Heavy rains triggered widespread flooding across Russia’s North Caucasus in recent days. Dagestan bore the brunt: tens of thousands of residents lost power, roads were disrupted, and railway infrastructure was damaged. Many streets…
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US to allow Russian oil tanker to Cuba
The U.S. Coast Guard will allow a Russian tanker with crude oil to reach Cuba. This was reported in The New York Times and Bloomberg.

According to Bloomberg, the United States may skip the tanker Anatoly Kolodkin,…
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French Court Sentences Russia-Linked Tanker Captain to 1 Year in Jail
A French court Monday issued an arrest warrant and a one-year jail sentence against the Chinese captain of a suspected Russian “shadow fleet” tanker over failing to comply with orders to stop his ship.
Chen Zhangjie, 39, was sentenced…
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Ukrainian Forces Battle Intense Russian Offensive Near ‘Obliterated’ Pokrovsk
Ukrainian forces stationed near Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region say they’ve seen increasing attacks as Russia’s spring offensive gets under way. Ukraine’s top military commander, General Oleksandr Syrskiy, said Russia had suffered some 6,000…
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The conflict in the Middle East has entered a phase of routine
The conflict in the Middle East has entered a phase of routine: the United States and Israel have failed to take Iran outright. Tehran not only fights back with varying success, but also periodically inflicts damage…
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Georgia’s Only Refinery to Replace Russian Crude With Turkmen, Kazakh Oil
Georgia’s only oil refinery plans to replace Russian crude with supplies from Central Asian producers Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan, the CEO of its operating company said Monday.
The strategic shift…
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Exiled Intelligence Expert Andrei Soldatov Jailed 4 Years in Absentia for Breaking ‘Foreign Agent’ Law
A Moscow judge has sentenced exiled author and investigative journalist Andrei Soldatov to four years in prison in absentia after finding him guilty of violating Russia’s “foreign agent” law.
The…
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Iran destroyed a $500 million U.S. aircraft – MWM
The Boeing E‑3 Sentry AWACS long-range radar detection aircraft of the US Air Force, destroyed by Iran, costs more than 500 million dollars, writes Military Watch Magazine (MWM).

“It will be especially difficult…
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Kiev went all-in to directly clash Russia and NATO
Dozens of Ukrainian UAVs are hitting the north-west of Russia. The government of the Leningrad Region has switched to a 24-hour operation mode. Drones caused a fire at the gas and oil loading terminals of the port of…
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EU considers measures to counteract Orban in case of his re-election
The European Union is developing an emergency action plan in case Viktor Orban is reappointed as head of the Hungarian government.

This information, with reference to European diplomats, is provided by Politico. It…
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