Category: 1. Russia
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Russian lawmaker says new mandatory messenger app will not use AI to report users to authorities — Meduza
Anton Nemkin, a member of the Russian State Duma’s Information Policy Committee, said the idea that the country’s new national messenger app, Max, will use AI technology to surveil and report citizens is false.
“The rumor that Max…
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Sberbank CEO says Russian economy has hit ‘technical stagnation’ and warns of recession risk — Meduza
The Russian economy entered a period of “technical stagnation” in Q2 of 2025, Sberbank CEO German Gref said at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on Wednesday.
“The second quarter can essentially be considered technical…
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Work on the preparation of security guarantees for Ukraine has been completed – Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron said that the work on the preparation of security guarantees for Ukraine has been completed.

“The contribution that was prepared, documented and confirmed today [September 3, 2025…
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Russia’s Belgorod region bans posting information about Ukrainian attacks from unofficial sources — Meduza
Russia’s emergency response headquarters in the Belgorod region has banned posting any information online about Russian military activity or the aftermath of Ukrainian attacks if it comes from unofficial sources, Governor Vyacheslav…
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Thousands of foreigners will be deported from Poland – Rzeczpospolita
31 thousand citizens are included in the register of foreigners who are to be deported from Poland. The newspaper Rzeczpospolita writes about this.

“By the end of June this [2025 – ed. Over the past year, 31…
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‘It’s mostly whining’ How pro-war writers and A.I.-enhanced censors conquered Russia’s literature industry — Meduza
In May 2025, police raided the private homes and offices of current and former employees of Eksmo-AST, Russia’s largest publishing group. About a dozen people (the exact number remains unclear) were arrested in connection with so-called…
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Trump Tells Nawrocki US Ready To Bolster Forces In Poland, With Eye On Russia
US President Donald Trump told his Polish counterpart the United States was ready to increase its military presence in the Central European nation, one of the countries on NATO’s so-called “eastern flank” warily watching Russia’s…
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Six Months On, Will ‘Coalition Of Willing’ Deliver Plan For Ukraine?
It’s been mocked as the “Coalition of the Waiting.”
The ad hoc alliance of mostly European countries — known as the Coalition of the Willing — that pledged to provide a viable post-war security plan for Ukraine has had months of meetings with…
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What the Power of Siberia 2 Deal Really Means for Russia and China
Moscow and Beijing on Tuesday reached an agreement to build Power of Siberia 2, a long-delayed pipeline to supply Russian gas to China.
If completed, it would provide China with a safeguard against geopolitical risks while giving…
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