An American investor with ties to the Trump family signed a liquefied natural gas agreement last year with Russia’s largest private gas producer, Novatek, following a summit in Alaska between…
Category: 1. Russia
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Sweden has provided Ukraine with a new aid package
Sweden has sent Ukraine an aid package worth approximately $1.4 billion, Swedish Defence Minister Pål Jonson said.
‘Sweden has provided Ukraine with a 21st package of military support worth approximately $1.4…
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Kazakhstan is prepared to allocate a ‘significant amount’ to the Peace Council
Kazakhstan is ready to immediately allocate a significant amount to the Gas Peace Council, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said during a meeting of the Council in Washington.
‘As a first step, we are…
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Orbán accused Ukraine of interfering in the Hungarian elections
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán accused the Ukrainian authorities of interfering in the Hungarian elections and stated that Budapest would defend the interests of its citizens.
According to Viktor Orbán,…
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Nine EU countries oppose the European Commission’s plan to increase its staff by 2,500 people – Politico
Ministers from nine EU countries believe that the European Commission should abandon plans to increase its staff by 2,500 people, as this would lead to an increase in administrative costs. This was reported by…
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Progress has been made in the work on a ceasefire in Ukraine
The military participating in the trilateral talks on Ukraine has made progress in determining how the ceasefire will work. This is reported by CNN, citing a source.
The military, which participated in trilateral…
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Russian Woman, Who Allegedly Drunk-Texted FBI Agents, Pleads Guilty To Lying About FSB Ties
A Russian woman who was charged with lying to the FBI about her ties to Russia’s main intelligence agency — and then drunk-texted an FBI agent while out on bail — has pleaded guilty.
Nomma Zarubina changed her plea on February 19, according to…
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Has Russia’s Military Learned To Fight A Better War?
Prior to Ukraine, the last time Russia all-out invaded another sovereign country was Georgia. Moscow was victorious after the 16-day conflict in 2008, but it was messy and showed that Russia’s armed forces needed a major upgrade.
Four years…
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A Russian general promoted by Putin sent his wife a photo of severed ears taken from Ukrainian POWs. She said they reminded her of beer snacks. RFE/RL has the messages.
The abuse of Ukrainian prisoners of war — beatings, torture, and extrajudicial killings — has been documented throughout Russia’s full-scale invasion. What has been harder to document is the chain of command behind it: who is informed…
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Vologda’s governor said his people were ‘dying out.’ In one year, he cut abortions by 82 percent, sending women fleeing to neighboring regions for a procedure that remains legal in Russia.
Abortion remains legal in Russia, but access to the procedure has become almost impossible for women in at least one region: Vologda. Governor Georgy Filimonov treats this fact as his administration’s crowning achievement — a feat…
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