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Central Asian leaders are traveling to Washington for a summit with President Donald Trump carrying a diverse agenda that extends beyond trade topics.
Uzbek President Shavkat…
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Shoigu Calls for ‘New Industrialization’ in Siberia to Revive Russia’s East
Russia aims to turn Siberia into the center of a new industrialization push and attract workers eastward, Security Council Secretary and former Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Thursday.
Shoigu said the state should encourage…
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Russian forces close in on Pokrovsk Meduza’s military analysts on the threat of encirclement and Ukraine’s chances of defense — Meduza
Like our earlier reports on the combat situation in Ukraine, this article takes stock of the recent developments on the battlefield based on open-source information. Meduza has condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine from the very start,…
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St. Petersburg Authorities Seize Instruments in Crackdown on Street Music
Authorities in St. Petersburg said Thursday they had conducted a series of raids targeting street performers, issuing dozens of protocols and confiscating instruments amid a clampdown following the…
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Russia’s Richest Woman Settles Divorce 1 Year After Deadly Office Confrontation
Tatiana Kim, the founder of online retailer Wildberries and Russia’s wealthiest woman, and her ex-husband Vladislav Bakalchuk have finalized a settlement in their high-profile divorce proceedings, a…
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A court in Germany has for the first time allowed Syrians to be deported to their homeland,
The Administrative Court in Düsseldorf has approved the deportation of two Syrian citizens for the first time in many years, ruling that returning to their homeland does not pose a serious threat to them.
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Russian Military Officer Jailed 10 Years for Bribery in Defense Procurement
A Russian court has sentenced a senior military officer to 10 years in prison for taking bribes in connection with defense procurement contracts, investigators said Thursday.
Ivan Populovsky, the…
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The US plans to deploy military forces in Damascus – Reuters
The United States plans to station its military contingent at an airbase in Damascus to ensure the implementation of a future security pact between Syria and Israel, according to Reuters.
“The United States is…
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Homo Putinus In April, Kremlin ideologist Alexander Kharichev wrote a ‘blueprint for Putinism.’ In his new essay, he envisions Russia’s ‘person of the future.’
Kremlin official Alexander Kharichev has published a new essay. As the head of the Putin administration’s team for “monitoring social trends,” Kharichev plays a central role in shaping the regime’s ideological doctrine. In his…
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Three Chinese astronauts are stuck in orbit due to damage to their capsule,
The spacecraft collided with space debris, after which the crew was unable to return to Earth.
The astronauts are currently remaining at the Tiangong space station and assessing the extent of the damage.
This…
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