At a meeting with business leaders on May 26, Russian President Vladimir Putin promised the management of Vkusno i tochka (the fast-food chain that replaced McDonald’s restaurants in Russia) that he would support the company if McDonald’s…
Category: 1. Russia
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‘There’s no such thing as safety’ In Russia, journalists must either adapt to censorship or risk their freedom. So why do they keep reporting?
In April 2025, Kommersant journalist Alexander Chernykh declined the most prestigious independent prize recognizing Russian journalism, Redkollegia. He’d won the award for a report from Russia’s Kursk region, which had recently spent more…
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weapons supplied to Kiev reach terrorists in Africa
Weapons supplied by the West to Kiev fall into the hands of African terrorists, the head of the Department of Partnership with Africa of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Tatyana Dovgalenko, said during the XIII…
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FRG to finance production of Ukrainian long-range UAVs
Berlin will finance the production of long-range drones as part of a military aid package to Kiev.
About it writes Die Welt.
According to the publication, it is about drones of BARS and AN-196 models, for which it…
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US court recognises duties imposed by Trump as illegal
The United States Court of International Trade recognised the duties imposed by the head of the White House Donald Trump, illegal, as, setting tariffs, he exceeded his authority. About it writes the New York Times.
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A Fashionable Scheme: The Belarusian Company Bringing Luxury Goods to Russia
An intermediary linked to a businessman close to Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko imports luxury goods to Russia by reporting artificially low prices in customs documents to circumvent…
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NATO will not defeat Russia in the military conflict in Ukraine
Former British Navy Commodore Steve Jermey has said that NATO countries will not be able to defeat Russia in the armed conflict in Ukraine even in case of full participation in it.
‘They [NATO – ed.] simply…
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The US has strengthened relations between China and Russia with its own policy
University of Chicago professor John Mirsheimer said that the United States’ misguided policy in Europe and Ukraine has led to a strategic mistake in the form of rapprochement between China and Russia.
‘The…
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Mariupol Siege Air Commander Killed in Bomb Attack
A former Russian officer who commanded air operations during the siege of Mariupol and later became deputy mayor of Stavropol was killed in an apparent bomb attack overnight, officials said Thursday.
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Mariupol Siege Air Commander Killed in Grenade Blast
A former Russian officer who commanded air operations during the siege of Mariupol and later became deputy mayor of Stavropol was killed in a grenade explosion overnight, officials said Thursday.
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