Category: 1. Russia
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Karabakh refugees protest in Yerevan Armenia cuts back aid
Story by Rima Grigoryan for The Beet. Edited by Eilish Hart
In Yerevan, refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh are protesting the Armenian government’s decision to cut back a vital aid program for the fifth day straight. Armenia began offering this…
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Russian Lawmaker Stripped of Seat After 2-Year Absence
Russia’s lower-house State Duma voted Thursday to strip lawmaker Yury Napso of his seat after he failed to attend parliamentary sessions for two years while still collecting his official salary.
Napso, a member of the nationalist…
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How NATO ships monitor Putin’s ‘shadow fleet’ in the Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea handles around 15 percent of global shipping traffic — approximately 2,500 vessels daily, according to researcher Julian Pawlak. A rising number of these ships belong to Russia’s “shadow fleet,” a group of hundreds of…
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Secretive Energy Supplies and Harboring Assad: Inside the Kremlin’s Balancing Act With Syria’s New Leaders
The Kremlin is capitalizing on Syria’s energy crisis in an effort to keep its military bases in the country, even as it refuses to hand over fugitive former dictator Bashar al-Assad to the new…
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Lithuania Honors Four US Soldiers Who Died In Military Exercise
Lithuania held a farewell ceremony for the four American soldiers who died during a military exercise in March. Mourners gathered in Vilnius on April 3 for the procession before the bodies were taken to the airport and returned to the United…
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More than 280,000 government workers have been laid off in the US in 2 months because of DOGE’s actions
More than 280,000 federal employees and contractors in 27 U.S. agencies have lost their jobs in the past two months as a result of the U.S. Department of American Government Efficiency (DOGE), employment firm…
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Russia Deepens Military Cooperation With Mali, Lavrov Says
Russia’s army is deepening its military cooperation with Mali, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday, as the foreign ministers from Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger visited Moscow.
“Defense…
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