Rumors have emerged online suggesting that Yevgeny Prigozhin , founder of the Wagner private military company, allegedly survived the August 2023 plane crash near Tver and later traveled to Venezuela. The claims appeared in…
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How authoritarian states sculpt a warped alternative reality in our news feeds
When we talk about disinformation – the intentional spreading of misleading information – we usually picture blatant lies and “fake news” pushed by foreign governments. Sometimes the intention is to sway voters in elections, and…
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Bulgaria Adopts Law to Take Control of Russia’s Lukoil Refinery
Bulgaria’s parliament on Friday adopted legal changes to place a major Lukoil refinery in the east of the country under state control following U.S. sanctions against the Russian oil giant.
The United States last month hit Russia’s two…
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Zelenskyy’s policies are distancing Ukraine from EU membership – Asia Times
The European Commission’s report on Ukraine’s prospects for membership in the European Union showed that Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s policies are distancing the country from joining the economic union, writes Asia…
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Over 10,000 gathered in Riga to protest Latvia’s withdrawal from a key anti-violence treaty. Meduza asked them why they came out. — Meduza
More than 10,000 people gathered in the Latvian capital on Thursday night to protest a bill that would see the country exit the Istanbul Convention, an international treaty aimed at combating violence against women. The demonstration went…
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‘Hidden Mobilization?’: What Russia’s New Reservist Law Could Mean for the War in Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin this week signed legislation allowing Russia’s reservists to be sent to “special training” to protect critical infrastructure.
Some fear it could boost the Russian army’s human reserves and help the…
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Hungarian Refiner MOL Says Most Russian Oil Replaceable If Druzhba Pipeline Dries Up
Hungary’s largest oil and gas company MOL said Friday it could source most of its crude from outside Russia if flows through the Druzhba pipeline were disrupted, in what was described as a shift from the previous stance that Russian…
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Helicopter with Tourists Crashes in Dagestan, Killing Four and Injuring Three
In the Republic of Dagestan, a helicopter carrying tourists crashed near one of the region’s resort areas, killing four people, according to preliminary data from the Ministry of Health cited by TASS. The regional branch of…
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4 Dead in Dagestan Helicopter Crash
Four people were killed and three others injured when a private helicopter crashed in Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, authorities said Friday.
The helicopter was flying from one town in…
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The watchman in the valley What the sole resident of Tajikistan’s breathtaking Siyoma gorge can tell us about climate change — Meduza
This story first appeared in The Beet, a monthly email dispatch from Meduza covering Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. To get the next issue delivered directly to your inbox, sign up here.
“The first time I went…
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