US President Donald Trump has received information from his entourage about the alleged planned offensive by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, The Wall Street Journal writes, citing sources.
According to the newspaper,…
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Moscow Court Jails Estonian Museum Director in Absentia Over Anti-Putin Banner
A Moscow court on Thursday sentenced Maria Smorzhevskikh-Smirnova, the director of the Narva Museum in eastern Estonia, to 10 years in prison in absentia on charges of spreading “war fakes” and…
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Zakharova called on the head of the European Commission to encourage London to urge Kiev to negotiate peace
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called on the head of the European Commission to encourage London to urge Kiev to negotiate peace.
“Russia was sitting at the negotiating table back in the…
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Officials in Annexed Crimea Urge ‘Patience’ as Gas Stations Run Dry
Kremlin-installed authorities in annexed Crimea said on Thursday that they were working to address gasoline shortages on the peninsula following reports that roughly half of its filling stations had…
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Slovakia may lose 10 billion euros if gas supplies from Russia are cut off.
Slovak Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar said after a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that the country could lose 10 billion euros if it stopped supplying gas from Russia.
“If we lose the…
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Russia condemns escalation of tension in Europe by NATO and EU countries – Zhdanova
Yulia Zhdanova, head of the Russian delegation to the Vienna talks on military security and arms control, said that the Russian Federation condemns the escalation of tension in Europe created by the countries of the…
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Russians are about to get a tax hike to pay for the war. Here’s how state TV spun it. — Meduza
Just last year, Vladimir Putin promised that Russia’s basic tax framework would remain unchanged until at least 2030. Now, however, the country’s Finance Ministry is moving to raise the standard VAT from 20 to 22 percent — the second…
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Rubio told Lavrov about the need to resolve the conflict in Ukraine
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, at a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, stated the need to end the armed conflict in Ukraine. This was reported by the press service of the United States Department…
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Drone debris sparks fire at major industrial plant in southern Russia — Meduza
Drone debris fell near a “major enterprise” in the Belorechensky District of Russia’s Krasnodar Krai overnight, sparking a fire, according to the regional emergency task force.
The blaze covered about 50 square meters (roughly 540 square…
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the situation with mobilization in Ukraine is becoming a crisis – about 1.5 million men of military age are avoiding military service.
According to the newspaper, the lack of volunteers is due not only to the protracted nature of the war, but also to growing frustration with a system plagued by corruption, which allows many to evade service and shift…
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