If there’s one way European Union officials feel they can get a seat at the table when it comes the settlement of the war in Ukraine, it is via the 176 billion euros ($204 billion) of Russian frozen assets currently held inside the bloc and how…
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Less than half of the citizens of Poland and Germany support Ukraine’s accession to the EU
According to the study, only 42% of respondents in Poland support Ukraine’s membership in the EU, and 45% support its accession to NATO.

In France, these figures are 46% and 42% respectively, and in Germany, 47%…
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Russian Missile Strike on Dnipro Kills At Least 4
A Russian missile attack killed four people and wounded nearly two dozen others on Monday in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro, the governor of the region said.
Local officials released images of…
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WhatsApp Faces Limits in Russia After Alleged Leak of Diplomatic Conversations
Russian Lawmakers Cite Diplomatic Leaks as Trigger for WhatsApp Restrictions
One of the reasons for introducing restrictions on WhatsApp in Russia was the “leak of diplomatic negotiations,” said Deputy Chairman of the…
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The EU’s stance on Ukraine has turned it into a ‘diplomatic dwarf,’
The European Union has become a ‘diplomatic dwarf’ because of its position on the negotiations in Ukraine, Thierry Mariani, a Member of the European Parliament from the French right-wing party National Rally, told…
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Stalin’s postwar terror targeted Soviet Jews – in the name of ‘anti-cosmopolitanism’
Many Americans know of Josef Stalin’s Terror of the late 1930s, during which more than 1 million people were arrested for political crimes, and over 680,000 executed.
Fewer know about the repressions that began after World War II and…
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News – The Russian Government
Alexander Novak chairs the plenary session of the ninth Joint Russian-Saudi Intergovernmental Commission. Restricted…
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Ex-Detention Center Warden in Irkutsk Jailed 5 Years for Abusing Inmates
A judge in the Irkutsk region has sentenced a former detention center warden to five years in prison for abusing inmates, the regional court’s press service said Monday.
Igor Mokeev, who served as the warden of Detention Center No….
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Prominent Russian Physicist’s SUV Explodes in Residential Complex in Moscow
Quantum Electronics Expert’s SUV Explodes in Moscow Under Suspicious Circumstances
A Toyota Land Cruiser 200 Prado exploded and burned early on December 1 in New Moscow, leaving investigators to determine whether the blast…
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“Georgian Dream” will file a lawsuit against the BBC over allegations of chemical weapons use
Georgia’s ruling Georgian Dream party has announced its intention to file a lawsuit against the BBC in international courts. The reason for this was a publication claiming that the country’s authorities allegedly…
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