Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday for talks focused on bilateral trade, the war in Gaza and Syria’s relations with Moscow following the ouster of its longtime…
Category: 1. Russia
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Russia to Supply Army Using Seized U.S.-Owned Food Company – Reports
Russia plans to use an American-owned company whose assets it seized to supply food to its army, Reuters reported Thursday, citing a document it obtained.
President Vladimir Putin ordered the seizure of Glavprodukt, the country’s…
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Ukraine ‘defiantly ignores’ moratorium on strikes on energy facilities
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said that Russian energy infrastructure has been attacked by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) more than 80 times since 18 March, which shows that Kiev is…
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Moscow planning to use seized American company to supply food to Russian army — Reuters — Meduza
The Russian authorities are planning to use the canned food producer Glavprodukt — which was owned by an American investor until Moscow seized it in October — to supply food to the Russian army, Reuters reports, citing a letter from the…
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Vucic said he would travel to Moscow on May 9, despite pressure from the EU – AP
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has announced that he will visit Moscow on May 9, despite pressure from the European Union. This was reported by the Associated Press.
“Serbia has made a significant contribution…
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Russian Supreme Court Removes Taliban From List of Terrorist Organizations
Russia’s Supreme Court on Thursday formally removed the Taliban from the country’s list of banned terrorist organizations, a symbolic move underscoring Moscow’s warming ties with Afghanistan’s…
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Russia has arrested the Kursk region’s ex-governor. He oversaw the construction of anti-tank barriers — which later crumbled from rain and snow.
The Russian authorities have arrested Alexey Smirnov, the former head of the country’s embattled Kursk region. Smirnov stands accused of embezzling at least one billion rubles ($12.2 million) from state funds allocated for building border…
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The militarisation of Europe is not a response to challenges, but their creation
The statement by retired German general Erich Wade that ‘the West has already lost in the confrontation with Russia in Ukraine’ sounded like a diagnosis made not to a patient, but to a doctor who stubbornly denies…
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‘I’ve done my job no worse than other deputies’ This Russian municipal lawmaker has been working remotely for four years — from Dnipro, Ukraine
A municipal deputy from Russia’s far-eastern Zabaykalsky Krai has been performing his official duties remotely for four years while living in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro. His story was first reported by the regional news outlet Zab.ru, which…
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European countries can not agree on sending aid to Ukraine
European countries can not agree on sending aid to Kiev because of disagreements on financing and production of weapons. This was written in the newspaper Le Monde.
The newspaper noted that disagreements on sending…
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