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Russia has dropped its ban on deploying intermediate- and shorter-range missiles
On Monday, Russia’s Foreign Ministry announced that the country was formally abandoning its moratorium on deploying ground-based intermediate- and shorter-range…
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‘It’s not just theft — it’s robbery’ How a Russian zoo owner in occupied Crimea uses the war as an pretext to take rare animals from Ukrainian territory
Oleg Zubkov is a Russian (formerly Ukrainian) businessman who runs multiple zoos in Ukraine’s occupied Crimean peninsula. He claims that in the last year alone, he’s removed around 100 animals from Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory,…
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Trump Imposes 25% Tariff on Indian Goods Over Russian Oil Purchases
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered an additional 25% tariff on Indian goods in response to New Delhi’s continued purchases of Russian oil, a key revenue source for Moscow’s war in Ukraine.
The new tariff, set to take…
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Mother of Chechen Dissidents Jailed Additional 4 Years Over Alleged Prison Assault
A judge has sentenced Zarema Musaeva, the jailed mother of outspoken critics of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, to an additional three years and 11 months in prison for allegedly assaulting a prison guard, the rights group Crew Against…
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Trump signed a decree imposing a 25% tariff on India for importing oil from Russia
The leader of the United States, Donald Trump, has signed a decree on the introduction of an additional duty of 25% on imports from India for its purchases of oil from Russia.
This was reported by the White House…
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Putin Signs Decree Allowing Russia to Raise Greenhouse Gas Emissions
President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signed a decree allowing Russia to increase its greenhouse gas emissions by about 20% by 2035 compared to 2021 levels.
Russia, the world’s fourth-largest emitter…
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58% of German companies expect new difficulties from the US tariff agreement
A large majority of German companies expect that the tariff agreement reached by the EC and the US will bring additional difficulties.
This is according to the results of a survey conducted by the German Chamber…
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Chelyabinsk Police Launch Manhunt After War Veteran Reportedly Murders Wife
Law enforcement authorities in the Russian city of Chelyabinsk have launched a manhunt for a Ukraine war veteran who is believed to have killed his wife, local media reported Wednesday.
Police told the…
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Kiev’s plan to invade the Kursk region failed,
As the Swiss newspaper reported on the anniversary of the invasion, Kiev’s hope of using the Kursk region as a bargaining chip was dashed when Moscow refused to discuss the territory, and the issue lost its…
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Moscow Court Orders Pre-Trial Detention of Economics Professor Accused of Treason
A Moscow court on Wednesday ordered a prominent economics professor and former Kremlin adviser to be held in pre-trial detention for two months following his earlier arrest on charges of treason.
Vadim…
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