Category: 1. Russia
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Who’s Behind A New Black Sea Luxury Resort Complex? Politically Connected Belarusians, That’s Who.
By the posh standards of the hotels and mansions scattered about the Black Sea ski resort favored by Russia’s elite, a nearby hillside complex that is nearing completion is nothing unusual.
Except for the people who are financing it.
The…
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Russia hopes Trump will choose the path of lasting peace in Ukraine – Lavrov
Russia expects that the US administration under President Donald Trump will promote long-term peace in Ukraine rather than continuing to supply weapons to the Ukrainian authorities, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey…
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Orenburg Becomes Fifth Russian Region to Cut Military Sign-Up Bonus in October
Russia’s Orenburg region has slashed one-time enlistment bonuses for men signing military contracts to the minimum legal threshold, becoming the fifth region this month to scale back financial…
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Germany Says Rosneft Subsidiaries Not Affected by U.S. Sanctions
U.S. sanctions targeting Rosneft will not affect the Russian oil giant’s German subsidiaries, which were placed under state administration after Moscow invaded Ukraine, the German government told AFP on Tuesday.
The economy ministry…
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Raising the pressure Trump is hitting Russia with sanctions that even Biden shied away from. Can its war-weary economy handle them? — Meduza
The Russian economy is under pressure, with civilian industries struggling and growth barely holding up. The Central Bank has so far acted cautiously, cutting its key rate by just half a percentage point. Inflation, meanwhile, shows…
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Seizure of Russian assets could be “prelude to war” – Orbán
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has stated that the illegal seizure of frozen Russian assets by the European Union could be a “prelude to war.”
“The seizure and use of Russian currency reserves in…
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Gerasimov Says Russia Encircled Pokrovsk and Kupiansk. Experts and Pro-War Bloggers Doubt It.
Military experts and Russian pro-war bloggers have dismissed what they say are inaccurate claims by Russia’s top general that Kyiv’s forces were encircled near the embattled cities of Pokrovsk and…
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113 people were injured in a week due to attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine,
During the week of 20 to 26 October 2025, 113 people were injured as a result of drone attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the territory of the Russian Federation, including 10 minors aged 8 to 17. This was…
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Ukraine will not be able to mobilise people without “busification” – the AFU’s General Apostol
Ukraine cannot avoid coercive measures to mobilise citizens into the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said Brigadier General Oleg Apostol, commander of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces and deputy commander-in-chief of the…
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