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CONFLICT2d agoUkrainian president tells CBS News Russia targeted his plane with dronesCBS News
CONFLICT2d agoUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says Russia recently targeted his plane twice with dronesCBS News
CONFLICT2d agoThe Baltic states fear a Russian invasion. They faced the same threat a century ago and failed to stop it. Historian Alexey Uvarov explains why the region could not defend itself against Stalin.As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine enters its fifth year, experts and Western intelligence sources are increasingly warning that Russia also poses a growing threat to countries in the Baltic region. So far, the confrontation has produced only isolated incidents, such as drone incursions into these countries’ territory — but tensions are rising. Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, and Finland increasingly need to consider how they would collectively defend themselves against a full-scale invasion from the east. The problem is not new to the region: 100 years ago, the Baltic countries alMeduza [en]
POLITICS2d agoEU demands answers as France pushes for billionaire’s Russia sanctions releaseParis has joined Slovakia in calling for Alisher Usmanov to be removed from the bloc's blacklist.Politico Europe
POLITICS2d agoA former political prisoner tried to leave Russia. After Belarus sent him back, he believes security officers tore pages from his passport so he ‘wouldn’t escape again.’Security officers tore pages from former political prisoner Ivan Lyubshin’s passport, he told RusNews. Lyubshin faces another prison sentence after trying to leave Russia.Meduza [en]
POLITICS2d agoEU fear of escalation only encourages Russia to test new limits — MEPEurope's restraint has not stopped Russia's escalation, instead, it has encouraged the Kremlin to test how far it can go. The EU therefore needs to move from responding to hybrid attacks to deterring them.Ukrinform [en]
CONFLICT2d agoU.S. confirms it has weapons in space. China and Russia have responded.China warned against turning outer space into a "battlefield" after the U.S. confirmed that it has weapons deployed in space.CBS News
POLITICS2d agoSt. Petersburg election officials from Russia’s antiwar Yabloko party were ordered to report to military offices at 9 a.m. on the first day of voting — exactly when polls are scheduled to openSeveral Yabloko representatives serving on precinct election commissions in St. Petersburg’s Krasnogvardeysky District have received summonses ordering them to report to military enlistment offices, city election commission member Pavel Shapchits told Fontanka.Meduza [en]
CONFLICT2d agoUkrainian Defense Forces destroy Russian 'Solntsepyok'Soldiers of Ukraine's 33rd Separate Mechanized Brigade destroyed a Russian TOS-1A "Solntsepyok" heavy flamethrower system.Ukrinform [en]
BUSINESS2d agoFormer race car driver Nikita Mazepin may become the owner of the Russian game developer behind ‘World of Tanks’ and ‘World of Ships’Nikita Mazepin, a former race car driver and the son of Uralchem principal shareholder Dmitry Mazepin, could become the owner of Lesta Games, Russia’s largest video game company, which was seized from its previous owners, sources told Forbes Russia.Meduza [en]
POLITICS2d agoAxios: U.S. House Democrats launch investigation into Russian boxing official Umar Kremlev’s spending on Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding celebrationU.S. Representative Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, has opened an investigation into Umar Kremlev’s possible role in organizing Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding, Axios reports.Meduza [en]
DISASTER2d agoRussia’s Irkutsk region is culling livestock over what officials call lumpy skin disease, but local farmers suspect foot-and-mouth diseaseMeduza [en]
CONFLICT2d agoTrump's claim of energy truce in doubt as Russia hits Kyiv petrol stationFrance 24 [en]
POLITICS2d agoRussia slams France's nuclear umbrella plan as 'reckless'After Finland became the 10th country to join a French security plan to bring other European countries under its nuclear umbrella, a Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman said the French initiative was 'creating risks' for Moscow.Le Monde [en]
CONFLICTBREAKING2d agoRussian forces attack Dnipropetrovsk region more than ten times, two injuredUkrinform [en]
WORLD2d agoEto’o could face Cameroon probe over alleged Russia paymentThe Association of Amateur Football Clubs of Cameroon (ACFAC) has called for a probe into the Cameroonian Football Federation and its chief Samuel Eto'o over media reports of alleged graft. The post Eto’o could face Cameroon probe over alleged Russia payment appeared first on Vanguard News.Vanguard Nigeria
CONFLICT2d agoWill Russia and Ukraine halt attacks on energy infrastructure?Al Jazeera [en]
POLITICS2d agoA youth festival in Russia reportedly gives foreign visitors unfiltered Wi-Fi — while keeping Russian participants behind state censorshipOrganizers of the International Youth Festival underway at Yekaterinburg Expo have given foreign participants access to websites blocked in Russia, according to the local outlet Signal Ural.Meduza [en]
POLITICS2d agoUS Democrats demand answers on Trump Jr.’s ties with Russian oligarchThe request follows a recent report that Umar Kremlev bankrolled Trump Jr.’s wedding celebrations.Politico Europe
CONFLICT2d agoRussians attack agricultural enterprise with drones in Mykolaiv region, man injuredRussian drones attacked an agricultural enterprise in Mykolaiv district, injuring a man.Ukrinform [en]
MILITARY2d agoItalian NATO jet downs drone in Lithuania, minister says it probably came from RussiaAn Italian NATO fighter jet shot down a drone in Lithuanian airspace on Tuesday that “most probably” came from Russia, Italy's defense minister said.Defense News
CONFLICT2d agoTrump claimed that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an energy truce. Neither side stopped the strikes.Russia and Ukraine kept trading strikes just hours after U.S. President Donald Trump claimed the two countries had agreed to an energy ceasefire.Meduza [en]
CONFLICT2d agoA Quiet Ukrainian Counteroffensive, A 'Rout' For Russian ForcesRFE/RL
POLITICS2d agoRussian businessman paid for Trump Jr. wedding after-party: Five things to knowNew reports of Russia-tied financial backing for the after-party events at the May wedding of President Trump’s eldest son have sparked concerns about potential influences from foreign adversaries in the U.S. government ahead of the midterm elections.  Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev funded lavish wedding celebrations for Donald Trump Jr. and socialite Bettina Anderson in the…The Hill