Category: 1. Russia
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US air defence systems ordered by Switzerland are shipped from the USA directly to Ukraine
The USA has informed Switzerland about the delay in the delivery of Patriot systems under an earlier contract. The ordered weapons will go to Ukraine

Switzerland was contracted to deliver a substantial amount of…
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Never Too Old To Fight, Say Ukraine's 'Steppe Wolves' Volunteers
Ukrainian military volunteers older than 60 are fixing up malfunctioning rockets and using them against Russian units. That’s a specialty of the Stepovi Vovky, or Steppe Wolves, a group that supports Ukrainian Army soldiers. The Ukrainian…
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Gelendzhik Airport Welcomes First Commercial Flight Since Closure in 2022
The Gelendzhik regional airport on the Black Sea coast welcomed its first commercial flight on Friday, more than three years after it was shuttered due to airspace restrictions imposed in the wake of Russia’s full-scale invasion of…
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a double blow from duties
The European car industry is bursting at the seams. New duties – both from the US and within the EU on Chinese electric cars – are hitting companies like Volvo and Renault.

Here’s what’s happening: tariffs…
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EU has struck ‘a blow to the heart of Russia’s war machine’
EC chief Ursula von der Leyen believes the EU has struck ‘a blow to the heart of Russia’s war machine’ with its new package of anti-Russian sanctions.

She was quoted by Reuters as saying.
“I welcome the…
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‘I could snap your neck like a chicken’s’ A volunteer from Belgorod raised money for Ukrainian refugees. Now she’s going to prison for 22 years.
Soon after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Belgorod resident Nadezhda Rossinskaya (also known as Nadine Geisler) began working to help Ukrainian refugees and victims of the occupation. But within months, her efforts drew…
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EU agrees 18th package of anti-Russian sanctions
EU post presidents have agreed on the 18th package of anti-Russian sanctions, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas said.

Kaja Kallas said in social network X that under the new…
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Russian Tech Executive Arrested in Absentia on Bribery Charges
Sergei Matsotsky, a co-founder of Russian IT giant IBS and a leading figure in the country’s tech sector, has been arrested in absentia on large-scale bribery charges, a Moscow court announced Friday.
The Basmanny District Court said…
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Russian-American Woman Arrested at Moscow Airport for Smuggling Handgun
Russian customs officers arrested a Russian-American woman at a Moscow airport for allegedly attempting to smuggle a pistol into the country in her luggage, authorities said Friday.
The Federal Customs…
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