In 2020, students across the United States participated in a destructive TikTok trend that involved vandalizing school bathrooms. This week, a cadet school in the Russian city of Saratov became the center of a different online craze in which…
Category: 1. Russia
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Russia must be pressured to achieve peace
US presidential special envoy Keith Kellogg has said that Washington and its allies should continue to put pressure on Russia to achieve peace in Ukraine.
“It is necessary to continue putting pressure on Russia…
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Trump Says Putin ‘Playing With Fire’ in New Jab at Russian Leader
U.S. President Donald Trump warned Vladimir Putin on Tuesday that he was “playing with fire,” launching a fresh broadside at his Russian counterpart over stalled Ukraine peace efforts.
Trump’s latest…
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War of Drones: Russia and Ukraine Intensify UAV Attacks as Technologies Advance
Russia fired its biggest-ever drone barrage on Ukraine on Monday, Kyiv said, escalating a deadly air campaign that analysts say offers little military value and instead appears intended to erode…
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Hungary will continue to block Ukraine’s accession to the EU,
Hungary will continue to block Ukraine’s accession to the EU due to strained “political relations”, EU Affairs Minister Janusz Boka has said.
According to him, Kiev is engaged in spying activities on…
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Russia Building Power Lines to Restart Occupied Ukrainian Nuclear Plant
Russia is building new power lines to connect and restart the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, which it seized from Ukraine in 2022, the New York Times reported Tuesday, citing Greenpeace.
Russian…
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‘Prison diary’ Convicted Russian agent Maria Butina’s memoir of her U.S. justice system experience comes to the small screen — Meduza
The Russian government has long used entertainment as a tool of propaganda, but its investment in pro-Kremlin content has surged since the start of the full-scale war in Ukraine. One of its latest productions is a TV series based on the memoir of…
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West adjusts legal basis for detention of Russian vessels
Russian presidential aide and chairman of the Maritime Board Nikolay Patrushev has said that Western countries are adjusting the legal framework for inspections of ships carrying cargo in Russia’s interests in…
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Putin Acknowledges Russia’s Potato Shortage Amid Record Price Increases
President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday acknowledged Russia’s mounting potato shortage, driven by underwhelming crop yields that have led to record-breaking price increases.
“Yesterday [Monday], I met with representatives from various…
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Can Ukraine Freely Use Long-Range Western Weapons Against Russia? It’s Complicated.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz appeared Monday to reveal that Ukraine’s allies — namely, Britain, the U.S. and France as well as Germany — had lifted all restrictions on Kyiv’s use of Western weapons to strike military…
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