ransom over Druzhba oil
EU leaders convene amid the war in Iran, but also while trying to retain focus on Ukraine with the Trump administration’s eye elsewhere. Hungary says it will block Ukraine aid unless the Druzhba oil pipeline is fixed.
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Endspiel um Trumps Zolldeal und die Folgen für die deutsche Autoindustrie – POLITICO
Endspiel um Trumps Zolldeal und die Folgen für die deutsche Autoindustrie – POLITICO