The Moscow Times
FSB Agents Search Home of Exiled Navalny Ally’s Elderly Father
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- FSB Agents Search Home of Exiled Navalny Ally’s Elderly Father
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- 0:57
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Leonid Volkov, a close ally of late opposition activist Alexei Navalny, said Federal Security Service (FSB) agents searched the home of his elderly father in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg early Thursday.
The state-run news agency TASS, citing anonymous police sources, reported that 69-year-old Mikhail Volkov could face criminal charges of financing an “extremist” organization.
Volkov senior allegedly transferred money to Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation, according to the sources. Russian authorities labeled the activist organization “extremist” in 2021, putting employees, volunteers and supporters at risk of criminal prosecution.
#LeonidVolkov #FSB #Yekaterinburg #AlexeiNavalny #AntiCorruptionFoundation #RussiaNews #Activism
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- 15 New Russian Billionaires Enter Forbes 'World's Richest' Ranking, Kim Remains Richest Woman
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- 0:58
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Russia has added 15 new billionaires to Forbes’ annual ranking of the world’s richest people over the past year, placing it fifth globally in terms of newcomers.
Despite sanctions and the fallout of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin's redistribution of foreign assets and a wave of nationalizations have created a new Russian elite.
The U.S. topped the new billionaires list with 103 new billionaires, followed by Germany (37), China and Hong Kong (32) and India (17).
#RussiaBillionaires #Forbes2023 #NewBillionaires #Kremlin #Sanctions #UkraineConflict #GlobalRichList #USBillionaires #GermanyWealth #ChinaBillionaires #IndiaRichList #Nationalization #FinancialTrends #GlobalEconomy
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- Public Outcry Across Russia as Bill to Euthanize Stray Animals Sparks Rare Protests
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- 0:50
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Residents in at least three Russian cities staged rallies against animal euthanasia over the weekend, marking a rare instance of authorities permitting public dissent amid an ongoing crackdown on anti-war activism.
The demonstrations came in response to a proposed federal bill that would allow regional governments to euthanize stray animals held in shelters. The draft legislation followed a series of recent incidents where stray dogs fatally attacked children.
#AnimalRights #StrayAnimals #PublicDissent #Russia
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- Russian Cult Leader Nabbed in Argentine Human-Trafficking Swoop
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- 0:54
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Argentine authorities have dismantled a notorious Russian cult, arresting 14 individuals in a joint operation across two airports that has exposed a sinister network of alleged human exploitation.
Konstantin Rudnev, the 57-year-old founder of the Ashram Shambhala sect, was intercepted alongside his followers at airports in Bariloche and Buenos Aires on March 31 while heading to Brazil.
The investigation began when a young Russian woman arrived at a hospital in Bariloche to give birth, raising immediate concerns among medical staff.
#Russia #Cult #Argentina #BuenosAires #CultDismantled #HumanRights #CrimeNews #Investigation
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- Russia’s Supreme Court to Review Taliban Terrorist Status
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- 0:41
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Russia’s Supreme Court will consider a request from the Prosecutor General’s Office to remove the Taliban from its list of terrorist organizations on April 17, the Interfax news agency reported Monday.
If approved, the decision would mark the end of more than two decades of the Taliban’s designation as a terrorist group in Russia.
#Russia #SupremeCourt #Taliban #TerroristOrganization
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- Russia’s Kemerovo Region to Pay Pregnant Schoolgirls
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- 0:51
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Authorities in Siberia’s Kemerovo region will pay schoolgirls who give birth, Russian state media reported Tuesday, marking at least the third such regional initiative amid the Kremlin’s push to reverse the country’s demographic decline.
Under a regional government decree, legal guardians of eligible schoolgirls will receive a one-time payment of 100,000 rubles ($1,200) if the girl was at least 22 weeks pregnant as of Jan. 1, RIA Novosti reported.
#Kemerovo #Siberia #Demography #Schoolgirls #Russian #TeenPregnancy #RussiaNews
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- Putin Increases Spring Conscription Target to 160K
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- 1:02
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered the conscription of 160,000 men by July 15, an increase from previous drafts as Moscow seeks to expand its military ranks.
Russia holds biannual conscription drives, with men aged 18-30 eligible for mandatory service. The Kremlin and Defense Ministry insist conscripts are not sent into combat and that the draft is unrelated to the war in Ukraine.
#Putin #Russia #Military #UkraineWar
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- Kremlin Condemns French Court Ruling Barring Le Pen From Office
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- 0:50
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- The Kremlin on Monday criticized a French court’s decision to bar far-right leader Marine Le Pen from running for office for five years, calling it a politically motivated attack on democratic norms.
A French court handed down the five-year ban after convicting Le Pen in a fake jobs scheme, casting doubt on her ability to run for president in 2027.
#Kremlin #LePen #FrenchCourt #PresidentialElection2027 #France
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- Russia Sends Rescuers to Myanmar After Deadly Earthquake
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- 0:49
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Russia deployed more than 120 rescuers, medics and sniffer dogs to Myanmar following a devastating earthquake that struck the Southeast Asian country on Friday, the Emergency Situations Ministry announced over the weekend.
The death toll from the 7.7-magnitude earthquake rose to more than 1,700 on Monday as more bodies were pulled from the rubble, the country’s military-led government, with thousands more injured and over 300 missing.
#Myanmar #Earthquake #Russia #Emergency #NaturalDisaster
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- South Korean Companies Move to Restart Operations in Russia
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- 0:57
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Major South Korean companies are taking steps to resume business in Russia as Ukraine ceasefire negotiations raise the possibility of sanctions relief, The Korea Times reported Friday, citing anonymous industry officials.
LG Electronics recently restarted operations at its plant near Moscow, which had been suspended since August 2022. The company, a major producer of televisions, washing machines and refrigerators, halted shipments to Russia in March 2022 following the invasion of Ukraine.
#SouthKorea #RussiaBusiness #UkraineCeasefire #SanctionsRelief #LGElectronics
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- Rubio Says It’s Too Early for Higher-Level Talks With Russia
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- 0:42
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday that it would be premature to expect higher-level talks between Russian and U.S. officials as Washington assesses Moscow's response to its efforts to end the war in Ukraine.
When asked how long it would take to make that progress, Rubio said: "I just can't put a timeframe on that because it doesn't depend on us."
#MarcoRubio #US #Russia #UkraineWar #Diplomacy #InternationalRelations #PeaceTalks #RussianRelations #USPolitics
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- North Korea Sent More Troops and Weapons to Russia, South Korea’s Military Says
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- 0:48
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- North Korea has deployed an additional 3,000 troops to Russia this year and continues to supply missiles, artillery and ammunition to support the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine, South Korea’s military said Thursday.
Russia and North Korea have strengthened ties since Moscow’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, with Seoul accusing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un of sending both soldiers and weapons to aid Russia’s war effort.
#NorthKorea #Russia #UkraineWar #KimJongUn #Moscow #Weapons
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- 6 Russian Tourists Killed in Egyptian Submarine Accident
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- 0:45
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Six Russian nationals were killed Thursday when a tourist submarine sank off the coast of Hurghada, a resort city on Egypt’s Red Sea, according to Egyptian state media and Russia’s embassy in Cairo.
Akhbar Al-Youm reported that all 45 passengers aboard the Sindbad submarine were Russian citizens. Initially, four deaths were confirmed, with ongoing searches for additional victims.
#Russia #Hurghada #RedSea #Egypt #Tragedy
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- Lukoil Profits Drop Nearly 30% in 2024 Amid Asset Losses, Higher Taxes
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- 0:50
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Russia’s second-largest oil producer, Lukoil, reported a 26.5% drop in net profit for 2024, citing asset impairment losses and increased deferred taxes.
Lukoil posted a net profit of 848.5 billion rubles ($10.1 billion) last year, down from 1.1 trillion rubles ($13.7 billion) in 2023. Revenue, however, rose nearly 9% to 8.6 trillion rubles ($102.1 billion) from 7.9 trillion rubles ($93.9 billion) the previous year.
#Lukoil #OilIndustry #Russia
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- Russian State TV Journalist Killed by Mine Near Ukrainian Border
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- 0:43
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- A military correspondent for Russia's state-run Channel One was killed by a mine explosion near the Ukrainian border, the broadcaster said Wednesday.
The incident occurred on the Russian side of the border in the Belgorod region, according to Channel One.
"Channel One war correspondent Anna Prokofieva died while performing her professional duty," the network said in a statement. "Channel One's film crew struck an enemy mine."
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- Journalist Ponomarenko’s Last Word in Court: ‘I've Never Seen as Much Violence as I Have in Jail’
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- 0:50
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Jailed Russian journalist Maria Ponomarenko delivered her final word in court on Monday, accusing the penitentiary system of abuse and violence as prosecutors seek to sentence her for allegedly assaulting prison guards.
Ponomarenko, 46, was sentenced to six years in prison in February 2023 for publishing information about the Russian bombing of a theater in Mariupol, Ukraine.
#Journalism #FreePress #HumanRights #Russia #Ukraine #Censorship
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- U.S., Russia Talks on Ukraine Ceasefire End After 12 Hours
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- 0:45
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- A meeting between Russian and U.S. officials on a partial ceasefire in Ukraine ended after 12 hours of negotiations in Saudi Arabia on Monday, Russian state media reported, with a joint statement expected the following day.
With Ukrainian negotiators waiting nearby, a day after they sat down with the U.S. team, the Americans and Russians met in Riyadh with a Black Sea ceasefire top of the agenda.
#Ukraine #US #SaudiArabia #Negotiations #PeaceTalks #Russia
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- Snowstorm Slams Far East’s Kamchatka, Grounding Flights and Stranding Motorists
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- 0:34
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- A powerful snowstorm battered Russia’s Far East Kamchatka Peninsula, bringing travel to a halt and triggering avalanche warnings in the mountainous region.
Between Sunday afternoon and Monday night, meteorologists reported that 60% of the region’s average monthly snowfall blanketed the capital, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, with winds reaching speeds of 23 meters per second (51.4 miles per hour).
#Snowstorm #Kamchatka #Snow
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- Russia and U.S. Begin Ceasefire Talks in Saudi Arabia
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- 0:43
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Russian and U.S. officials began talks in Saudi Arabia on Monday over a partial ceasefire in the Ukraine war, a day after American and Ukrainian delegates held separate discussions.
U.S. President Donald Trump is pushing for a swift end to the war and hopes the talks in Riyadh could help lay the groundwork for a peace breakthrough.
#UkraineWar #Ceasefire #Peace #SaudiArabia #Trump
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- Russia’s Oryol Region to Pay Schoolgirls for Giving Birth
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- 0:49
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Central Russia’s Oryol region has reportedly become the country’s first to offer financial incentives to schoolgirls who give birth after its governor signed a decree introducing the measure.
Oryol is among 40 Russian regions pledging to pay female university students at least 100,000 rubles ($1,200) for having children starting this year, the exiled news outlet 7x7 reported. But on Thursday, Oryol region Governor Andrei Klychkov expanded the program to include school-age girls.
#Oryol #Russia #School #RussianNews
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- Putin Warns Business Leaders of ‘Slow and Difficult’ Ukraine Ceasefire Talks – Report
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- 0:41
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- President Vladimir Putin told Russian business leaders in a closed-door meeting not to expect a quick peace deal with Ukraine, journalist Farida Rustamova reported Thursday, citing anonymous sources who attended the meeting.
Business executives and government officials who participated in Tuesday’s annual congress of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, a major business lobby, reportedly concluded from Putin’s remarks that U.S.-mediated negotiations would be “difficult and slow,” despite the Trump administration’s optimistic public statements.
#Putin #Ukraine #PeaceDeal #RussianBusiness #Industrialists #Entrepreneurs #USNegotiations #Diplomacy #PoliticalTalks #FaridaRustamova #RussiaUkraineConflict #GlobalPolitics #BusinessLobby #SlowNegotiations #TrumpAdministration
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- Kremlin Accuses Europe of Planning ‘Militarization’
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- 0:44
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- The Kremlin on Thursday accused European countries of prioritizing military buildup over peace efforts, as top Western military officials gathered in Britain to discuss support for Ukraine.
Major European powers, including France and the U.K., have sought to ramp up defense spending since U.S. President Donald Trump took office in January, amid growing concerns that Washington may scale back its commitment to European security.
#Kremlin #EuropeanCountries #MilitaryBuildup #PeaceEfforts #SupportForUkraine #DefenseSpending #France #UK #USTrump #EuropeanSecurity #GlobalPolitics #MilitarySupport #InternationalRelations #PeaceAndSecurity 🌍🕊️
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- Moscow Airport’s Billionaire Co-Owner Sells Lavish NYC Penthouse at Half of Asking Price
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- 0:56
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Valery Kogan, the billionaire co-owner of Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport, has sold his lavish Manhattan penthouse next to Central Park for $33.89 million — nearly half its original asking price, The New York Post reported, citing city property records.
The extravagant dwelling spans nearly 5,400 square feet on the 40th floor of the elite 15 Central Park West, whose residents include celebrities and business magnates including English musician Sting.
#ValeryKogan #DomodedovoAirport #Manhattan #LuxuryRealEstate #CentralPark #CelebrityHomes #RealEstateMarket #BillionaireLifestyle #NewYorkCity #PropertySale #HighEndLiving #LuxuryLiving #Sting #RealEstateNews 🏙️💰
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- Trump Offers to Take Control of Ukraine’s Nuclear Power Plants in Ceasefire Deal
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- 0:49
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- President Donald Trump proposed that the U.S. assume control of Ukraine's nuclear power plants to safeguard the country's energy infrastructure as part of a ceasefire plan during a call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday.
Trump suggested the U.S. take operational control or even take over the ownership of the nuclear power plants, which now generate about two-thirds of Ukraine’s electricity.
#Trump #Ukraine #NuclearPower #EnergyInfrastructure #CeasefirePlan #VolodymyrZelensky #USControl #Electricity #GlobalPolitics #InternationalRelations #PeaceTalks #NuclearSafety 🌍⚡️
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- Russia and Ukraine Swap 372 POWs Day After Putin-Trump Call
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- 0:46
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- President Donald Trump proposed that the U.S. assume control of Ukraine's nuclear power plants to safeguard the country's energy infrastructure as part of a ceasefire plan during a call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday.
Trump suggested the U.S. take operational control or even take over the ownership of the nuclear power plants, which now generate about two-thirds of Ukraine’s electricity.
#Trump #Ukraine #NuclearPower #EnergyInfrastructure #CeasefirePlan #Zelensky #USControl #ElectricityGeneration #GlobalPolitics #InternationalRelations #NuclearSafety #PowerPlants #EnergySecurity #UkraineCrisis
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- Russian Military Accuses Ukraine of Violating Energy Truce With Oil Depot Strike
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- 0:49
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Russia’s Defense Ministry on Wednesday accused Ukraine of violating a temporary pause on attacks against energy infrastructure by launching a drone strike on an oil depot in the southern Krasnodar region overnight.
“The Kyiv regime launched a deliberate attack using three fixed-wing UAVs on an energy facility in the village of Kavkazskaya,” the ministry said in a statement published on Telegram.
#Russia #Ukraine #DroneStrike #EnergyInfrastructure #Krasnodar #KyivRegime #UAVAttack #MilitaryNews #Geopolitics #DefenseMinistry #Kavkazskaya #ConflictUpdate 📡💥
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- Putin Pressures Trump to Recognize Annexed Ukrainian Territories
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- 0:51
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Only Rich People Should Be Allowed to Use Cryptocurrency, Russian Central Bank Says
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- 0:50
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Lithuania Blames Russian Military Intelligence for IKEA Arson Attack
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- 0:54
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Lithuanian prosecutors on Monday accused Russia of orchestrating an arson attack on an IKEA store in Vilnius last year, calling it “an act of terrorism.”
Authorities said they had “reasonable grounds” to believe that unspecified Russian “military structures and security services” organized and financed the May 9, 2024, attack on the Swedish retailer in the Lithuanian capital.
#Lithuania #Prosecutors #Russia #ArsonAttack #IKEAVilnius #Terrorism #MilitaryStructures #SecurityServices #Vilnius #SwedishRetailer #May92024 #LithuanianCapital #InternationalRelations #CrimeInvestigation
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- Putin Urges Ukrainian Troops in Russia’s Kursk Region to Surrender
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- 0:42
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Zelensky Slams Putin’s ‘Very Manipulative’ Statements on Ceasefire
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- 0:48
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin's ambivalent response to a proposed ceasefire as "very manipulative."
"We now have all heard...Putin's very predictable, very manipulative words in response to the idea of a ceasefire," Zelensky said in his nightly address.
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- Russian Favorability Toward U.S. Nearly Doubles Since Trump’s Return, Survey Finds
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- 0:47
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Around 30% of Russians now view the United States favorably, nearly double the share from before U.S. President Donald Trump took office in January, according to a new Levada Center poll released Thursday.
Positive attitudes toward the U.S. had plunged to 12% in May 2023 — the lowest level since Levada began tracking sentiments in 1997. Attitudes have remained significantly low following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
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- Kremlin Confirms U.S.-Russia Talks as Trump Envoy Lands in Moscow
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- 0:45
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- The Kremlin confirmed Thursday that U.S. negotiators were on their way to Moscow for planned talks as Washington seeks to persuade Russia to accept a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine.
"Negotiators are flying in, and indeed, contacts are scheduled," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, without specifying the members of the U.S. delegation.
#KremlinTalks #USDelegation #CeasefireInUkraine #PeaceNegotiations #RussiaUkraineConflict #DmitryPeskov #MoscowMeetings #DiplomaticEfforts #EndTheWar #GlobalPeace 🕊️
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- Russian Army Liberates Sudzha in Kursk Border Region
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- 0:48
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Rare Siberian Tiger Kills Park Ranger in Far East Russia
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- 0:47
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Ukraine Accepts “Interim Ceasefire” as U.S. Resumes Intelligence Sharing and Military Aid
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- 0:35
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Kremlin Says It Seeks Unity for Syria Amid Rising Violence and Unrest
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- 0:58
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Ukraine Risks Losing Kursk Foothold as Russia Pushes Forward
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- 0:47
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Russia Claims CounterOffensive Into Ukraine’s Sumy Region
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- 0:47
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Russia Says Retook 3 Villages From Ukraine in Kursk
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- 0:39
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Russia on Saturday said its troops had retaken three villages seized by Ukraine in the Kursk border region, where Kyiv's forces have been losing ground recently.
The Russian Defense Ministry announced the recapture of Viktorovka, Nikolayevka and Staraya Sorochina.
#Russia #Ukraine #Kursk #Troops #Viktorovka #Nikolayevka #StarayaSorochina #DefenseMinistry #MilitaryNews #ConflictUpdates #Geopolitics 🌍
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- Russia Says Temporary Ukraine Ceasefire ’Unacceptable’
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- 0:56
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- United Russia Criticized for Gifting Meat Grinders to Fallen Soldiers’ Mothers
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- 0:39
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Macron Proposes French Nuclear Extension, Ukraine Troop Deployment
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- 0:55
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Russia Finishes Issuing Passports in Occupied Ukrainian Regions, Putin Says
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- 0:53
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Putin Praises Myanmar Ties as Junta Chief Visits Moscow
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- 0:51
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Trump Says Zelensky Ready for Talks With Russia, U.S. Minerals Deal
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- 0:52
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- France Opposes Seizing Frozen Russian Assets to Boost Ukraine Military Aid
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- 0:57
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Trump Pauses Aid to Ukraine After Zelensky Clash
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- 0:43
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- France and Britain Propose 1-Month Truce in Ukraine
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- 0:46
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- France and the United Kingdom are proposing a one-month truce in Ukraine "in the air, at sea and on energy infrastructure" after emergency talks in London, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday.
In an interview with France's Le Figaro newspaper, Macron said that the truce plan would not initially cover ground fighting as it would be "difficult to verify that the front is respected."
#UkraineTruce #FranceUK #EmmanuelMacron #PeaceTalks #EmergencyNegotiations #EnergyInfrastructure #ConflictResolution #InternationalRelations #Diplomacy #TrucePlan #CeasefireInitiative #GlobalPeace 🌍✌️
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- Fire Breaks Out at Large Russian Oil Refinery After Explosions, Drone Activity Reported
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- 0:40
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- A fire erupted at one of Russia's largest oil refineries in the city of Ufa in Bashkortostan, approximately 900 miles from the Ukrainian border, following a reported drone attack.
#UfaFire #OilRefinery #RussiaNews #DroneAttack #Bashkortostan #BreakingNews #UkraineConflict #EmergencyResponse #IndustrialAccident #SafetyFirst #GlobalNews 🌍🔥
