Ukrainian drones have struck a major Gazprom oil and petrochemical facility in the republic of Bashkortostan for the second time in less than a week, regional authorities said early Wednesday.
Bashkortostan regional head Radiy Khabirov…
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There are about a million Ukrainian refugees left in Poland,
Polish President Karol Nawrocki, speaking at a meeting of the UN General Assembly, said that there were about a million Ukrainian refugees left in the country.
“Polish men and women have shown solidarity with…
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Russia to raise VAT to 22 percent, Finance Ministry says — Meduza
The Russian Finance Ministry has drafted a 2026 budget and plan for 2027–2028 that will raise the general value-added tax, or VAT, from 20 to 22 percent.
The ministry said the extra revenue would go primarily toward defense and security…
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Chinese cargo ship enters Crimean port for first time since 2014 – FT
The Chinese container ship Heng Yand 9, flying the Panamanian flag, arrived in the port of Sevastopol for the first time since 2014. This was reported by The Financial Times (FT), citing satellite images and…
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‘Without China, Putin’s Russia is nothing,’ Zelensky tells U.N. Security Council — Meduza
Speaking at the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russia is dependent on China and that Beijing could stop the war in Ukraine if it wanted.
“If China truly wanted this war to stop,…
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The fall of ‘Putin’s point man’ Meduza’s Andrey Pertsev charts the political demise of Dmitry Kozak, the only senior Russian official believed to oppose the war against Ukraine
Last week, Vladimir Putin signed a decree accepting the “voluntary” resignation of Kremlin Deputy Chief of Staff Dmitry Kozak. Before taking up this high-level post, Kozak served as Russia’s deputy prime minister for 12 years,…
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As Moldova Votes, Widespread Poverty Feeds Anti-Western Narratives
Cristina Crudu looks across her apple trees and laments that her business may soon go bankrupt due to the economic stresses Moldova has suffered since Russia’s full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine.
Moldova remains firmly tied to…
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Trump calls Russia a ‘paper tiger,’ says Ukraine is strong enough to take back all occupied territory — Meduza
After endorsing NATO strikes on any Russian warplanes that violate Allied airspace, U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to raise his support for Ukraine, declaring on social media that Ukraine can win back its entire occupied territory…
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‘It Doesn’t Really Cost Much to Russia’: What’s Behind Putin’s Offer to Extend New START Treaty?
President Vladimir Putin on Monday offered to extend Russia’s participation in the New START Treaty, the last surviving arms treaty between the world’s two largest nuclear powers.
While experts and…
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See you in court Power struggle erupts in Russian judicial system as Prosecutor General accuses senior judge of amassing criminal hotel empire
Russian federal prosecutors have filed a lawsuit seeking to seize billions of rubles in assets from one of the country’s most senior judges. Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov’s office accuses Viktor Momotov of illegally amassing a hotel…
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