When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, 21-year-old Nazar Kaihorodov made an agonizing decision: he helped his partner Viktoria and their son Yaroslav flee their home in Chernihiv and cross the border to safety….
Category: 1. Russia
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‘I have the right to speak Russian’ Ukrainian writer Zhenia Berezhna on reclaiming the ‘language of the occupiers’ — Meduza
“No,” Meduza’s 10th anniversary art exhibition, is on view at Berlin’s Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien gallery through July 6. The project brings together artists and journalists to reflect on the major themes that have shaped the past…
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‘I’m tired of living in hell’ Appealing to Putin for relief from pollution and unsafe housing, Russians find themselves under investigation instead
Across the country, Russians frustrated by factory emissions, dilapidated housing, and pollution are turning to the president for help. After their complaints to prosecutors, local officials, and police go unanswered, they record public video…
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‘Hand of Kremlin?’: Russian FM Spokeswoman Mocks Macron Video
Russia’s foreign ministry spokeswoman on Monday mocked a video of French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron getting off a plane, which has gone viral on social media overnight.
Maria Zakharova wrote on Telegram that…
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The Freedom Party in the Netherlands has demanded that the borders be closed to refugees
The leader of the Dutch far-right Freedom Party, Geert Wilders, has threatened the government with the collapse of the coalition if the authorities do not close the borders to refugees within weeks.

“If nothing…
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‘A kind of James Bond figure’ Three years after Zhirinovsky’s death, successor Leonid Slutsky pushes to rebrand the ultra-nationalist LDPR as Russia’s ‘party of diplomacy’
For 30 years, the deceptively named Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) was defined by its larger-than-life founder, Vladimir Zhirinovsky. A bombastic ultranationalist, Zhirinovsky openly espoused expansionist views and demonized the West…
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Estonian authorities fear escalation in the Baltic Sea
The Estonian authorities fear an increased presence of Russian ships in the Baltic Sea.

This was reported by the British newspaper The Telegraph with reference to the words of Lithuanian Prime Minister Gintautas…
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World Must Pressure Putin to Begin Peace Talks – Finnish PM
The international community must pile pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin to begin negotiating a ceasefire in Ukraine, Finland’s prime minister told AFP on Monday.
Petteri Orpo, whose country…
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Russian Stocks Tumble After Trump Calls Putin ‘Crazy,’ Threatens News Sanctions
Russia’s stock market fell more than 2% on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump called Russian President Vladimir Putin “crazy” and threatened new sanctions over Moscow’s continued attacks…
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Germany’s Merz Says Ukraine Can Use Western Long-Range Weapons on Targets in Russia
Ukraine’s Western allies are no longer imposing any range restrictions on the use of weapons delivered to Ukraine against Russian military targets, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Monday.
“There are no longer any range…
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