Category: 1. Russia
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Witkoff urges Ukraine to abandon claims to Donbass – WP
The special envoy of the US president, Steve Witkoff, during the negotiations of the Americans with representatives of Kiev and Brussels in Geneva on November 23, 2025, urged Ukrainian officials to abandon their…
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A Launch Accident Is (Another) Headache For Russia’s Space Program
For decades, Russia’s manned space flight program was an engineering marvel, a low-tech, no-frills system that reliably and safely ferried scores of astronauts and cosmonauts into orbit.
With the US space shuttle fleet grounded in 2011, Soyuz and…
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Duma speaker warns Putin about Europe’s ‘AI minister’ corruption scandal, unaware it was Croatian satire — Meduza
The Russian parliament’s top lawmaker made a fool of himself earlier this week in President Putin’s presence, but don’t expect much to come of it. At a meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organization’s Parliamentary…
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Global Crackdown On Media Deepens, Watchdog Warns
The past year was another bleak one for journalists, with dozens killed and hundreds more behind bars around the world, according to media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
In its annual round-up for 2025, RSF says that 67…
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Zelenskyy Open To Wartime Elections In Ukraine If US, Allies Can Guarantee Security
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he is ready to hold elections in the war-torn country if the United States and other partners can provide the security necessary to ensure the vote can be held safely.
The White House has been pushing…
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Russia’s Damaged Baikonur Space Launch Pad Could Be Offline For ‘Months’
Damage to the Russian-operated Baikonur Cosmodrome rocket launchpad in Kazakhstan has taken the site out of commission, raising concerns over how the International Space Station could be affected. The Baikonur complex is Earth’s main blastoff…
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Chechen woman found dead in Armenia had family ties to Kadyrov — Meduza
A Chechen woman who was murdered in Armenia after escaping her abusive family was a relative of Chechnya Governor Ramzan Kadyrov, according to human rights advocates.
Twenty-three year old Aishat Baimuradova was found dead in her Yerevan…
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The Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office has uncovered a scheme involving the illegal export of orphaned children abroad
A criminal group involved in the illegal export of orphaned children abroad for adoption by foreign citizens has been uncovered in Ukraine. This was reported by the Office of the Ukrainian Prosecutor General.

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Von der Leyen has caused the most damage to Europe – Szijjártó
Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen had caused Europe ‘more harm than anyone else’ during her time in office.

As for…
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