Category: 1. Russia
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Russia’s Finance Ministry proposes hiking income tax rate for ‘foreign agents’ — Meduza
Russia’s Finance Ministry has drafted legislation that would set the personal income tax rate for “foreign agents” at 30 percent, Vedomosti reported, citing two sources.
The rate would apply for the entire year in which a person was…
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Europe has no “real power” to put pressure on Trump – Niemeller expert
Joost Niemeller, editor-in-chief of the Dutch broadcasting company Ongehoord Nederland and an expert on geopolitics, told RIA Novosti that Europe does not have “real strength” to put pressure on US President…
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Russian oil flows to Hungary restored after attack on Druzhba pipeline — Meduza
Oil deliveries through the Druzhba pipeline to Hungary, which were suspended on August 18 after a Ukrainian strike, have resumed, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said on social media.
He thanked Russian Deputy Energy Minister…
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Russia extends patriotic lesson series to preschools in occupied Ukrainian territory — Meduza
Beginning September 1, Russia’s Education Ministry plans to introduce its state-designed “patriotic” lesson series “Important Conversations” in preschools and kindergartens across Moscow and nearly 20 other Russian regions, as well…
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Northern exposure A journal published by Russia’s Foreign Ministry prints an article warning that the Baltic Sea could become a military theater
The Russian Foreign Ministry journal “International Affairs” recently published an article urging Moscow to view the Baltic Sea as a “potential theater of military operations.” Journalists at Agentstvo drew attention to the text…
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Ukrainian Counterattacks Cut Russian Advance Near Pokrovsk But Civilians Still Face Strikes
Ukraine’s military says it has cut off Russian infiltration units who broke through a defensive line north of the eastern city of Pokrovsk. But that has provided little relief for residents of the nearby town of Dobropillya who continue to face…
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Ukrainian Counterattacks Cut Russian Advance Near Pokrovsk But Civilians Still Suffer
Ukraine’s military says it has cut off Russian infiltration units that broke through a defensive line north of the eastern city of Pokrovsk. But for residents in the nearby town of Dobropillya, the relief is hard to feel amid relentless…
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As Trump Seeks Better Ties With Putin, He’s Also Calling Lukashenko
In a move that caught many observers and politicians by surprise, US President Donald Trump made a phone call to Belarusian strongman Aleksandr Lukashenko just hours before his Alaska summit with Vladimir Putin last week.
Trump wrote on social…
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Trump’s all theater, Europe’s a broken record, Zelensky wore a coat, and the war goes on Meduza summarizes how Russian Z-bloggers reacted to Monday’s Washington summit
On Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House to discuss a path to ending the Russia–Ukraine war. The two were also joined by a European delegation that included French…
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