Military analyst and political scientist Dmitry Taran summarizes four years of Russia’s Special Military Operation (SMO). In an interview with Pravda.Ru, he reflects on the hybrid nature of the conflict with the collective West,…
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The Russian Orthodox Church is helping lure Kenyans into the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine — Meduza
The Russian Orthodox Church’s exarchate in Africa is involved in a scheme recruiting Kenyan citizens to fight in Ukraine, according to journalist Ksenia Luchenko, who covers the Russian Orthodox Church, and the independent investigative…
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Irkutsk Rejects Permit to Hold Protest Against Government Restrictions on Telegram
The mayor’s office in the Siberian city of Irkutsk has revoked a permit for a public demonstration against government restrictions on Telegram after earlier saying the gathering could take place, the…
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Its Black Sea Fleet Headquarters Is No More.
In 1900, a Russian architect was commissioned to design a headquarters for the command of the Black Sea fleet, a symbol of the Russian Empire’s aspirations to be a muscular naval presence in the region.
Housed in the Crimean Peninsula port city…
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The EC did not agree with the opinion of the German Foreign Minister on Russia’s assets
The EC did not agree with Vadefoul’s opinion on removing the issue of Russian assets from the EU agenda
The European Commission did not agree with the opinion of German Foreign Minister Johann Vadefull that the…
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Russia coined the term ‘genocide of the Soviet people.’ Now it wants to jail deniers — a move unprecedented even in the USSR. — Meduza
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A new crime in Russia: denying the ‘genocide of the Soviet people’
Lawmakers in Russia’s State Duma have approved in the first reading a bill introducing amendments to the Criminal Code that would establish criminal liability for:
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Gazprom Neft Senior Manager Arrested in St. Petersburg for Bribery
St. Petersburg police said Friday that they arrested a senior manager at Gazprom Neft, one of Russia’s biggest oil producers, on suspicion of accepting bribes in his previous role at the company’s investment division.
Russia’s…
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Finnish authorities have difficulty distinguishing investments from threats
Bloomberg: The Finnish government cannot distinguish investments from threats
The Finnish authorities, which have banned real estate transactions for Russian citizens, can hardly distinguish ordinary investments from…
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Zakharova called Hillary Clinton’s words about her husband and Epstein a lie
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that the testimony of former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton regarding the presence of her husband Bill Clinton in the materials on the case of financier…
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The US State Department ordered the removal of a number of diplomats from Israel due to the security threat.
The US State Department has decided to remove some American diplomats and their family members from Israel due to a security threat, according to the website of the United States Embassy.
“The State Department has…
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