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  • Two dead and many injured in Russian strike on Ukrainian shopping centre

    Two dead and many injured in Russian strike on Ukrainian shopping centre

    At least two people have been killed and a further 27 injured following a Russian air strike on a shopping centre and market in the town of Dobropillia in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, officials have said.

    More than 50 shops, 300 apartments…

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  • Joint global operation takes down pro-Russian hacking group | News

    Joint global operation takes down pro-Russian hacking group | News

    NoName057(16) had carried out thousands of attacks on Ukraine and its supporters.

    An international operation spanning North America and Europe has taken down a pro-Russian cybercrime group linked to thousands of attacks on Ukraine and its…

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  • Russia’s Recognition Could Bolster Taliban Regime – Foreign Policy

    Russia’s Recognition Could Bolster Taliban Regime – Foreign Policy

    Welcome to Foreign Policy’s South Asia Brief.

    The highlights this week: Russia becomes the first foreign government to formally recognize the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar visits Beijing,…

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  • Finally, Trump Seems to Get Putin

    Finally, Trump Seems to Get Putin

    President Donald J. Trump seems to have finally figured out who Vladimir Putin really is. In announcing the sale of new U.S. weapons to NATO countries that will then transfer weapons to Ukraine, Trump has finally pivoted away from his failed…

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  • Russia — The Unreliable Ally

    Russia — The Unreliable Ally

    Iran took a terrible and visible beating from Israeli and US air strikes in June. The consequences for Russia’s already frayed reputation as an ally were also significant, if less visible. 

    Remember that Iran is a tried and…

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  • Russia: Proposed amendments to counter-extremism laws escalate assault on dissent

    Russia: Proposed amendments to counter-extremism laws escalate assault on dissent

    Reacting to the latest legislative amendments in Russia, which include a new draft law that enables the designation of any community or organization as “extremist” without a court order, and another bill that envisages administrative…

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  • Russian drones pound Ukraine and target Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s home town, injuring at least 15 people

    Russian drones pound Ukraine and target Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s home town, injuring at least 15 people

    Russia has pounded four Ukrainian cities with hundreds of drones, including Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s home town, injuring at least 15 people in an attack that mostly targeted energy infrastructure.

    The bombardment on Tuesday night, local time, came…

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  • USA Wrestling | USA vs. Russia men’s freestyle dual set for PWL 9 in Budapest, Hungary on July 21

    USA Wrestling | USA vs. Russia men’s freestyle dual set for PWL 9 in Budapest, Hungary on July 21

    Reviving a tradition that goes back more than six decades, the national men’s freestyle teams from the United States and Russia have agreed to compete in a dual meet as part of the Professional Wrestling League.  

    Billed as PWL 9, the dual meet…

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