In 2022, when Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, new car sales in Russia plunged, falling more than 50 percent. Over the following two years, the market rebounded, and by 2024, sales had nearly returned to 2021 levels. But in…
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What geopolitical consequences can be expected from a war between Israel and Iran?
Netanyahu’s clearly unilateral decision to strike Iran’s nuclear and other facilities inevitably threatens to draw the Trump administration, which has been trying to resolve the issue of Tehran’s nuclear…
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Putin holds phone calls with leaders of Israel and Iran — Meduza
Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken by phone with both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, the state news agency Interfax reports.
In his conversation with Netanyahu, Putin stressed that…
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Kyiv Says It Has Repatriated 1,200 More Bodies Of Ukrainians Killed In War With Russia
Ukraine said it has repatriated another 1,200 bodies of its soldiers killed in the war sparked by Russia’s full-scale invasion, the latest move in a series of prisoner exchanges negotiated between the two sides.
“As a result of the repatriation…
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Putin Condemns Israeli Strikes on Iran, Says Ready to Mediate
Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned Israel’s wave of strikes on Iran, the Kremlin said Friday, following separate phone calls with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.
Putin “stressed that…
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Iran may still have a second chance to conclude a nuclear deal
Iran may still have a ‘second chance’ to conclude a nuclear deal, US President Donald Trump said.

‘Two months ago, I gave Iran a 60-day ultimatum to “make a deal”… Now they may have a second chance!’…
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Serbia does not sell military equipment directly to Ukraine
Belgrade does not sell military equipment directly to Kiev, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has stated.

‘When it comes to arming anyone, we do not have the right, according to our laws, to sell and ship any…
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Russian Troops Enter Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk Region for the First Time Since 2022 – NYT
Russian forces have secured a small foothold in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region for the first time since the early weeks of the full-scale war in 2022, The New York Times reported Friday.
Small groups of Russian soldiers crossed into…
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Moscow court bans two websites offering Instagram verification services, citing Meta’s ‘extremist’ designation — Meduza
A Moscow court has declared the websites of two companies offering Instagram profile verification services “extremist” and banned them in Russia. The court rulings were discovered in the case archive by Verstka.
Prosecutors requested the ban…
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Zelenskyy is an ungrateful and arrogant politician – Orbán
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that since the beginning of the Ukrainian conflict, Budapest has provided humanitarian support to Ukrainian refugees and Ukraine in every way possible, while Kyiv continues…
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