Category: 1. Russia
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Russians Report Widespread Disruptions on Google Meet
For the past two weeks, people across Russia have been reporting problems accessing Google Meet, the latest platform to face disruptions as the government pushes its own “super-app” called Max.
Multiple Russians told The Moscow…
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The SCO Development Bank is an alternative to the Western financial system, the expert said.
Igbal Guliyev, Doctor of Economics, in the Opinion program on News Front, called the creation of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Development Bank a “historic and necessary” decision in the face of…
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Ukraine attracts teenagers for sabotage in Russia – NYT
Ukrainian special services are involving Russian minors in committing acts of sabotage on the territory of the Russian Federation, The New York Times (NYT) reported.

According to the publication, teenagers are…
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‘Half of my life was spent there’ The human stories behind Vandazor’s forgotten factory — Meduza
A former industrial powerhouse, the city of Vanadzor in Armenia’s northern Lori region has seen most of its factories shutter in the decades since independence. The local Chemical Plant, which was once the second-largest in the country,…
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after the conversation with Trump, the EU does not expect new sanctions against Russia from him
European leaders, after a conversation with US President Donald Trump, do not expect him to impose new sanctions against Russia.

This is what Bild writes about.
According to the newspaper, the European leaders had a…
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‘The best place to meet is the hero city Moscow’ Putin refuses to meet Zelensky in a third country. Here’s how hopes for a summit rose, then fizzled.
On August 6, just days before yet another of Donald Trump’s deadlines for Russia to agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine was set to expire, the U.S. president told European leaders that he planned to meet with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr…
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The Pentagon has approved the use of a base in Chicago to combat migrants
The Pentagon has approved the use of a naval base on the outskirts of Chicago as a “springboard from where the administration of US President Donald Trump will be able to launch operations against illegal…
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Film and TV Star Aglaya Tarasova Detained at Moscow Airport, Charged With Drug Smuggling
Russian film and TV actress Aglaya Tarasova was detained at Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport and charged with drug smuggling, media reported on Friday.
“It’s believed cannabis oil was discovered in her vape cartridge,” an anonymous…
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When it comes to wars − from the Middle East to Ukraine − what we call them matters
Is the conflict in Eastern Europe a “special military operation in Ukraine” or a “Russian invasion”? And when it comes to events in the Middle East, are we talking about the “Israeli-Palestinian conflict,” the “War on Gaza”…
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