Category: 1. Russia
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Ethnic discrimination in Russia is often written right into government contracts
Russian organizations, both public and private, often impose discriminatory requirements on contractors, a new post from RFE/RL’s Russian investigative unit, Systema, highlights. Many official tender documents explicitly state that cleaning,…
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Ukrainian Drone Strike on Russia’s Belgorod Region Kills 1
At least one person was killed and another seriously wounded in a rare midday Ukrainian drone strike on southwestern Russia’s Belgorod region near the border with Ukraine, authorities said Friday.
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Russian authorities’ new list of cities eligible for preferential mortgages includes Ukrainian ones not under Moscow’s control — Meduza
A new list from the Russian authorities of cities where Russians can apply for a preferential mortgage rate includes Ukrainian cities not under Russian control, RBC reports.
On March 20, the state-run company Dom.RF, which oversees Russia’s…
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Fragile Ukraine Cease-Fire Frays As Kyiv And Moscow Pound Each Other
The Kremlin’s read-out of Vladimir Putin’s phone call with US President Donald Trump appeared on its website at 8:15 p.m. Moscow time on March 18: Putin, the readout said, had agreed to a US cease-fire proposal to halt Russian strikes on…
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FSB Arrests Anti-War Yakutian Journalist on Terrorism Charges – Reports
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) arrested prominent anti-war journalist Sasha Alexandrova on charges of “terrorist propaganda,” media in the republic of Sakha (Yakutia) reported Friday,…
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News – The Russian Government
The officials reviewed bilateral trade and economic cooperation
Alexei Overchuk’s meeting with members of the…
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Belarusian Police Deny Beating Russian Comedian During Arrest
Belarus’ Interior Ministry denied Friday that its law enforcement agents used violence while detaining Russian stand-up comedian Artemyi Ostanin earlier this week.
A member of Russia’s…
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Kiev tried to stage a nuclear attack with a strike on the Kursk nuclear power plant, the Investigative Committee has said
Russian investigators have detected an attempt at nuclear terrorism by the Kiev regime after the AFU attacked the Kursk nuclear power plant, the press service of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation…
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Russian animation fest screens film about baby tank who dreams of war
This weekend, the 30th annual Open Russian Festival of Animated Films took place in the town of Suzdal. From the start, the event was shaped by the Kremlin’s wartime censorship and propaganda. The opening ceremony featured a state-sponsored…
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