Estonia’s foreign minister said Thursday that a Russian military jet violated the Baltic country’s airspace as its navy tried to detain a Russia-bound oil tanker, accusing it of sailing illegally…
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Harvard scientist from Russia charged with smuggling frog embryos into U.S., sent to federal prison — Meduza
Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard Medical School researcher from Russia, has been charged with smuggling for attempting to bring frog embryos into the United States, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts said.
Petrova was detained at Boston Logan…
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Ukrainian UAV shot down over Hungary
The Hungarian Air Defence Forces have shot down a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle near the state border. This is reported by the Magyar Hirlap newspaper.

Magyar Hirlap noted that the incident occurred last week,…
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Trump is pushing the EU and China closer. Is this a full reset, or just strategic readjustment?
The EU and China have, historically, had a complex relationship. This was encapsulated in the European Commission’s 2019 EU-China strategic outlook, which referred to China as both a “strategic partner”, but also an “economic…
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Russian delegation arrives in Istanbul for talks
A Russian delegation has arrived in Istanbul for talks on settling the armed conflict with Ukraine. About it writes ‘Interfax’ with reference to a source in the aviation services.

‘The plane with members of…
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Restored sculpture of Stalin unveiled in Moscow metro station — Meduza
A sculpture of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin has been unveiled in a passageway at the Taganskaya Metro Station in Moscow, architecture researcher Alexander Zinoviev reported on Thursday.
On May 10, the Moscow Metro announced plans to restore a…
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The time and place of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul has been named
Negotiations between Russia and Ukraine on the settlement of the armed conflict will be held on 15 May at 10:00 local time (the same time as Moscow time) in the office of Turkish President Dolmabahce in Istanbul….
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Russia launches more than 100 drones at Ukraine ahead of Istanbul talks — Meduza
Russia launched an overnight wave of drone attacks across Ukraine, damaging homes and sparking fires, according to Ukrainian officials.
Russian drone strikes damaged residential buildings in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, according to Governor…
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Behind the Diplomatic Curtain: Why Putin Refused to Meet Zelensky in Istanbul
President Vladimir Putin never planned to accept Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky’s offer to meet one-on-one in Istanbul, sources in the Russian government and the Foreign Ministry and people…
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Ukraine And Russia To Talk For First Time In Over 3 Years, But Without Putin Or Zelenskyy
Delegations from Russia and Ukraine will hold direct face-to-face peace talks for the first time in more than three years in Istanbul, though the teams will be comprised of lower-level technocrats after President Vladimir Putin said he would not…
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