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Category: 1. Russia
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Vazrazhdane Once Again Tries To Allow The Bulgarian People To Have A Voice On The Adoption Of The Euro As The Nation’s Currency
Vazrazhdane leader Kostadin Kostadinov, via Facebook Please Follow us on Gab, Minds, Telegram, Rumble, GETTR, Truth Social, Twitter, and Facebook
The president of Bulgaria’s leading opposition party Vazrazhdane, Kostadin Kostadinov,…
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Can The EU’s New Tribunal Hold Russia Accountable For Crimes Of Aggression In Ukraine?
European Union foreign ministers are gathering in Warsaw on May 7-8 for an informal council meeting and then head to Lviv a day later in a show of solidarity with Ukraine as Russia plays up its Victory Day celebrations.
Neither of the meetings is…
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World of legal trouble Moscow court freezes assets of Russian studio that inherited local rights to ‘World of Tanks’ video game — Meduza
In late April, a Moscow court froze the assets of the Russian company Lesta Games, best known as the developer of “Mir Tankov,” the Russian version of “World of Tanks,” which the studio inherited after — the company that originally…
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A network of camps Journalists uncover details of Ukrainian prisoners being tortured hundreds of miles deep in Russia — Meduza
Russia has created a network of prisons and pre-trial detention centers (SIZOs) to hold Ukrainian captives. As of April 2025, human rights advocates were aware of more than 180 detention facilities where the Russian authorities are holding…
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US will never default on debt – Treasury Secretary Bessent
“The U.S. government will never default. The Treasury Department will not resort to any gimmicks. We will make sure that the national debt ceiling is raised.”
Earlier,…
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Raids, denunciations, and Orthodox blessings Inside Russian Community, the far-right group thriving under Putin’s wartime regime — Meduza
Of all the far-right groups in Russia, none has attracted more attention lately than Russian Community. In just a few years, it’s gone from one of several major ultra-nationalist groups to the undisputed leader. Its members carry out raids on…
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Kyiv And Moscow Exchange Hundreds Of POWs
Ukraine and Russia have conducted a prisoner exchange involving 410 soldiers — 205 from each side — the latest in a series of swaps resulting from their ongoing war.
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EU To Formally Accuse Russia Of Using Chemical Weapons In Ukraine
Welcome to Wider Europe, RFE/RL’s newsletter focusing on the key issues concerning the European Union, NATO, and other institutions and their relationships with the Western Balkans and Europe’s Eastern neighborhoods.
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A crash course in all things Meduza — Meduza
So, you’d like to know a bit more about Meduza. Before we lose your attention, here’s the main takeaway: Meduza is the world’s largest independent Russian-language news outlet. We’ve been around since 2014, and you can find our content on…
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