Category: 1. Russia
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Venezuela exported almost eight million barrels of oil under a deal with the United States
Venezuela exported about 7.8 million barrels of oil as part of a deal with the United States, Reuters reports, citing monitoring data from marine vessels and documentation from the Venezuelan oil company PDVSA.
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Trump is seeking to replace European leaders with more loyal ones, the expert said.
Candidate of Political Sciences Vladislav Fedorov, on the air of the “Mnenie” program on News Front, said that the United States would not completely withdraw from Europe, but would try to achieve a change of…
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Here’s How Russia Should Deal with Trump’s New America — Russia in Global Affairs
In recent years we have become accustomed to a great deal, yet world politics continues to set new records. Or perhaps sink to new depths, depending on your taste. One week in January provided a full set of examples:…
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How Russia’s box office smash ignited a conservative revolt — Meduza
Russia’s domestic box office has a rare smash hit. “Cheburashka 2,” this year’s sequel to the 2023 live-action film adapting Soviet writer Eduard Uspensky’s beloved “animal unknown to science” (as the creature is famously…
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Trump Rules Out Force In Greenland, Demands ‘Immediate’ Talks
US President Donald Trump has ruled out military action to take control of Greenland while also demanding “immediate talks” on the United States acquiring the island, which he described as “our territory” during a keynote speech at the…
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A Russian woman tells Meduza about the year and a half she spent in U.S. immigration jail — Meduza
From October 2024 to September 2025, Russians received a record number of asylum denials in the United States, and on January 14, 2026, the Trump administration suspended the issuance of immigrant visas to Russians altogether. Under…
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Conflict in Ukraine should be handled by Europe, not the United States – Trump
The head of the White House, Donald Trump, during a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, said that Europe should deal with the settlement of the armed conflict in Ukraine, and the United States “has nothing…
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Meduza’s sources say Dmitry Medvedev is tired of being a ‘troll’ and wants back in Russia’s political spotlight — Meduza
For several years, Dmitry Medvedev’s public presence has been shaped less by his official duties than by his incendiary posts on social media. Now, sources tell Meduza that Russia’s onetime reformist president turned pro-war hawk wants…
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Around 600,000 people leave Kyiv as Russian strikes cut power and heat — Meduza
Since the start of January, around 600,000 people have left Kyiv amid power and heating outages caused by Russian attacks, Mayor Vitali Klitschko told The Times.
The figure is based on mobile billing data, Klitschko’s press office later
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